Aldaris brewery has been operating since 1865, initially known as Waldschlößchen. See also photo of Varpa Brewery, which once was a part of Aldaris union.
Vērmanītis is Latvian cuisine restaurant located in the very center on the crossroads of Elizabetes and Terbatas. It is used be cheap as any other Lido Restaurant, but nowadays Vermanitis has prices like any place in city center.
Piparkūkas is a traditional Latvian cookies, which are sweet and spicy at the same time. In Gallery Riga shopping center you can find the model of Riga City made of piparkukas.
Tokyo City is one of the best Sushi bars in Riga. It is open since Summer 2010 and still has attractive low prices. Restaurant is located in the very center, on Krisjana Barona street, in place where Palazzo Italia shop used to be. (Un)fortunately Tokyo city is also smokers-friendly place.
Čilija Pica (Chili Pizza) is the largest pizza chain in Latvia, although it is originally Lithuanian company. It is famous for relatively low prices and good quality of food. Some of Čili pizzerias are open day and night and serving alcohol, hence Čilik could be considered as part of Riga nightlife or even morning life when everybody comes here after parties to have some pizza :)
McDonald's restaurants quickly become points of reference in any city of the world.
This restaurant is located on the one of the busiest crossroads in Riga - Merkela and Marijas. The building itself was built in 1896 as an apartment house and nowadays is hostel Balthostel.
Iguana is the name of a restaurant located on Elizabetes iela, within Berga Bazars complex. The food here looks (and tastes of course) much more pleasant than the animal with the same name :) Thanks goes to Mike for showing me the place :)
Oliveoil is the name of Italian restaurant located in Old town on Jana iela. There are so many Italians and Italian places in Riga, so it could be possible that Italian could be the 3rd most popular native language of people living in Riga after Latvian and Russian of course. BTW, Halloween is coming this weekend :)
Double Coffee is a Latvian version of Starbucks. Interesting that in every country (except China) where Double Coffee has own cafe shops, Starbucks does not. First ever Double Coffee was opened in 2002 at Stabu street, nowadays it has more than cafes 20 in Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine and China.
Le Paon Bleu (Indian Peafowl) is the name of recently opened bohemian French restaurant in Old Town. I don't know what new restaurant owners have in mind, but the closed down restaurant Hospitalis, which was located here, went bankruptcy several months ago. Despite being very well promoted Hospitalis couldn't compete with cheaper restaurants and cafes in Old Town. Have you ever tried frogs legs? How does it taste like? :)
T.G.I. Friday's is always called just Fridays, but most of the local people don't even know that it stands for Thank God It's Friday's, just because they simply don't go to this American restaurant. Everyday regular visitors of Fridays are Riga tourists, who pretend that they don't like McDonald's and don't know about Hesburger, which is located 1 minute walking from here.
In the summer Riga looks like any other Western European city. A lot of local people go out, happy tourists are visiting town, brasserie are open in the center :) This Summer Terrace is next to one of the many Steiku Haoss restaurants in Riga.
Cafe Старая Рига (Staraya Riga means Old Riga) is another sign of Riga's spirit outside Latvia. It is located in Moscow, in a quite prestigious Basmanny District.
McDrive is another way to entertain yourself or your girlfriend during boring night. Photo is taken at McDonald's at Krasta, which is opened 24/7 and could be considered as part of Riga nightlife
Samurajs (Samurai) is one of the many sushi bars in Riga. This particular one is famous for being radiatively cheap sushi place in Old Town. It is located on Kungu iela.
Baudiet Nesteidzoties (Enjoy sipping) is the name of another Apsara Tea House, located in old town. Tea drinking is extremely popular in Riga, but the drinkers' preference is changing constantly. Nowadays the person who drinks black tea with white sugar (as everybody did several years before) is a rarity.
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