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DOWNTOWN RESTAURANTS IN DUSHANBE

July 1998 ============================================================

European/Tajik Cuisine

Restaurant Elite

Varied selection of European and Tajik dishes with Elite specials. Any dish by

preliminary order. Full desert table and wide bar selection. Soft music and

nice Western interior. No credit cards accepted. The most expensive restaurant

in Dushanbe. Cash only.
$25-40 per person

Location: Chapaev Street (opposite Radio House)

Tel: {7}(3772) 21-25-12

Hours: 11 a.m.-11 p.m.

Bar-Restaurant Polonaise

Exquisite European and Tajik cuisine (red and black caviar, sturgeon, trout,

mushrooms, beef, lamb, smoked meat, and chicken.) Any course by preliminary order. Natural juices. Wide bar collection. Exclusively nice design. Cash only.

$5-20 per person.

Location: 2nd floor, 35/1 Bohtar Street (in building of Avtotranstechnika)

Tel: {7}(3772)21-25-26

Hours: 9 a.m.-11 a.m.

Restaurant Continent

Mostly European cuisine with Continent specials. Delicious desert. Wide range of Moldovan, Bulgarian, licensed French and Italian wines. Any dish on preliminary order. Nice indoor and outdoor seating. Cash only.

$5-20 per person

Location: 32, Buhoro Street

Tel: [7](3772)21-44-98

Hours: 12 p.m.-till last client

Bar/Restaurant Intourist-Tojikiston Two bars, four indoor (purely Tajik, European, and mixed design) and outdoor seating. European and Tajik dishes with restaurant's specials. Any dish by

preliminary morning order. Wide bar selection including Tajik, Georgian, and Moldovan wines. Cash only.

Breakfast - $4-5 per person

Lunch - $5-6 per person

Dinner - $7-10 per person

Location: 22, Shotemur Street

Tel: [7](3772)21-70-77, 21-33-52

Fax: [7](3772)21-64-26

Cafe Shahrom

European cuisine only (meat and vegetable salads, mushrooms, shrimps, clear and cabbage soups, fish, chicken, fried meat, and natural juices. Alcohol beverages are temporarily not available. Cash only.

Location: 16, Kirov (Husein-Zoda) Street

Hours: 12 p.m.-23 p.m. daily except Sunday.

Bar Manhattan

Excellent selection of poultry: chicken, duck, turkey, partridge. Rabbit, fish, and meat courses are also available. Anything by preliminary order. Private rooms available. Wide bar selection. Cash only.

$7-15 per person.

Location: 32, Shotemur Street, Dushanbe

Hours: 9 a.m.-9 p.m.daily except Sunday

Bar Vostochny

Tajik food mostly and some of regular European. Nice indoor and outdoor

seating. Private cabins for 8/6/4/2 persons are available. Various alcoholic

beverages. Ice-cream. Cash only.

$5 per person without alcohol, $6-7 with strong beverages.

Location: 56, Rudaki Avenue (along the main street of Dushanbe)

Hours: 11 a.m.-till last client daily except Sunday

Cafe Romashka

Snack and beer. Oudoor ground. No credit cards. Cash only.

$5-10 per person

Location: 33, Rudaki Avenue (along the main street of Dushanbe)

Hours: daily except Sunday

Restaurant Kapris

Standard European (salads, chicken, beefsteak, sausages) and Tajik food. Wide selection of Georgian wines, champagne, and liqueurs. No vodka. Indoor and

outdoor seating. Western interior and private cabins available.

$10-12.5 per person.

Location: 32, Ghafurov Street, 82-y mikrorayon

Tel: [7](3772)37-94-50

Hours: 9 a.m.-9 p.m. daily

Source: Eleonora Yunusova, BISNIS Representative in Dushanbe