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The Moscow Times Moscow Guide – Winter 2008

Since the middle of autumn one of the most important topics of discussion, could only be … no, not the financial crisis… New Year! The winter issue of The Moscow Times Moscow Guide is entirely devoted to New Years celebrations. Seven great ideas for celebrating the “Night of Nights” will help readers finalise their plans and choose how and where to party, give fresh ideas and lots of practical advice.

And don’t forget – problems will come by themselves, but happiness and luck need an invitation. That why the more cheerful and light-hearted your celebration of the coming holiday is, the happier and more successful 2009 will be for you.

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Thursday, January 08, 2009 Updated at 31 December 2008 22:36 Moscow Time.

The Moscow Times » Issue 3912 » Dining

Ekaterina Morgunova / Independent media

Have Breakfast

29 May 2008By Lara McCoy Roslof / Special to The Moscow TimesWhen most expats venture out for breakfast, their usual destination is the Starlite Diner -- it's a friendly, familiar environment that serves Western omelets with a tall carafe of black coffee. But morning meal options are expanding as more and more Moscow cafes offer breakfast specials. Coffeemania, which seems to have evolved into more of a restaurant than a coffeeshop, has a special morning menu with a range of porridges, omelets, blinis and sandwiches. Prostiye Veshchi has a fairly large breakfast menu also featuring blinis, omelets and sandwiches with the addition of breakfast combinations and special fruit plates. It also frequently has special themed breakfasts, such as breakfast in Spain or breakfast with children. The gastropub recently completed a series of breakfasts co-sponsored by radio station Relax-FM. For something more unusual, the Lebanese restaurant Shafran has three combination breakfasts available every morning from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. -- Breakfast in Beirut, Lebanese Muesli and Shakshuka, a traditional Eastern breakfast.

Breakfast also is a good time to check out one of Moscow's more elite restaurants. The Most, known for its sumptuous interior and high prices offers an extensive and affordable breakfast menu on weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. and on weekends from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.

Coffeemania, six central Moscow locations, including 13 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ul., M. Pushkinskaya, Okhotny Ryad, www.coffeemania.ru

The Most, 6/3 Kuznetsky Most,M. Kuznetsky Most

Prostiye Veshchi, 32 Konyushkovskaya Ul., M. Barrikadnaya, www.gastropub.ru

Shafran, 12/9 Spiridonyevsky Pereulok, M. Pushkinskaya, www.restoran-shafran.ru

Starlite Diner, three locations, including 16 Bolshaya Sadovaya Ul., M. Mayakovskaya, www.starlite.ru