So what concept should go over well in Bucharest? As we travel from coffee shop to coffee shop in search of a “daily” place to sit, hangout, chat, get some internet work accomplished, and most of all enjoy a cup of near PERFECT coffee, we are met with miserable failure. Bucharest, and Eastern Europe in particular is awash with soulless, emotionless,...

Grand Cafe Van Gogh will host a live broadcast of the World Cup Games from June 11… Every expatriate, traveler, and local must be familiar with Grand Cafe Van Gogh in “Old Town” Lispcani by now. If not, then become familiar. This is probably one of the greatest cafes in Bucharest due to its restored architectural splendor to its...

Ofir Cafe (featuring Doncafe coffees) is now open with a new great terrace in the city center. Ofir, opened a couple of moths ago in place of Dalidana Cafe off of Unirii Boulevard @ Regina Maria. New management, new coffee, new menu, new furnishings and fixtures, and best of all… new high speed wireless internet! This place was great for business meetings...

We’ve had more than a few searches on this site regarding Grand Cafe Vangogh. So here it is… This cafe is located in the recently renovated area of “old town” Lipscani. Cafe Vangogh sits within an impeccably renewed 1920′s multi-level building. The triple crown moulding and beautifully vaulted ceilings are reminiscent of typical...

As spring taunts us for a few hours every day now, and we have the occasional warm evening, I figured it was high time we headed over for a “nice” comfortable evening walk around Lipscani. The street-side tables are beginning to blossom, as the national flower of “old town” seems to be the cafe umbrella… they’re planted...