I was looking for reminders of our communist history throughout the city, when I stumbled upon, or better, I was made stumbling upon, a soviet-style restaurant, called Raketa.
The venue was so popular in the 60s that even the daughter of our head of state celebrated her marriage there.
Now it has been completely renewed but you can still feel the enchanting atmosphere of the old times thanks to the plenty of communist memorabilia that are part of the interior decor.
Don’t worry about the menu, the food options are contemporary and yummy.
Military green table with communism’s symbol – a red star. The five points represent the five fingers of worker’s hand.
Communist party memembership record-card books
There weren’t any Barbies or Legos but we had these
Portable transistor radio
Lenin’s essays + a document on the left that authorizes you to wear aГТО pin – an abbreviation that means “ready for work and defence”
Books about scientific communism and astronauts
Vintage tricycle
You can still see these scales around
What skateboards used to be
Dining in the company of Karl Marx
Old public phone with all the emergency and other important numbers engraved in front. I can still remember me and my friends using them for funny (for us only) phone jokes. Who knows how many pizzas have been delivered without being ordered.
Raketa Street sign and old cigarette packs
Enthusiastic kiss between Todor Zhivkov and Leonid Brezhnev, the then-communist leaders of Bulgaria and its big brother, the Soviet Union
Raketa restaurant is 15 min walking from the famous Alexander Nevsky cathedral: Boulevard “Yanko Sakazov” 17, Sofia ( on the other side of the park ); Mon – Sun 11:00 am – 12:00 am; www.raketarakiabar.com
How intresting it is! Food is a part of Human Tradition and this post really represent what it means.
Do you know that there is an European Contest called “Second Open Innovation Challenge” that gives you the opportunity to win up to 3000€? It’s based on creating a video focused on the relation between food and culture and I think it could be very intresting for you!
If you want some more information about the contest check out our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Second-Open-Innovation-Challenge-UniRoma1/763246200457400?ref=hl
ps. Winners eill be awarded at EXPO Milan 2015!!!
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Omg, This place has amazing collection of soviet union era stuff! :))) Such nostalgic feelings:)
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How intresting it is! Food is a part of Human Tradition and this post really represent what it means.
Do you know that there is an European Contest called “Second Open Innovation Challenge” that gives you the opportunity to win up to 3000€? It’s based on creating a video focused on the relation between food and culture and I think it could be very intresting for you!
If you want some more information about the contest check out our Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Second-Open-Innovation-Challenge-UniRoma1/763246200457400?ref=hl
ps. Winners eill be awarded at EXPO Milan 2015!!!