On Trekhgorka, that is, not far from the former Trekhgorny manufactory, in the immediate vicinity of the film studio of Fyodor Bondarchuk, a relatively new drinking and entertainment establishment, Duran Bar (Moscow), was unleashed. Its creator was the famous Russian restaurateur Ilya Esterov. The institution is quite worthy of becoming one of the capital’s most popular and attractive night clubs.
Acquaintance
Duran Bar (Moscow) is housed in a building hidden in a somewhat tangled labyrinth of red-brick buildings of the famous Trekhgorka. Nevertheless, the institution, not without reason, claims to be one of the most attractive places for the capital at night.
The name of the bar owes its appearance to the local stylistic idol - Duran Duran, a popular group whose concerts remind of the romance of the 80s. The team is known for the fact that it was once called by its legendary lady Dee once her beloved. At first, creating “Duran Bar” (Moscow), its creators planned to organize the work of the kitchen, laying as a basis the principle of selecting dishes that were eaten on tours in various restaurants around the world by Simon Le Bon and his fellow artists. To do this, they were going to carefully study the menu of these institutions. But for various reasons, this idea had to be abandoned.
Creators
Duran Bar, Moscow (a photo report on the work is presented in the article) was invented by restaurateur Ilya Esterov together with partners who fundamentally eschew media fame. They decided to combine in one institution modern industrial aesthetics, quality cuisine and their admiration for the art of the great Duran Duran group. The project team also included Pavel Pichugin, a club audience well known as “Pasha Face Control”. His duty in the restaurant is to work with the VIP audience and other guests. In addition, he acts as a managing partner in the project.
Control system
Management in Duran Bar, according to Ilya Esterov, made in an interview, is organized very seriously. Duties are provided for: the Director General, who supervises the administrative work, is responsible for concluding contracts with suppliers, and financial matters; restaurant manager, dealing with staff and housekeeping issues. Everyone is entrusted with his business, for which he is responsible. Restaurateur Esterov is a consultant, inspirer, participant in decision-making on all significant issues related to the institution. In addition, he organizes concerts and sponsorship events that attract the attention of new guests and the press to the restaurant.
Interior
The presence of urban interior, magnificent views of the promenade, excellent veranda is the most obvious reason to visit the Duran Bar. The interior of Duran Bar, Moscow (the photo represents the decoration of its interior) was designed by Maria Zhukova, who is also the author of the design of Magpies, Bad Boy Bar, Food Embassy and others. She added a certain London gloss to the atmosphere of a traditional Moscow loft. , reminiscent of some old, painfully familiar music video.
In the former workshop a fireplace was built (operating), in front of the Victorian-style bar there is a trendy open kitchen. The presence of a terrace with a stunning view of the Moscow River and the Stalinist skyscraper (Hotel Ukraine), the successfully transformed industrial design of the premises attract more and more new guests to the bar.
Duran Bar (Moscow): menu
The main role in the project, of course, is played by the menu from chef Nikolai Bakunov. The head of the kitchen in an institution such as Duran Bar (Moscow) is known for his work in the Letto Club, Balcony, Mezzanine and the floating Montana restaurant.
The local dishes (carpaccio soup, dessert with soap root cream, a zebu antelope with baked avocado and three dozen other items) visitors call impeccable in content and impressive in shape. The menu includes, for example, the section "Russian fish delicacies": except for crab claws, worth 785 rubles. per 100 g, pyzhyan cooked in jelly (price: 700 rubles), smoked ide (price: 700 rubles), as well as canned food collected by the chef throughout the country are presented here. The dishes here are not the simplest: lamb cutlets (chopped) are enclosed in a sphere made of crispy dough (price: 528 rubles), octopus (Sea of Okhotsk) is prepared here like chicken chicken (price: 1190 rubles), ole-ole pasta is garnished with vodka jellied meat (price: 777 rub.). And the zebu antelope hump (price: 1518 rubles), according to reviews, is worthy of the glory of the main culinary curiosity of the capital.
Bar
Responsible for cocktails at the bar is the team, which consists of barista and bartenders of the highest level. The bartenders of Duran Bara are actively promoting the idea of using exclusively prepared blanks in their work, and to combine the natural tastes of other products with alcohol.
Specialists use their many years of experience in the preparation of drinks, as well as the most relevant global trends. Inspirational and passionate, they create not just popular drinks, but truly the mood of the guests in the glass. A professional bartender should, like a good friend, understand the mood of each guest, says Arthur Shusteriovas, the bartender and one of the founders of the group of bartenders, in order to be able to make an evening recipe or choose a drink for the occasion.
Here, chef-bartender DC Andrey Zastavnyuk prepares drinks in a pleasant classic style. "Duran Bar" (Moscow) - an institution in which shots are sold at least 3 pieces. The cost of all cocktails: 550 rubles., Large mix drinks: 700 rubles.
Domestic trends are in trend
According to visitors' reviews, the Duran Bara concept chef is preparing the best borsch in the capital. In addition, according to the guests expressed in the reviews, he has an excellent sense of humor. Not pursuing the goal of creating an oasis of Russian cuisine in the club, from time to time Nikolai Bakunov still provides guests with the opportunity to enjoy dishes that are fashionable. Either canned northern fish is served with onions and croutons directly in tin cans, then jelly vodka is offered to pasta with duck and vegetables, or black “pearls” made from yogurt are served to the sterlet. In other establishments, the chefs use elements of European cuisine to “ennoble” Russian dishes, while in “Duran” the opposite is true.
According to numerous reviews, the food in the club is based on deep traditional Russian (familiar to Russian people) flavor combinations. For example, the borsch, recognized as the best in the city, is cooked here for about 4-6 hours, all this time the vegetable frying is simmering on fire, in accordance with all the rules, as a result of which its taste begins to resemble prunes, and the borsch becomes simply velvet (the cost of a portion : 690 rub.). Would you like an octopus? It relies on potato tartar (portion cost: 1190 rubles). Want a salad with roast beef? Beetroot cream is added to it (price: 691 rubles).
Interpretation of European delights
The local chef is convinced that foreigners are not allowed to comprehend, and even more so repeat Russian cuisine. Despite his Slavophil views, Nikolai Bakunin does not ignore the gastronomic findings of his European colleagues. Visitors admire its versions of international dishes. So, meat dumplings in “Duran” are decorated like a meat ball, and dumplings stuffed with baked vegetables are served under an eggplant dome (cost: 690 rubles). English lamb cutlets are served in a sphere of crispy dough (cost of the dish: 528 rubles), and beef stroganoff is a tenderloin with pickled caviar and mushroom foam (costs 1300 rubles).
At the same time, Bakunin proclaims the principle to all: food should be so simple that a simple linear chef could reproduce it without distortion. Perhaps the only confirmation of this postulate is the collection of wonderful canned fish worth 700-1500 rubles, which are served, as has already been said, directly in tins. Restaurant guests in their reviews share unforgettable impressions that remain from acquaintance with the taste of a burbot liver and pyzhyan in jelly. All other dishes look so interesting that guests come back here again and again.
desserts
The dessert portion of the menu is also teeming with ideas. Here are some of them:
- Ice cream with mashed orchid root, similar to the one sold in Istanbul (costs: 378 rubles).
- Chocolate burger (price: 595 rubles). About poppy seed biscuit, one of its components, guests say that it is not a pity to sell a hand for it.
- Pineapple french fries with real onions and tomatoes.
- “Crimea-brulee” (467 rubles).
- “Anna Pavlova” with cream made from soap root, which enhances the sweet taste (costs: 488 rubles). However, some guests recommend renaming this masterpiece to “Anna Karenina,” since upon arrival to the customer this gastronomic miracle is immediately smashed to smithereens, making it tremble especially sensitive natures. Sweetened at the sight of the dish, they rush into an unequal battle with him, anticipating the upcoming merry night and a sea of cocktails.
"Duran Bar" (Moscow) reviews are called a very shocking institution today.
Secrets of Success
The main criterion for the success of a commercial project is, of course, profit. But for such an institution as a bar, it is no less important how exactly this money was received. It is very important that the guests of Duran Bara spend it here not because they are friends of one of the co-owners, or, for example, for the sake of fashion, but because they feel good here.
Sometimes guests glance at the clock and are surprised that it is already 6 in the morning, and they were sure that now it was only 2 in the morning. This is success, says Ilya Esterov. Success is when your guests are so well at your place that time flies by quickly. And it is as important as money.
No less important is the number of guests. The owner of the restaurant is pleased to come to his place in the evening and hear from the hostesses that there is no desk for him, all the places are occupied. A feature of Duran Bara is the absence of any deposits or special discounts agreed upon between co-owner partners and of “their” tables. If any of the owners of the institution book a table or order something, he can do it as an ordinary guest, fully paying his bill. Owners do not enjoy any privileges. They have a discount of only 10%, as well as regular restaurant guests.
Useful information about the institution
The restaurant is open:
- Tue-Wed: 16: 00-00: 00.
- Thu-Sat: 17: 00-6: 00.
- Sun: 17: 00-00: 00.
The institution's features include the availability of a cocktail card. From entertainment provided by DJ. The size of the average account: 2000 rubles. The cuisine is presented by dishes: Russian, European, author's. Services provided by guests of Duran Bar (Moscow): delivery, free table reservation.
How to get there
Quite popular with residents and guests of the capital is Duran Bar (Moscow). Address of the institution: Rochdelskaya street, 15, building number 19, 20. The restaurant is located in the Presnensky district (TSO).
Relevant is the question of potential guests of the institution "Duran Bar" (Moscow): "How to get there?" Regulars recommend landmarks to future visitors: the nearest metro stations Krasnopresnenskaya and Vystavochnaya.
Those who get to the restaurant on foot should stay to the right after exiting the metro, then go along the underground pedestrian crossing to the other side of the Zvenigorod highway. In the transition, turn left. On the street, turn left again. Passing about 750 meters, you need to cross the Rochdelskaya street. After another 30 meters, you should turn left, go through the enclosed area behind the barrier. After 100 meters, turning to the right, you can see the sign "Duran Bara."
Those who plan to travel by car are advised to clarify the details of the entrance to the bar by directly phoning the administrator by phone, which can be found on the institution’s website. In addition, make sure that parking is available.
Guest Impressions
Guests consider the club one of the most trendy places in the night capital. They note a great atmosphere, great sound, professionalism of bartenders and cooks. The institution is highly recommended for a visit.