photo: Jiří Zemen, PrahaIN.cz/Beer, illustration photo
Prague often has the label of a party destination. Some tourists are attracted by alcohol, which in many cases is cheaper than in other European cities. Still, there are businesses they never set foot in.
We are talking about pubs that are mostly located outside the center or on the outskirts of Prague. Some open later in the afternoon and close in the morning.
Others have it exactly the opposite. They are open from the morning, but close the doors shortly after the TV news ends. Of course, there are fewer of them.
PrahaIN.cz spoke with a waitress who has been working in one of the similar establishments for several years. She had no problem answering our questions, but asked us to remain anonymous, including the specific location and opening hours of the business. “The superiors probably wouldn’t like it,” she shrugged.
“I’ve been working here for a long time. That’s probably the answer to the question of whether I’m happy here. There is enough work in our field, but I have no reason to change yet,” he begins.
We wrote
Almost every Czech pub has a “beer” section on the menu. These are smaller dishes. Drowned man, pickled ermine, brat, belly…
They say no conflicts
We were mainly interested in the composition of customers. Especially those who come here in the morning, when most Praguers head to work. Or is he still sleeping.
“During the day, those people spin. But they don’t order shots in the morning, that only happens exceptionally when they get off work,” he comments.
According to her, beer is a hit in the morning. “She goes to get stronger before work,” she describes, adding that despite the prejudices of others, customers treat her politely. “Do we know each other. They are all nice guys. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be working here,” she says.
There is another thing related to this that he praises. She had never experienced a conflict in a pub in her life. “Not really. Sometimes someone gets drunk, so it’s noisier, but there was never a fight,” he clarifies.
In this context, PrahaIN.cz searched for other pubs that open in the morning. None of them gave an official statement.
Other businesses of a similar type are non-stop. There is, for example, a non-stop canteen on Anděl, which is called Marjánka, and where we are going as part of this series about Prague canteens.
Other places that open early offer breakfast in a very unconventional style: pastries, sirloin. That’s what we’re about they already wrote last year.
“Mainly drivers came here, they waited after dark. I opened at six in the morning. We mainly made goulash and meatloaf. The meatloaf was made in a pan, so they ate ten, fifteen cones of it every day. And alcohol? No one ever got that one,” one of the entrepreneurs who used to run a similar one told us. Its regulars were mainly public transport and ČSAD drivers.
