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Sushi on Friday!
I read an article a while back that complained about Brno's lack of restaurants of a better sort. Well, they obviously hadn't visited the Cafe Onyx, on Zámečnická street just off the main square (nám. Svobody).
I saw this written on their windows a few days ago when I walked by: "Sushi on Friday!" I have eaten at the Cafe before, and I must say that it is pretty high class for Brno--not really the kind of place that I like to go for a coffee, but the kind of place that you might take your clients if you were a banker or lawyer and liked sharp-edged modernistic design and onyx-topped tables.
The restaurant's design is a vague homage to the Tugendhat villa, a UNESCO-recognized mansion in Brno, designed by Mies van der Rohe and built in the late 1920s. One of the most appealing parts of the villa's open-plan entertainment area is the onyx wall that acts as a divider between the library and sitting areas. At sunset on a sunny day, the light hits this wall and creates a eerie, orange-red glow. The restaurant's walls are onyx with fluorescent lights behind them, which sort of approximates the effect.
Apart from the fact that I would steer clear of sushi in a country that has no ocean within hundreds of kilometers of its borders (hence why they advertise ahead for a one-day thing, I suppose), the restaurant is at least worth a look.
I saw this written on their windows a few days ago when I walked by: "Sushi on Friday!" I have eaten at the Cafe before, and I must say that it is pretty high class for Brno--not really the kind of place that I like to go for a coffee, but the kind of place that you might take your clients if you were a banker or lawyer and liked sharp-edged modernistic design and onyx-topped tables.
The restaurant's design is a vague homage to the Tugendhat villa, a UNESCO-recognized mansion in Brno, designed by Mies van der Rohe and built in the late 1920s. One of the most appealing parts of the villa's open-plan entertainment area is the onyx wall that acts as a divider between the library and sitting areas. At sunset on a sunny day, the light hits this wall and creates a eerie, orange-red glow. The restaurant's walls are onyx with fluorescent lights behind them, which sort of approximates the effect.
Apart from the fact that I would steer clear of sushi in a country that has no ocean within hundreds of kilometers of its borders (hence why they advertise ahead for a one-day thing, I suppose), the restaurant is at least worth a look.
Posted 08 April 2006 at 13:00.
A graduate student in music and anthropology writing a dissertation about music in Moravia, the eastern third of the Czech Republic. At some point, the Czech Republic's "second city" (that would be Brno) captured my attention, and I've since been blogging about events, arts, music, and other stuff—basically whatever interests me in and around the cityscape. I'm not living in Brno now, but I keep up with the cultural pulse from afar as best I can.
Comments:
Don't worry Jesse. When you get back to the states, we'll take you out for some good Sushi--and probably Mexican food. (I promise I'll respond to your e-mail soon!)
1:18 AM, April 11, 2006
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