VILNIUS - In Your Pocket
VILNIUS - In Your Pocket
VILNIUS - In Your Pocket
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Pizza<br />
Charlie Pizza C-4, Vokiečių 3, tel. (+370) 695 304<br />
11, www.charlie.lt. The nationwide Charlie Pizza chain<br />
serves classic and exotic pizzas alongside other international<br />
fare throughout the land. Their Old Town location<br />
is on one of the best streets in the city. Good value for<br />
money any day of the week, keep an eye out for their<br />
special offers which make eating in Vilnius almost free at<br />
times. For those with kids in tow, the Panorama branch<br />
offers all kinds of incentives for young children to visit. Also<br />
at Pilies 8. QOpen 09:00 - 24:00, Fri 09:00 - 01:00, Sat<br />
10:00 - 01:00, Sun 10:00 - 24:00. 18Lt. JA<br />
Čili Pica A-1, Gedimino 23, tel. (+370) 5 261 90<br />
71, www.cili.lt. The bible-proportioned menu includes<br />
a frightening array of decent pizzas as well as a small yet<br />
well-chosen collection of pasta and meat dishes to boot.<br />
Those who are generally offended by the possibility of<br />
smothering one’s meal in tomato ketchup really should<br />
try it. It’s actually not that bad. To top it all (so to speak),<br />
the service is usually very good indeed. Also at Didžioji<br />
5. QOpen 09:00 - 03:00, Fri, Sat 08:00 - 06:00. 15Lt.<br />
PTJAVBSW<br />
Gourmet Pizza C-2, Gedimino 52/1, tel. (+370) 606 043<br />
54. A novel approach to a pizza place, Gourmet Pizza comes<br />
with its own deli as well as selling a small range of pre-cooked<br />
pizza slices that rank among the best in town. Also serving an<br />
average set business lunch, try to avoid during the middle of<br />
the day as it gets stupidly chaotic to the point that even the<br />
stoic locals leave the queue and go somewhere else. QOpen<br />
08:00 - 22:00, Sat, Sun 10:00 - 20:00. 8Lt. TJASW<br />
Pizza Hut Express H-1, Ozo 18 (Ozas), tel. (+370) 5<br />
259 61 28. Under new management and a much better<br />
experience all round, Lithuania’s adventures into the world<br />
of pizza franchising are finally worth talking about with a<br />
positive spin. The slice of deep-pan pizza we recently gobbled<br />
down hit the spot exactly. QOpen 10:00 - 22:00. 13Lt.<br />
PTAUSW<br />
Pomodoro A-2, Jogailos 4, tel. (+370) 5 269 00 22, www.<br />
pomodoro.lt. After numerous visits to several Pomodoro restaurants<br />
it’s still almost impossible to fault them. For the price,<br />
the pizza and pasta are up there with the best, whilst the steak<br />
continues to amaze and impress. Service is attentive, salads<br />
lower their standard during the winter like they do anywhere in<br />
the north, and the early morning pancakes continue to be a fine<br />
way to start the day. Also at P. Lukšio 32, Goštauto 40c. QOpen<br />
08:00 - 23:00, Thu, Fri 08:00 - 24:00, Sat 10:00 - 24:00, Sun<br />
11:00 - 23:00. 20Lt. PTJAUBSW<br />
Submarine B-3, Vilniaus 37, tel. (+370) 616 344 21,<br />
www.submarinas.lt. Latter-day Teutonic Knights of the<br />
pizza world, Submarine just won’t leave Lithuania alone.<br />
Preferring to serve Italian food rather than convert people<br />
to Christianity, Submarine also provide free wireless internet<br />
which is something the marauding Germans never did.<br />
The pizzas are good for the price, the staff are genuinely<br />
friendly and for lovers of trivia the place was named after<br />
the make-believe yellow underwater vessel made popular by<br />
the Beatles. Welcome to Vilnius. QOpen 08:00 - 03:00, Fri<br />
08:00 - 06:00, Sat 11:00 - 06:00, Sun 11:00 - 03:00. 15Lt.<br />
PTABSW<br />
Užupio Picerija D-3, Paupio 3, tel. (+370) 5 215 36<br />
66. Parked in a street just around the corner from the Užupis<br />
Angel, this tip-top pizza joint is either bustling and busy or<br />
dead as a door nail. Whatever state it’s found in, the pizza<br />
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restaurants<br />
they serve is decent enough if not exactly gourmet. Eschew<br />
the other meals and stick to the house food and you’ll be<br />
just fine. Service is of course amusing, and the outdoor<br />
seating during the warmer part of the year is exceedingly<br />
pleasant. QOpen 08:00 - 23:00, Sat, Sun 09:00 - 23:00.<br />
17Lt. JABSW<br />
Russian<br />
Царское Cело H-2, Šeimyniškių 3, tel. (+370) 5 272<br />
86 18, www.carskojeselo.lt. Named after a former home<br />
of the Russian royal family, these classic Russian-themed restaurants<br />
pander to the average crowd, are child-friendly and<br />
come with all the folk-themed trappings any self-respecting<br />
restaurant of this kind needs. The food is exceptionally good<br />
for a chain restaurant, providing a fine introduction to the<br />
cuisine of the world’s largest country. QOpen 10:00 - 24:00,<br />
Fri 10:00 - 02:00, Sat 11:00 - 02:00, Sun 11:00 - 24:00. 18Lt.<br />
PTAEBS<br />
Salad<br />
Mano Guru B-2, Vilniaus 22/1, tel. (+370) 5 212<br />
01 26. Opened in August 2004 and still going strong, the<br />
recommended Mano Guru offers a mind-boggling array of<br />
substantial salads plus desserts and soft drinks in something<br />
of a boutique setting. Popular particularly with women<br />
watching their weight, other people are encouraged to visit<br />
not least because of the idea behind the place. Begun on<br />
the initiative of local legend and resurrected mayor of Vilnius<br />
Artūras Zuokas, over half of the staff working here are recovering<br />
drug addicts involved in what’s probably the most<br />
enlightened project in the city, and one that’s well worth<br />
supporting. QOpen 07:00 - 21:00, Fri 07:00 - 22:00, Sat,<br />
Sun 09:00 - 20:00. 15Lt. TJASW<br />
August - November 2012<br />
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