Did you just walk past this hidden gem in Prague?
Summary
TLDRThis video highlights unique and luxurious dining and coffee spots in Prague, including 'The Graham,' a restaurant with a charming garden patio. It discusses other venues like Vitro Block and features a tour of a reconstructed café inside the main train station, where visitors can enjoy coffee in a stunning, historical space. The episode concludes with a visit to 'Automat Matushka,' a brewery with exceptional beer and food, emphasizing the difference between local hidden gems and tourist traps in Prague. The host also appreciates the convenience of contactless payments throughout the city.
Takeaways
- ☕ The Graham is a luxurious coffee place and restaurant in Prague, located inside a former office building's reception area.
- 🌿 The venue features a beautiful garden patio, known as the inner block, run by the same people who manage other unique spots in Prague.
- 🍽️ The Graham serves a variety of meals, including breakfast, lunch, and dinner, with an emphasis on the quality of every gram of coffee and food they prepare.
- 🎨 The restaurant showcases great artwork, which cannot be displayed on YouTube, making an in-person visit necessary to appreciate it.
- 🍞 The bakery at The Graham offers delicious treats to go, with a wide selection of high-quality pastries.
- 🚉 A fancy, recently reconstructed coffee shop is located at Prague's main train station, offering a more unique and affordable alternative to typical chain coffee spots.
- 🏰 The coffee shop is situated inside a historical city gate, providing a unique atmosphere for visitors near Prague Castle, away from the crowded tourist areas.
- 🍺 Automat Matushka is a trendy beer spot and restaurant, featuring brews from a local master brewer, offering a friendly, casual atmosphere with outdoor seating.
- 🍻 The venue offers a variety of Matushka beers, and visitors can even rent out a microbrewery space to create their own beer.
- 💳 The episode is sponsored by Visa, highlighting the ease of paying with card or mobile payment across Prague, whether for small transactions or larger meals.
Q & A
What is 'The Graham,' and what makes it unique?
-'The Graham' is a restaurant and coffee place located in Prague, known for its unique space that was once a reception area in an office building. It offers breakfast, coffee, lunch, and dinner in a stylish and transformed environment, including a beautiful garden patio.
What is the significance of the name 'The Graham'?
-The name 'The Graham' reflects the importance the owners place on every gram of coffee and food they prepare. The name emphasizes the attention to detail in the preparation of their dishes, which are made with high-quality ingredients.
What is the Vitro Block, and how is it connected to 'The Graham'?
-The Vitro Block is an additional venue run by the same people behind 'The Graham' in Prague. It is known for its stylish design and is a popular spot among hipsters. Like 'The Graham,' it offers a unique and aesthetically appealing space.
What are some of the key features of the coffee shop at Prague's main train station?
-The coffee shop at Prague's main train station is a reconstructed and elegant space where you can enjoy coffee served in Czech porcelain. Despite its luxurious feel, it is priced competitively with chain coffee shops, making it an affordable and unique option for travelers.
Why is the coffee shop at the train station a better option than chain coffee places?
-Unlike chain coffee places, this coffee shop offers a more unique and local experience, including beautifully reconstructed interiors, porcelain cups, and a relaxed atmosphere, all for the same or lower price than typical fast-food coffee chains.
What historical significance does the gate near Prague Castle hold?
-The gate near Prague Castle, which can now be visited and even used as a coffee spot, is one of the few remaining gates from the 18th century. It was historically an entry point to the city, and visitors can enjoy a unique coffee experience inside.
What is 'Automat Matushka,' and why is it featured in the guide?
-'Automat Matushka' is a beer and food venue in Prague known for its variety of craft beers and delicious food. It is a modern take on traditional Czech fast-food eateries, providing both a relaxed atmosphere and high-quality beer brewed by the well-known brewmaster Adam Matushka.
What does the word 'Automat' in 'Automat Matushka' refer to?
-The word 'Automat' refers to the Czech fast-food establishments from the socialist era, where people would grab a tray, select their food and drink, and eat at stand-up tables. The modern 'Automat Matushka' maintains some of this traditional style but offers a more sophisticated and updated experience.
What makes the venues in the part of Prague called 'David Set' different from the tourist-heavy city center?
-The venues in David Set, where 'Automat Matushka' and other locations are situated, offer a more authentic and less touristy experience compared to the city center. Visitors are less likely to encounter tourist traps, and the overall atmosphere is more laid-back, with reliable quality in food and drink.
How does the host describe his payment experience using Visa in Prague?
-The host praises Visa for being a safe and reliable payment method throughout Prague, whether it's for small purchases like tram tickets or more expensive dinners. Contactless payments are widely accepted, and the ease of using Visa makes it a convenient choice for locals and tourists alike.
Outlines
☕ Exploring a Unique Restaurant: The Graham
This paragraph introduces 'The Graham,' a unique restaurant and coffee place located at a former office reception. It offers breakfast, coffee, and dinner in a transformed space with a beautiful garden patio. The venue is run by the same people who operate other notable places, including a venue called Vitro Block, popular among hipsters. The paragraph highlights the attention to detail in food preparation, particularly the French toast, and mentions that the artwork displayed inside must be experienced in person.
🚂 Discovering a Hidden Coffee Gem in Prague's Train Station
This part focuses on a newly reconstructed coffee spot inside Prague's main train station. The narrator contrasts it with typical chain coffee shops, praising the unique Czech porcelain cups and the ambiance. The café is described as an affordable option for travelers, offering the same or lower prices than chain coffee places. There's also a recommendation for a guided tour of the renovated halls in the station, which feature stunning architecture, available on specific days.
🏰 Enjoying Coffee at an 18th-Century Gate Near Prague Castle
This section discusses a café located inside one of the few remaining city gates of Prague, near Prague Castle. The narrator shares personal anecdotes about passing the gate many times before finally stopping in. Despite the nearby tourist crowds, the café provides a peaceful, cool refuge with historical charm, such as wooden tiles designed for horse carriages. The location is described as a hidden gem, only a short walk from the busy castle area.
🍺 Automat Matushka: A Beer Lover's Paradise
The narrator introduces Automat Matushka, a beer place and restaurant, which blends traditional Czech fast food culture with modern craftsmanship. The venue offers a wide variety of beers brewed by Adam Matushka, a renowned brew master and friend of the narrator. The atmosphere is described as lively, with a variety of seating options both inside and outside. The narrator notes that the area is free from tourist traps, making it a reliable destination for good food and drink.
💳 Cashless Convenience in Prague: Paying with Visa Everywhere
In this final segment, the narrator reflects on how convenient it is to pay in Prague using Visa, highlighting the ease of making payments with a phone, watch, or card. The episode is sponsored by Visa, and the narrator emphasizes the normalcy of cashless payments in both small transactions, like tram tickets, and larger ones, like fancy dinners. A brief lesson on how to say 'I want to pay by card' in Czech concludes the episode.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Graham
💡Vitro block
💡French toast
💡Prague train station
💡Cafe reconstruction
💡Porcelain cups
💡Prague Castle
💡Old city gate
💡Automat Matushka
💡Visa payment
Highlights
Fancy breakfast at 'The Graham,' a luxurious coffee place at Barck Gate, previously a reception turned into a restaurant.
'The Graham' offers a variety of meals from breakfast to dinner, including French toast so good it should be renamed to 'Kilogram.'
'Vitro Block' patio is an extension of The Graham, with a beautiful garden space in Prague, known for attracting hipsters from around the world.
The owners of The Graham also run another venue where Czech celebrity P. Hza had his wedding, highlighting their influence in Prague’s trendy spots.
The focus on quality at The Graham is summed up by their motto: 'Every gram of coffee matters,' reflecting their dedication to excellence in both coffee and food.
A visit to a hidden coffee place at Prague’s main train station offers a more luxurious and affordable alternative to chain coffee shops like Starbucks.
Cafe at the train station was recently reconstructed, offering coffee in Czech porcelain, making it a unique experience compared to typical fast-food coffee.
The guide recommends skipping chain restaurants in favor of unique venues like this one at the train station, where the coffee is cheaper or the same price.
Historical architecture at the station, with columns and halls, is accessible via a guided tour on select days, providing a blend of culture and coffee.
Prague's old city gate, where visitors can sit and enjoy coffee inside, is a hidden gem just minutes away from the crowded tourist hotspots.
'Automat Matushka' is featured as a top beer and food place, known for its fast service, variety of beers, and the historic socialist-era fast-food concept of 'alat.'
The beer selection at Automat Matushka is curated by master brewer Adam Matushka, showcasing innovative brewing techniques with a dedicated experimental space.
Automat Matushka is located in a vibrant square filled with great restaurants and shops, far from the typical tourist traps of downtown Prague.
The microbrewery at Automat Matushka offers not only high-quality beer but also the opportunity to rent out space to brew your own batch with friends.
Throughout the episode, the host emphasizes the benefits of using Visa for secure and seamless payments across all venues, including small purchases.
Transcripts
fancy breakfast the most luxurious
coffee place at a train station coffee
inside of barck gate this is like best
food
ever the places we will show you today
have something in common they're unique
spaces and they're new uh this one is
called the grham uh it is a restaurant
it is a place where you can get your
morning coffee you can get breakfast you
can get Tas you can get dinner and
believe it or not this used to be a
reception to an office building and then
somebody looked at it and said well one
big reception how about we turn it into
this and it's not only this space uh it
kind of spreads out to more places so
let's check it
out beautiful garden patio that we would
refer to as the inner block vitro block
uh which is also a name of another venue
that people who run the Graham run in
Prague vit is a beautiful space in
hollish show it's known by hipsters all
around the world and they also run other
venues for example uh place called P
where hza had his wedding all the places
mentioned have something in common
they're unique and they're
great there's also some great artwork to
be admired in this place unfortunately
cannot be shown on YouTube so we had to
blur it out you have to show up here to
look at it it's really
good
oh I was curious about the origins of
the name of this place gram and they
said well every gram of coffee is
important for us and not only every gram
of coffee but even of our food
everything that we prepare here in the
case of their French toast they should
rename the place to a
kilogram but uh I believe every gram of
it will be
[Music]
delicious well kids let's be honest I'm
no foodie blogger but I can tell this is
really good but many other foodie
bloggers have been to this place and
they said the same thing so I'm glad we
agree I mean just look at it what can be
wrong about it but I promise to come
back to try the full English breakfast
because that's what I usually aim for so
I'll try that as
well I'd say this is 10 out of 10 so
when you go by step in and also don't
forget to check out their little
Bakery a sample at the bakery was taken
we're taking it to go because there's
still lunch ahead of
us we should also point out where we are
we're in the part of prag that is called
vade it's a safe space any venue here
will be great for you to discover no
tourist traps here we also have our maps
on patreon if you want to support us
next stop in the city
center voila if you happen to arrive to
proc on a train at a train station you
may want to grab a coffee well there's a
lot of fast food type coffee places say
but don't you want an upgrade a unique
place like the coffee place behind me
cafe well hello and welcome don't you
love it when the order is already
waiting for you on one of the preview
episodes we were talking about mistakes
that tourists make and in case of the
main train station I can imagine hey
let's grab a coffee there's Starbucks or
whatever chain coffee place we're going
to sip it out of a plastic mug okay do
that or maybe get an upgrade uh the
coffee might be cheaper here you're
going to drink it out of a beautiful
Czech porcelain and you're in a space
like no other around the world the chain
restaurant is same everywhere uh this
Cafe was just recently reconstructed
this entire space you can actually even
get a a guided tour around this Wing uh
of the main train station but we
recommend grabbing a cross on of coffee
and just enjoying the space
because wow I honestly discovered it by
accident we were walking through the
quarter from the trains and I saw the
door I was like wait weren't they saying
something in the media that something
has been reconstructed here is it
finished I grabbed by the handle and
suddenly uh it opened so I walked uh up
the stairs uh and this really really
works for me I hope it will work for you
as
well and if you would think that this is
fancy therefore the prices will be high
actually no we just uh compared it to
one of the chain coffee places that's uh
in the hallway and it's either same or
cheaper here so don't worry especially
if you're a foreigner from the US or
Luxemburg it's going to be like free for
you
here the coffee place is not the only
reconstructed uh place on the train
station here you can also visit these
Halls they are stunning I've never been
here the columns are amazing but you
need to book a tour every Tuesday
Thursday and Saturday so far they're
free
I know I'm a
boomer we're in Prague but if you look
at an 18th century map I'm not even on
it I'm on the outskirts of the city
therefore there has to be a gate to
enter the town and it is right here one
of the few remaining Gates of the city
of pra and you can actually not only
walk through the gate but sit inside and
have a
coffee I was obviously joking that we're
on the outskirts of PR I mean in the
18th century may be but we're 300 M from
the pr castle for the Americans that's 2
and 1/2 minute walk uh I've passed this
gate so many times and I never actually
uh stepped inside until now so thank you
our viewers of the honest guide that
thanks to you I can discover uh places
like these beautiful wooden uh not
Stones uh but tiles because of the
horses that would go through uh the gate
in the summer is obviously opened uh
which uh lets the Cool Breeze go inside
uh and and I can guarantee to you that
right now at the castle it's going to be
a mess there's going to be millions of
tourists uh crowded and a 2-minute walk
from there you got this hidden
gym I hope you will visit but let's be
honest three coffees a day is my limit
let's go get a
beer now if there's a place I was really
looking forward to feature on our show
it's the one behind me automat matushka
in my eyes it's still new it's been
around for more than a year now but you
know I had to do some sampling before
featuring it on the honest guide It's a
beer Place uh it's also a fancy food
place but the word Alat comes from back
in socialist era where the check fast
food would be called aont you would take
a tray you would get some food you would
grab a beer you would stand at a standup
table and my dad said he remembers that
your beer would disappear if you would
just turn around for a second because
somebody would just snatch it uh that's
not going to happen here don't worry but
if it would yeah you can still go to the
bar and try a different beer uh because
there is a variety of this uh genius
brew master Adam uh who is the holder of
the name matushka that also happens to
be our friend in the summer you
obviously want to be outside and uh
don't worry even if the place is packed
uh it goes quite fast and if you don't
find a place to sit down you can kind of
mingle around anywhere on this Lev
lovely square there's also a pup right
across the street uh many different
stores and just looking down the street
here so many choices to eat and drink
besides the one we're showing you see
that's a big difference if I compare
this to the touristic part of prog I can
basically just tell you here oh any
place you go to here will be good or
great I can't tell you that in downtown
proc because there's so many different
tourist traps there are so many
different obstacles you can run into as
a tourist as a foreigner I simply can't
tell you just go anywhere you're going
to have a good time no that does not
apply to prag one or the city center but
here in the part where we are now which
is called David set you'll you should be
safe and you'll be more than safe right
here we have walked down into the
basement and here you can get your
answer to our question how big is a
micro Brewery well it's quite small but
don't worry this is not the only Brewery
matushka has uh but this is for I guess
experimental testing if they want a
batch that they want to sample or
actually you can rent it out with your
friends and make your own
beer not only fabulous superb beer but
apparently also uh some great food uh it
is delicious whenever I'm here there's
always someone I'm with who's like let's
get some food as well uh so we usually
do it and my memories of it are always
great let's refresh
them bro this is
serious hats off this is
delicious I really enjoyed filming
today's episode I hope you enjoyed
watching it and you wrote down the
places that we listed also we would like
to thank to our partner which is Visa
for this episode you probably noticed I
paid everywhere with my watch with my
phone or with my physical cart it is
safe reliable and finally normal around
Prague some places don't even ask you
like aom you just pay with your cart and
it doesn't matter if you're paying € for
the ticket on the tram or many more
Euros for a fancy dinner with your
friends so thank you Visa again I hope
to see you soon again and I hope to see
you uh on the next episode of The Honest
guide which will be here on our Channel
next week so please subscribe I'll see
you then the check word at the end is
brought to you by Visa how to say uh
that I want to pay my card in check you
want to
sayto by card please cim
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