Restaurateurs in Moscow are deservedly considered one of the most popular in the country. It is in the Russian capital that a large number of establishments are opened that are attractive to new customers not only for their novelty, but also for the original menu, concept and style. We will talk about some of the most prominent representatives of this profession in our article. In this article, we will place restaurateurs by their popularity rating.
1. A. Novikov (Novikov Group)
The famous restaurateur of Moscow is Arkady Anatolyevich Novikov. He is a native of the capital, now he is 55 years old. He began his career as a cook at the Universitetsky restaurant. Then he worked in such institutions as Havana, Olympic Lights, Victoria Café in Gorky Park (here he already became a chef).
Arkady Novikov opened his first own restaurant in 1992. It was called "Siren", located on Bolshaya Spasskaya. In 1994, he opened another institution - "Club T". In the mid-90s, he became famous as the owner of the Yolki-Palki tavern, which over time became a network of affordable domestic restaurants with classic Russian cuisine. He owned the institution "Tsarist Hunt", "White Sun of the Desert", "Caucasian Captive", "Grand Opera".
In 2002, having opened another restaurant called "Biscuit", he organized a private farm, from where he began to supply vegetables for his establishments. Since 2005, Arkady Novikov began promoting the Novikov brand, which guaranteed consumers the purchase of exclusively environmentally friendly and high-quality products.
At the moment, on his account more than 30 implemented restaurant projects. This is one of the most famous and successful restaurateurs in Moscow.
"Country that does not exist"
A restaurant with this name is one of Novikov’s most unusual establishments, which deserves special attention. In this institution you are guaranteed that, despite the name, you will find here everything that you want.
The restaurant is located in the very center of the capital, not far from the Kremlin, the State Duma and the Bolshoi Theater, at the address: Okhotny Ryad, 2. The menu of the restaurant combines Russian cuisine with a Pan-Asian menu and cuisine from the Middle East. Here, homemade pastries, and complex meat dishes, and the author's design, and serving.
Visitors are attracted to the open kitchen with barbecue and grill, which is surrounded by a delicious counter with meat, fresh fish, vegetables and fruits. Everything you choose can be cooked right there with you.
If you find yourself in a restaurant in the summer, then there is a great opportunity to relax on the cozy veranda, enjoying the seasonal menu and beautiful views.
2. I. Bukharov
Restaurateur Igor Bukharov has recently become a prominent and public figure. This happened after she began, together with Larisa Guzeeva, to conduct the TiliTeleTesto program.
This show, in each issue of which amateur chefs compete among themselves for the title of best. The presenters come up with various tests for them - from cooking a kulebyak according to an old Russian recipe to gingerbread fights and pancake battles.
Igor Bukharov is 58 years old. He is a Muscovite, since 1997 he is the president of the Russian Federation of hoteliers and restaurateurs, he teaches at the University of Sinegria and the Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.
He began his career as a restaurateur in Moscow with the position of apprentice cook in the Budapest restaurant. His professionalism and skill were so appreciated that at the turn of the 2000-2010s, Bukharov headed the Kremlin Food Factory under the administration of the President of Russia.
On television, he was not accidental. Larisa Guzeeva is his wife. They are brought up by daughter Olga, who is 18 years old.
3. Andrew Dellos
The restaurant house of Andrei Dellos deserves special mention, because this restaurateur managed to conquer the hearts and stomachs of not only Russians, but also the French. In addition to a large number of establishments in the Russian capital, he opened two restaurants in Paris.
Andrei Dellos is 62 years old, he is a Muscovite, the creator of the cult cafe "Pushkin". It is still the only one of the Russians who received the Michelin Award. Therefore, in the ranking of restaurateurs in Moscow deserves a separate place.
He began his career as a restorer, even became a graduate of the Art School in memory of 1905. During perestroika, he left for France, where he was engaged in painting, unexpectedly discovered a restaurant business.
In 1996, he opened the first restaurant called "Barrel". He owns the restaurants Le Duc, TsDL, Turandot, Manon, Casta Diva, Orange, Fahrenheit, Kazbek, Volna, Matryoshka, the chain of cafes Mu- Mu. "In New York, in Manhattan, he runs his restaurant called Betony, which has a Michelin star. Now the total staff of its employees is about 4.5 thousand people.
Cafe "Pushkin"
Cafe "Pushkin" - one of the most famous catering establishments of the capital. It opened in 1999 at the address: Tverskoy Boulevard, 26a. The institution is different in that it specializes in dishes of Russian noble cuisine, and the interior is made in the style of the XIX century.
In “Pushkin” there are three full-fledged halls, each of which has its own name. These are the "Library", "Pharmacy" and "Mezzanine". In each of them you can find antique furniture and antique objects of the century before last. One of the main attractions of Pushkin is a rich library with publications from the 18th century.
4. R. Rozhnikovsky
Another famous domestic restaurateur is called Roman Rozhnikovsky. He owns the Cherry Myo restaurant and the popular Rake chain.
Rozhnikovsky - a Muscovite, a graduate of the Institute of Chemical Engineering. In 1987, he opened one of the country's first restaurant cooperatives, which was called "Come and Try". A couple of years later he headed the Soviet-Finnish enterprise Pettinna.
Rozhnikovsky became famous as the founder of the first school of high gastronomy and wines "Nostalgie" in our country, as well as the opening of the legendary restaurant of the same name. Over time, his empire included such institutions as the cafe "Tent", restaurants "Reporter", "Cherry Myo".
Since 2008, over the course of several years, he developed his own culinary school, which currently has stopped working.
5. Anton Tabakov
Among the heroes of our article was the son of the People's Artist of the USSR Oleg Tabakov, whose name is Anton. He is now 58 years old. At first he followed in the footsteps of his father, began to play a movie. Now on his account - several dozen roles. Anton made his debut on the big screen when he was only 7 years old, in the film "The Seasons" for the children of Vladimir Krasnopolsky and Valery Uskov.
The first notable role was played in 1976 in the adventure film by Sergei Linkov and Alexander Blanc “Timur and his team”, playing the title character. After school, Anton became a graduate of GITIS, playing in the theater "Snuffbox" and "Contemporary".
At the end of the 80s he became interested in the restaurant business, since then he has acted in films occasionally, from time to time. Among his latest creative projects is the dubbing of the cat Matroskin in the continuation of the serial film "Prostokvashino", in the Soviet version of this character was voiced by his father.
In 2018, it became known that Anton Tabakov closed all his restaurants in Moscow in order to leave for permanent residence in Paris, where his wife and children are.
6. Arkady Levin - farmer restaurateur
Restaurateur Arkady Levin was born in Moscow in 1962. He is a graduate of the Polytechnic Institute in Vladimir. Like many of his colleagues, he discovered the restaurant business during perestroika.
He is attracted to authentic cuisine. He often cooks on his own, adhering to the belief that food is not so much a dish that stands on a table in front of a person, but his lifestyle. In order to develop and make his business interesting and unique, he often goes on gastronomic trips, from where he brings special recipes, products, unique cookbooks, notices details that he then uses in the interior of his own restaurants.
Jowedi
An example of a quality restaurant owned by Levin is Jowedi. The institution is located at: Ozerkovskaya embankment, 26, in the territory of the shopping center "Aquamarine".
This is an authentic Italian restaurant, which presents exactly the cuisine that the indigenous people of southern Italy love and know. Visitors will find a large number of original recipes; they can also taste oysters, and even a kid pickled in white wine. The place is ideal for corporate events, birthdays, weddings and engagement parties.
The institution always has a seasonal menu. For example, in the summer they offer crab in sweet and sour sauce with Jerusalem artichoke puree, Sicilian spaghetti fillet, red mullet stuffed with fennel, scallop carpaccio, black spaghetti with mini squid.
Pizza is served in a wood-fired oven. The waiter will surely offer you a fish soup with seafood, minestrone, pumpkin soup with shrimp or lamb soup with lentils and frigola. Grilled octopus, tuna steak, romandesca steak, mysta grillata, ossobuco with polenta, lamb costolette, beef tagliatas, Venetian liver are considered as specialties.
The restaurant offers a wide selection of wines and other alcoholic drinks. Here are classic sparkling, pink, white and red wines from Italy, as well as France, Spain, the USA, Argentina, New Zealand, Chile, Australia. A wide selection of port.