Restaurant Zoika

An amazing restaurant at Patriarshy Poinds that has moved beyond its public dining format. Zoika’s owners call this place a living room, which sounds about right: there are wallpaper with floral patterns, plushy couches, and other attributes of a festive domestic space. When here, you feel yourself a participant of some private get-together. The salon’s owners behave as one would expect them to: they feed (quail stuffed with bulgur or creme brulee on orange liqueur), serve sour cherry infusion and hot punch, and entertain their guests. They organize performances by the graduates of Brusnikin’s Workshop theater studio and other meet-the-artist events and constantly hold poetry readings.