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...result, Prague is today known not only for paintings by Emil Filla or sculpture by Otto Gutfreund, both Czech Cubist artists, but also for about a dozen Cubist buildings and countless objects of applied art. Now it also hosts a restored Cubist caf? that first opened in 1912 and closed 12 years later. Grand Caf? Orient is the joint effort of Czech restaurateur and art collector Rudolf Brinek and the National Gallery in Prague. It reopened in March on the second floor of the House at the Black Madonna, a Cubist building downtown that also contains a gallery of Czech...
...Although all that survived of the original space were five black-and-white photographs and a couple of sketches, the painstakingly reconstructed caf? succeeds in reviving much of its early 20th century charm. It's airy and open, and features huge bay windows and impressive brass-wheel chandeliers decorated with stylized tulips. The walls are paneled with mirrors and dark wood, and green stripes adorn all the upholstery. On an overcast day, the interior can verge on the austere, but the sun infuses it with a soft greenish-gold tint that puts patrons instantly at ease. Food is fresh...
...stark raving mad by now. I suspect that I am not. I like to tell myself that I am in pretty sane company. The game certainly has its pantheon of upstanding citizens. While ambassador to France, Benjamin Franklin preferred to eschew the Paris opera for chess at the Caf? de la R?gence. (Excellent choice.) Napoleon played, although to judge by one of his games, a diagrammed and illustrated copy of which hangs in my office, he was a far better general. Nabokov was a fine player and renowned composer of chess problems. And the sanest man I know, Natan Sharansky...
...adjacent Elmegade is the fusion caf? that Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen once called the "the coolest in N?rrebro." Politicians aren't normally arbiters of hip, but with the Laundromat Caf?, tel: (45) 3535 2672, Rasmussen might be right. In a colorful setting of red lamps, red booths and coffee-colored walls, you can wash your clothes or pore over any of 4,000 secondhand books on sale. Icelandic owner Fridrik Weisshappel J?nsson says people have warmed to the concept "because modern-city living places importance on saving time, and here they can have lunch and do a daily...
...Just over Dronning Louises Bro (bridge) is Barbarellah, tel: (45) 3332 0061, a caf?, restaurant, lounge bar and fashion store. Barbara Bascunan and her brothers Daniel and Pablo opened the caf?, which is full of their customized flea-market acquisitions, last July, and virtually everything is up for grabs. "You can basically buy everything except the bartenders," says Daniel, who sees himself as part of a new movement of caf? innovators in Copenhagen. "We recognize there's a concept that links us and we see each other less as competitors and more as colleagues." Injecting a note of cooperation into...