Poplavok Jazz Café

Yerevan


In a pavilion overlooking Poplavok pond, this lounge-cafe is a male-dominated spot for a coffee during the day and an okay live-jazz venue at night. Poplavok is infamously known as the place where a man was beaten to death in the bathroom stall after calling former president Robert Kocharyan 'Rob' during a jazz show.

It's on the Teryan St corner.


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