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Pasazh
This Austrian-style coffee house is one of several cafés found on and around Pasazh, a hip street accessed through an ornate archway off vul Khreshchatyk. Great for people-watching as you tuck into some of its delicious cakes.
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Pomada
You know Kyiv's come a long way when we can actually publish the names of gay clubs (they used to all be underground). This is lively and centrally located, but it's the one place in town where women pay more to get in.
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Repriza
Not only does it have good coffee and delectable pastries and cakes, but it also makes a fine, affordable lunch stop.
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Shakalad
An über -hip student crowd gathers here to take advantage of affordable eats and swap digits (and occasionally saliva) in the co-ed bathrooms. The outdoor patio is a fun place to warm up for big summer nights out - indeed many people never make it beyond here.
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Shato
Mainstream by location and comfortably so by nature, this popular brewpub has large picture windows overlooking Kyiv's main drag. Order a Slavutych beer; it's brewed on the premises.
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Shooters
A classic pick-up joint where hordes of expats and pretty young things flock night after night to dance to the same tired soundtrack until way past bedtime. Women usually get a substantial discount off the admission price listed.
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Sun City
Two popular summer venues are in Hydropark: Sun City and Jeans Beach Club by Opium. Hydropark also has a clutch of more downmarket clubs on the south side of the metro tracks that can get decidedly ugly as the evening wears on. Women usually get a substantial discount off the admission prices listed.
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Sunduk Pub
Although the motif here is old movies, it still has a fairly traditional pub feel and a wide selection of imported and local beer. Still, most people come for the relatively cheap Ukrainian eats and outdoor patio. There's a smokier, much less appealing version on vul Mykhaylivska 16.
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Taras Shevchenko National Opera Theatre
Taras Shevchenko National Opera Theatre is a lavish theatre (1899-1901) and a performance here is a grandiose affair. True imbibers of Ukrainian culture should not miss a performance of Zaporozhets za Dunaem (Zaporizhzhyans beyond the Danube), a sort of operatic, purely Ukrainian version of Fiddler on the Roof . It tells the story of a group of Zaporizhzhyan Cossacks exiled by Catherine the Great to the Danube river basin in present-day Romania.
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Viola's Bierstube
The Bierstube's former sister bar is still run by Eric's (a well-known bar and club entrepreneur and former manager of Bierstube) ex-wife, Viola. It's similar to the Bierstube (down to the mugs o' mustard), but the service is friendlier and better. The hard-to-find dark wooden door is on the left under the archway leading to the courtyard (it's under a vent).
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