Today Russia celebrates "Fatherland Defenders Day". Earlier it used to be called "Soviet Army Day". So I've made a special list for Moscow travelers - Moscow restaurants in Soviet style. One need to think not only of spiritual nourishment but also of the physical)
«Pokrovskie Vorota»In 1983 in Soviet Union was released "The Pokrovsky Gates" («Pokrovskie Vorota») movie. It recreated the atmosphere of Moscow fifties and classic Soviet communal apartment. The film became extremely popular. The interior of «Pokrovskie Vorota» restaurant is made after the it. Shots from "Pokrovskie Vorota" movie 
There are many features of the Soviet reality in the halls: envelopes from old records, excerpts from school essay on "Virgin Soil Upturned» by Sholokhov, old electricity meters at the entrance, a sewing machine. The walls are decorated with numerous black and white photographs. For homely atmosphere responds freely roam around a red cat. Kitchen home, and the average price. 
Address: Moscow, Pokrovka, 19
Average check: 1000 rub ($35) «Gorky» Restaurant «Gorky» on Tverskaya called in honor of the Soviet writer Maxim Gorky. The interior is made in the Stalin's Empire style. Massive columns, heavy chandeliers with shades, stucco on the ceiling, impressive chairs and sofas. In such a way used to look restaurants for higher party officials in the middle of the century. In the menu sre classic Soviet dishes and European cuisine. However just to have dinner in "Gorky" is difficult. Almost every eve this space is leased under birthdays, weddings and other private parties. 
Address: 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street, 3
Average check: 2000-3000 rub ($70-100) «Stolovaya #57» («Dining Room #57»)«Stolovaya #57» is on the third floor of the third line of GUM. Cafe operates on the principle of self-service. And moving the tray along the line of distribution one can consider all the cute little things made in Soviet style - posters, bottles for drinks, trolley for dirty dishes. Tables are covered with oilcloth, melodies of Soviet times play. And the prices are very democratic. 
Average check: 500 rub ($18)
Address: Red Square, GUM «Special Buffet #7»«Special Buffet #7» located in the building with a rich history inextricably linked with the socialist era. It was built in the early thirties this house was known as «Government House» or «House on the Quay» and among its residents were famous politicians, military leaders, scientists, cultural figures, the old Bolsheviks. So it’s not surprising that the Special Buffet #7 is decorated in the Soviet theme. Marble floors and walls, red carpets, hanging posters of thirties-fourties on the walls, old typewriter «Underwood», darkened by time pioneer horn, gramophone, a myriad of figures of Lenin, dishes with symbols of the Soviet Union. The waitresses in starched white aprons and songs by Soviet composers. The prices are very moderate as required in special buffets. 
Address: Serafimovicha street, 2
Average check: 1500 rub ($50) «Staff Enter»Restaurant «Staff Entry» is housed in the Archive of socio-political history of Russia. In this accommodation used to be a dining room of the Institute of Marxism-Leninism and that fact dictates the concept of institution - a historical excursion in fifties-seventies of the last century. In the restaurant hall is located a museum exhibit: pennants for labor progress, busts of the classics of Marxism and the gifts of workers to senior figures of the CPSU and Komsomol. The restaurant's interior is executed in classical style with elements of the Soviet decor (massive leather sofas, shelves with the classics). At lunch time restaurant operates as a self-service cafeteria, and in the evening the waiters serve the guests. In the menu as a classic Soviet dishes and European cuisine. 
Address: Moscow, Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street, 15
Average check: 2000-3000 rub ($70-100) «Glavpivtorg»Restaurant «Glavpivtorg» on Lubyanka is located in the former building of the Ministry of Road Transport. The restaurant's interior combines all the classic signs of the Soviet ministerial style. In the evenings the restaurant has live music, Soviet retro.
The red carpet will lead you in the "Сourtroom", there one can feel as «nomenklatura» at the grand table with green cloth. There’re some cabins on the long balcony and secluded "Reading Room" with the collected works of the classics of Marxism. Also there is th «Chief’s Cabinet» with a superb view on Lubyanka Square and the «Secretariat», decorated with pennants and cups for labor progress. 
Address: Bolshaya Lubyanka, 5
Average check: 1500-200 rub ($50-70)
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