{"id":13697,"date":"2025-11-10T20:07:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T18:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/?p=13697"},"modified":"2026-02-01T09:22:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T07:22:22","slug":"tolstoy-art-cafe-kaliningrad-its-a-novel-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/tolstoy-art-cafe-kaliningrad-its-a-novel-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Tolstoy Art Caf\u00e9 Kaliningrad: It&#8217;s a Novel Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">No need to read between the lines \u2026.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">10 November 2025 &#8211; Tolstoy Art Caf\u00e9 Kaliningrad<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain, Fyodor Dostoevsky \u00ad\u2014 I feel a certain intimacy with either one and all of these gentlemen, not solely because I have read and admired their inimitable works, their acknowledged masterpieces, but also from the observation that these noted writers displayed a fondness to lesser and higher degrees for alcoholic beverages. That Tolstoy did not follow suit, at least by the time of 1850, when come his spiritual transformation he renounced the demon drink, could explain the reason why I am not so well acquainted either with his works or with the life of the man himself. As in matters of race and politics, people of a certain persuasion are often drawn to one another, finding comfort and cohesion in shared identities and experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Tolstoy Art Caf\u00e9 Kaliningrad<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Any prejudices that I might entertain towards temperance in general and temperate people in particular were swiftly dispelled, however, upon learning of a caf\u00e9 in Kaliningrad bearing the name of Leo Tolstoy. Not thinking to inquire whether the said establishment had outlawed the sale of alcohol in deference to its namesake, I decided, nevertheless, that since Leo\u2019s transformation had caused him to revise and relinquish the unnecessary primordial practice of sinking one\u2019s teeth into flesh, whilst his denunciation of alcohol could be excused as an aberration, his conscious metamorphosis from carnivore to vegetarian proved in this particular that he could not be all that bad a chap, and, even should you not concur on this point, take stock that he wrote a book or two, and that anyone in my opinion who willingly devotes the greater percentage of their little life wrestling with the written word deserves, if nothing else, to have a caf\u00e9 named in their honour. It does make you wonder, though, about the literary prowess of McDonald. (I know his brother; he has a farm.) We are all acquainted with the adage \u2018never judge a book by its cover\u2019, and McDonald\u2019s, of course, are not real restaurants, but having more junk-food factories named after you than Colonel Sanders implies that Old McDonald\u2019s bruv has to be one hell of a writer. Based on the same criteria, have you ever dined at the JK Rowling?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Tolstoy Art Caf\u00e9 Kaliningrad: It&#8217;s a Novel Experience<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Anyway, burger to thoughts of that nature, let\u2019s first apologise to Leo and then get down to the nitty-gristle: What was it that I found and liked on my maiden voyage to the Tolstoy Caf\u00e9?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#b2b1f3\"><strong>You might like to check out these &#8230;<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/cafe-seagull-by-the-lake-kaliningrad\/\">Caf\u00e9 Seagull by the Lake<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/upper-pond-kaliningrad-new-garden-cafes\/\">Soul Garden<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/patisson-markt-restaurant-kaliningrad-good-value\/\">Patisson Markt Restaurant <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/croissant-cafe-kaliningrad-it-tastes-as-good-as-it-looks\/\">Croissant Caf\u00e9 <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/premier-cafe-bar-kaliningrad\/\">Premier Caf\u00e9 Bar <\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I could say, and if I did, I would be perfectly wrong in doing so, that should you not be specifically looking for it, the whereabouts of Tolstoy Art Caf\u00e9 would be impossible to miss. Komsomol&#8217;skaya Street, which is where the caf\u00e9 is located, lies in what was in K\u00f6nigsberg\u2019s time one of the city\u2019s most prominent suburbs. The same rings true today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Here you will find row upon row of solid, upmarket German flats, punctuated now and again with imposing municipal buildings and villas of a stately nature. Being predominantly residential, the assumption that the Tolstoy Art Caf\u00e9 would have no great difficulty in standing out from the crowd is to court an evident misconception. Despite the oversized painted portrait of Tolstoy\u2019s well-known visage, the building occupied by the caf\u00e9, being set back from the road and, during the months of summer, being partially screened by trees, could lead without deliberate scrutiny to passing the image off as the competent endeavor of\u2014and here I am being polite \u2014 what some would call a \u2018street artist\u2019, or, if it suits your understanding better, the work of a graffiti merchant, who, having taken his paints and spray can, has adorned the wall of a uniform townhouse with a likeness of his favourite writer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Whether I could have found the caf\u00e9 alone, working from directions only, is a metric that cannot be tested. I knew where I was going, as I was being taken there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Tolstoy Art Caf\u00e9, Kaliningrad: A Literary Retreat<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Tolstoy, I am now referring to the man, the ingenious, gifted writer, is not about graffiti, nor about temperance and not liking sausages; Tolstoy is a man of letters. OK, so the letters of which we speak don\u2019t spell \u201cMine\u2019s a beer\u201d or \u201cOrder me up a Double Big Mac\u201d, but they\u2019re definitely of a type that professionally and epically, and to this I will also add lavishly, fill many a page in many a book \u2014 think of <em>War and Peace<\/em>. Thus, that the theme of the Tolstoy Art Caf\u00e9 is irrefutably bookish is not the kind of revelation that is going to blow your socks off or knock the stuffing clean away out of your Christmas turkey. There are books at Tolstoy Art Caf\u00e9 \u2014 indeed books and books and books \u2014 but the fact that they are there \u2014 and there, and there and everywhere \u2014 is only part of the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Stacked in blocks and bound in string, which once was the way of doing things when preparing books for shipment, is a nice twee touch of vintage, which the caf\u00e9 carries off well. And books to be found where they should be, stood at attention on shelves, lend the place an erudite air. Yet, it is not books in themselves, as appropriate as they are to a caf\u00e9 named after a famous writer, that generate true novelty. It is in discovering books where you would least expect to find them and in a capacity and aesthetic arrangement hitherto unexperienced where the known ordinary surpasses itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ll try you with a clue. Tolstoy was a brilliant writer, an undisputed literary genius. His intellect and imagination seemingly knew no heights. Millions of readers around the world admire and look up to him. In his exploration of human experience and his deep moral and philosophical insights, he stands head and shoulders above many of his contemporaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTell me something new!\u201d you say. And as your eyes roll upwards in an intended show of exasperation, now you see them where you saw them not, up there on the ceiling.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"830\" data-attachment-id=\"13705\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/tolstoy-art-cafe-kaliningrad-its-a-novel-experience\/books-on-ceiling-tolstoy-art-cafe-kaliningrad-rz-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Books-on-Ceiling-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?fit=900%2C1196&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"900,1196\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Books on Ceiling Tolstoy Art Cafe Kaliningrad\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Reading takes you to new heights&lt;\/p&gt;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Books-on-Ceiling-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?fit=625%2C830&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Books-on-Ceiling-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=625%2C830&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Books on the ceiling at Tolstoy Art Caf\u00e9 in Kaliningrad\" class=\"wp-image-13705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Books-on-Ceiling-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=771%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 771w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Books-on-Ceiling-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=226%2C300&amp;ssl=1 226w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Books-on-Ceiling-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=768%2C1021&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Books-on-Ceiling-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=9%2C12&amp;ssl=1 9w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Books-on-Ceiling-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=624%2C829&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Books-on-Ceiling-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=18%2C24&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Books-on-Ceiling-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=27%2C36&amp;ssl=1 27w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Books-on-Ceiling-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=36%2C48&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Books-on-Ceiling-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Tolstoy Art Caf\u00e9 Kaliningrad: It&#8217;s a Novel Experience<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Books and volumes of them, some presenting their covers, some with opened, fluttering leaves; some pinned to the ceiling, others suspended at different heights by string; not just thrown together but creatively arranged, pre-planned, choreographed, artistically assembled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The sight of so many books hovering above like words of wisdom placed inconveniently just out of reach is enough to make the dullest fellow want to say, as though he means it, \u201cI do enjoy a good read, you know, though most of it is over my head.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Whilst this is patently obvious in the room with its halo of books, Tolstoy Art Caf\u00e9 is two rooms bookish. The second room has soft seats and books on shelves arranged traditionally, which can be taken down and read at leisure as one would do in a public library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"471\" data-attachment-id=\"13706\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/tolstoy-art-cafe-kaliningrad-its-a-novel-experience\/libraryt-tolstoy-art-cafe-kaliningrad-rz-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Libraryt-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?fit=1200%2C903&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,903\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Libraryt Tolstoy Art Cafe Kaliningrad\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Tolstoy Art Caf\u00e9 &lt;\/p&gt;\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Libraryt-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?fit=625%2C471&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Libraryt-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=625%2C471&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tolstoy Art Caf\u00e9, Kaliningrad. This room is like a public library.\" class=\"wp-image-13706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Libraryt-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=1024%2C771&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Libraryt-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Libraryt-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=768%2C578&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Libraryt-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=16%2C12&amp;ssl=1 16w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Libraryt-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=624%2C470&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Libraryt-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=24%2C18&amp;ssl=1 24w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Libraryt-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=36%2C27&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Libraryt-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=48%2C36&amp;ssl=1 48w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Libraryt-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">But don\u2019t book now! I whisper. To get into this furthest room, you must pass beneath an arch of books, as though entering into a sacred chamber where scholarly miracles are performed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-image-c2c2339b\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"471\" data-attachment-id=\"13707\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/tolstoy-art-cafe-kaliningrad-its-a-novel-experience\/arch-of-books-tolstoy-art-cafe-kaliningrad-rz-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Arch-of-Books-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?fit=1200%2C903&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,903\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Arch of Books Tolstoy Art Cafe Kaliningrad\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Underneath the arches &amp;#8230;&lt;\/p&gt;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Arch-of-Books-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?fit=625%2C471&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Arch-of-Books-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=625%2C471&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tolstoy Art Caf\u00e9. An arch of books ...\" class=\"wp-image-13707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Arch-of-Books-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=1024%2C771&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Arch-of-Books-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Arch-of-Books-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=768%2C578&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Arch-of-Books-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=16%2C12&amp;ssl=1 16w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Arch-of-Books-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=624%2C470&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Arch-of-Books-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=24%2C18&amp;ssl=1 24w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Arch-of-Books-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=36%2C27&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Arch-of-Books-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=48%2C36&amp;ssl=1 48w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Arch-of-Books-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Underneath the arches .<\/strong>..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, in the first room, the one with the books aloft, look for the book entitled \u2018Going through an identity crisis\u2019. This refers to the room itself. Exposed brick walls with angled lamps that play with shadows and highlights trend towards industrial chic, but a plethora of retro wall plaques, framed disparate prints and the inclusion of a parlour piano tilt the impression unevenly towards a sense of sitting quietly somewhere in Tolstoy\u2019s living room, unlike any he ever owned but fictitiously convincing enough to urge you to respect his views on abandoning meat and booze: \u201cJust a couple of soda waters and a vegetarian sausage, please.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"830\" data-attachment-id=\"13708\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/tolstoy-art-cafe-kaliningrad-its-a-novel-experience\/olga-hart-chic-tolstoy-art-cafe-rz-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Olga-Hart-Chic-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-rz-min.jpg?fit=900%2C1196&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"900,1196\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Olga Hart Chic Tolstoy Art Cafe\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Olga-Hart-Chic-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-rz-min.jpg?fit=625%2C830&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Olga-Hart-Chic-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-rz-min.jpg?resize=625%2C830&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Olga Hart samples novel chic at Tolstoy Art Caf\u00e9 \" class=\"wp-image-13708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Olga-Hart-Chic-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-rz-min.jpg?resize=771%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 771w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Olga-Hart-Chic-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-rz-min.jpg?resize=226%2C300&amp;ssl=1 226w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Olga-Hart-Chic-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-rz-min.jpg?resize=768%2C1021&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Olga-Hart-Chic-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-rz-min.jpg?resize=9%2C12&amp;ssl=1 9w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Olga-Hart-Chic-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-rz-min.jpg?resize=624%2C829&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Olga-Hart-Chic-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-rz-min.jpg?resize=18%2C24&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Olga-Hart-Chic-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-rz-min.jpg?resize=27%2C36&amp;ssl=1 27w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Olga-Hart-Chic-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-rz-min.jpg?resize=36%2C48&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Olga-Hart-Chic-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-rz-min.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Rest assured, however, that the menu is not so Tolstoy-friendly as to predispose you to any such subterfuge. If anything, it is plainly lacking in vegetarian options, as though Mrs Tolstoy is in the kitchen cooking up things she shouldn\u2019t. The meat options may not sit well with the man who created Count Vronsky, but I have it on good authority that they are for the most part tasty dishes, reasonably priced and pluralistic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Mercifully, the Volstead Act that Tolstoy visited upon himself is not inflicted on the eponymous caf\u00e9\u2019s patrons, thus enabling me to sample, not only sample but also enjoy, a rather moreish wheat fermentation to go with my meatless pizza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"830\" data-attachment-id=\"13709\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/tolstoy-art-cafe-kaliningrad-its-a-novel-experience\/mick-hart-tolstoy-art-cafe-beer-rz-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mick-Hart-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Beer-rz-min.jpg?fit=900%2C1196&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"900,1196\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mick Hart Tolstoy Art Cafe Beer\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Mick hart enjoys a wheat beer in a cafe in Kaliningrad which plays it by the book&lt;\/p&gt;\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mick-Hart-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Beer-rz-min.jpg?fit=625%2C830&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mick-Hart-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Beer-rz-min.jpg?resize=625%2C830&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mick Hart in Kaliningrad with wheat beer at Tolstoy Art Caf\u00e9 \" class=\"wp-image-13709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mick-Hart-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Beer-rz-min.jpg?resize=771%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 771w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mick-Hart-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Beer-rz-min.jpg?resize=226%2C300&amp;ssl=1 226w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mick-Hart-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Beer-rz-min.jpg?resize=768%2C1021&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mick-Hart-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Beer-rz-min.jpg?resize=9%2C12&amp;ssl=1 9w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mick-Hart-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Beer-rz-min.jpg?resize=624%2C829&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mick-Hart-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Beer-rz-min.jpg?resize=18%2C24&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mick-Hart-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Beer-rz-min.jpg?resize=27%2C36&amp;ssl=1 27w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mick-Hart-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Beer-rz-min.jpg?resize=36%2C48&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mick-Hart-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Beer-rz-min.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"830\" data-attachment-id=\"13711\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/tolstoy-art-cafe-kaliningrad-its-a-novel-experience\/mick-hart-beer-vintage-tolstoy-art-cafe-kaliningrad-rz-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mick-Hart-Beer-Vintage-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?fit=900%2C1196&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"900,1196\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mick Hart Beer &amp;#038; Vintage Tolstoy Art Cafe Kaliningrad\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Mick Hart at the Tolstoy Art Caf\u00e9 Kaliningrad: It&amp;#8217;s a Novel Experience&lt;\/p&gt;\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mick-Hart-Beer-Vintage-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?fit=625%2C830&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mick-Hart-Beer-Vintage-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=625%2C830&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mick Hart, beer, a piano, vintage - just how he likes it!\" class=\"wp-image-13711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mick-Hart-Beer-Vintage-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=771%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 771w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mick-Hart-Beer-Vintage-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=226%2C300&amp;ssl=1 226w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mick-Hart-Beer-Vintage-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=768%2C1021&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mick-Hart-Beer-Vintage-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=9%2C12&amp;ssl=1 9w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mick-Hart-Beer-Vintage-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=624%2C829&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mick-Hart-Beer-Vintage-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=18%2C24&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mick-Hart-Beer-Vintage-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=27%2C36&amp;ssl=1 27w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mick-Hart-Beer-Vintage-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=36%2C48&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mick-Hart-Beer-Vintage-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">When I am out on the town, I\u2019m not one who watches prices, so I cannot whisper in your lug if the fare at Tolstoy Art Caf\u00e9 was underpriced, overpriced or just about the right price {<strong>&#8220;We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom,&#8221;<\/strong>\u2014so said Tolstoy himself} \u2014 but I am willing to bet my entire collection of vintage luncheon vouchers that if you are looking for somewhere different, which is also comfortable and atmospheric, a place in which to rest your bones, partake of a bite to eat, and drink a commendable coffee or (sshhh!) a beautiful bottle of beer, then, as Anna Karina once said, or was it five chapters in <em>War and Peace,<\/em> &#8220;&#8230; one must live and be happy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"830\" data-attachment-id=\"13710\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/tolstoy-art-cafe-kaliningrad-its-a-novel-experience\/happiness-at-tolstoy-art-cafe-kaliningrad-rz-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Happiness-at-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?fit=900%2C1196&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"900,1196\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Happiness at Tolstoy Art Cafe Kaliningrad\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Happiness costs a mere 100 roubles (less than a quid) at Tolstoy Art Caf\u00e9, Kaliningrad&lt;\/p&gt;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Happiness-at-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?fit=625%2C830&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Happiness-at-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=625%2C830&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Buying happiness for 100 roubles\" class=\"wp-image-13710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Happiness-at-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=771%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 771w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Happiness-at-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=226%2C300&amp;ssl=1 226w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Happiness-at-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=768%2C1021&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Happiness-at-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=9%2C12&amp;ssl=1 9w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Happiness-at-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=624%2C829&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Happiness-at-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=18%2C24&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Happiness-at-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=27%2C36&amp;ssl=1 27w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Happiness-at-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=36%2C48&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Happiness-at-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Happiness costs a mere 100 roubles (less than a quid) at Tolstoy Art Caf\u00e9, Kaliningrad<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I am old enough to remember a time when \u2018Happiness was a cigar called Hamlet\u201d, but today, it\u2019s a place called Tolstoy Art Caf\u00e9 where creatives park their arts and others like to make such jokes as, \u201cDo I need to book a table? Don\u2019t judge it by my cover. Turn over a new leaf in your life and open a new caf\u00e9 chapter. Bookmark my words, you\u2019ll love it, I\u2019m sure!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3d480648494ad18ce01c7607b504f675\">The main thing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tolstoy Art Cafe (Art \u041a\u0430\u0444\u0435 Tolstoy)<\/strong><br>Ulitsa Komsomol&#8217;skaya, 17, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, 236023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Opening times<\/strong><br>Monday to Friday: 8am to 9pm<br>Saturday: 10am to 9pm<br>Sunday: 10am to 9pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Copyright \u00a9 2018-2025 Mick Hart. All rights reserved.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No need to read between the lines \u2026. 10 November 2025 &#8211; Tolstoy Art Caf\u00e9 Kaliningrad Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain, Fyodor Dostoevsky \u00ad\u2014 I feel a certain intimacy with either one and all of these gentlemen, not solely because I have read and admired their inimitable works, their acknowledged masterpieces, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[116,40],"tags":[2719,2651,2650,2648,2649,2647,2646],"class_list":["post-13697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kaliningrad-bars-restaurants-cafes","category-visitors-guide-to-kaliningrad","tag-art-cafe-tolstoy","tag-cafe-review-kaliningrad","tag-cafes-in-kaliningrad-2","tag-mick-hart-at-tolstoy-art-cafe","tag-tolstoy","tag-tolstoy-art-cafe","tag-tolstoy-art-cafe-kaliningrad"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mick-Hart-Tolstoy-Art-Cafe-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?fit=900%2C1196&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11789,"url":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/croissant-cafe-kaliningrad-it-tastes-as-good-as-it-looks\/","url_meta":{"origin":13697,"position":0},"title":"Croissant Caf\u00e9 Kaliningrad it tastes as good as it looks","author":"Mick","date":"30 \u043d\u043e\u044f\u0431\u0440\u044f, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Just a very nice place to eat, drink and relax in 30 November 2024 ~ Croissant Caf\u00e9 Kaliningrad it tastes as good as it looks Never let it be said, and it seldom is not, that an exorbitant number of my posts have a disproportionate beer focus. 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