Bykov Bar

Kaliningrad’s unique geographical location is reflected in the gastronomic diversity of local restaurants. Some specialize in European cuisine, while others serve predominantly Russian dishes. But wherever you go, the best of Baltic seafood will likely be on the menu.

Location: 13 Sadovaya Street, St. Petersburg

Average bill: PPPP

Cuisine: American/Mexican

Tel.: [phone]

Open: Monday-Thursday 12pm — 1am,  Friday-Saturday 12pm — 3am, Sunday 12pm-1 am

At the Bureau burger restaurant, you can get a fast and filling meal. The name may raise some eyebrows. Why “Bureau”? Simply because the word sounded funny and offbeat to the founders of this Petersburg burger chain. And their taste in names has not changed: whether it’s Bureau, Commode, or Trumeau, each restaurant still bears the “Bureau” logo.

Choose among 17 burger options – with chicken, beef, salmon, or vegetarian patties – or create your own burger with choice of bun, patty and toppings. Bureau opened more than five years ago when there were only fast-food burger places in Petersburg. Now, competitors posing as ordinary customers order burgers and chop them up to see what’s inside, hoping to reproduce them elsewhere.

Bureau updates its menu every new season. Some novelties will be offered by the time the World Cup kicks off. But certain items never change. For example, the Bureau burger with beef patty, fried egg, Adyghe cheese, tomato, lettuce and mayonnaise. To wash down this juicy burger, choose from over 30 varieties of beer, some of which may be tempting even for those who are not beer lovers: cherry, mango, pine-apple and other exotic flavors.

For lighter fare, try salmon salad with poached egg and potatoes. For dessert, get the delicious Vienna waffle with cream and tart berry jam.