{"id":14640,"date":"2026-04-10T17:23:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T15:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/?p=14640"},"modified":"2026-04-10T22:29:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:29:00","slug":"art-depot-kaliningrad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/art-depot-kaliningrad\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Depot Kaliningrad \u2013 beer for a one-track mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A little of what you fancy does you good &#8211; and so does a little more of it. With an essay prefacing the status of ales versus victuals and what a restaurant means to some when a bar can be seen by others.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>10 April 2026: Art Depot Kaliningrad \u2013 beer for a one-track mind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">As a seasoned pub-goer, nay, a patriotic supporter of what is undoubtedly one of the UK\u2019s most important cultural assets, the British pub, qualified to say so from having lived a so-called pub lifestyle from the age of 14 and, during the time I was resident in London, reputed to have required an A to Z knowledge of London pubs, may I say without equivocation \u2013 and why not, indeed? \u2013 that the quest to boldly go and seek out hitherto unknown drinking venues, whilst as exciting as it is dutiful, does not rule out that there is a lot to be said for returning to the scene of the crime, which many a splendid bar or pub might unfairly be denounced as by stay-at-home abstemious naysayers and those who would rather drink from the bottle whilst sitting in front of the telly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cPubs and bars are like women; some are worth a second visit and some most definitely not\u201d \u2013<\/strong> <em>The Sexist\u2019s Guide to Male Dominated Traditions by Lord Wollocks.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">When I first landed in Kaliningrad, in the year of our Lord (<a href=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/panic-buying-shelves-empty\/\" title=\"Wollocks!\">Wollocks!<\/a>) 2000, there were so few bars to go around that if it hadn\u2019t been for the <a href=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/sir-francis-drake-english-pub-kaliningrad\/\" title=\"Sir Francis Drake\">Sir Francis Drake<\/a> and the most exceptional 12 Chairs (R.I.P.), the only way of not returning to drink in them would have been not to go out at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Thankfully, in more recent years the situation has moved in the right direction. Kaliningrad is now a city with an eclectic range of bars, all of which would come in useful even if you never used them, which is something I would never do, as I use them whenever I can. \u2018Roodly do\u2019 is a phrase that inconveniently comes to mind at this juncture, not because I &#8216;roodly do&#8217; use bars, but because it was a favourite catchphrase that rose to prominence in the 1980s through my aunt\u2019s repeated use of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Thought I: \u201cThat expression will come in useful even if I never use it&#8221;, and, to prove it, although I have just used it, it has served no use at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Art Depot Kaliningrad<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Now, some of Kaliningrad\u2019s bars identify themselves as restaurants, which is a taxonomy I can live with, as the food that they serve is hardly limited to a humble packet of crisps bolstered by the insertion of an acquired-taste pickled egg, once standard fare in British pubs when I was too young to be drinking in them, although I always was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The introduction of \u2018pub grub\u2019 was heralded in the UK as a major breakthrough by those who like to take solids with their drink, but its impact on the established consensus of what a pub should traditionally be was, like allowing kids to run riot in pubs, anathema to the old guard, among whose sagacious ranks I proudly claim to number. Indeed, Rolly Smith, a valued friend and respected drinking partner, confided that his father had condemned the arrival of food in pubs as a flagrant assault on the honoured conventions of that most noble of British institutions: \u201cIt\u2019s only pigs&#8221;, he used to say, \u201cthat eat and drink at the same time!&#8221; Being a one-time pig farmer and now vegetarian convert disqualifies me from commenting on the veracity of this statement in recognition that a conflict of interests could lead to anything that I say being taken down, twisted round and used in evidence against me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">I can say, however, and should say, however, and therefore I will, that as a devoted beer drinker, food is often off the itinerary when drinking beer in bars and pubs. It is not so terribly difficult for me to apply myself to this golden rule, as food is an unfair competitor in the allocation of volume stakes when it comes to imbibing beer; moreover, whenever temptation may suddenly strike, I am reminded of the words of wisdom conveyed to us by Mr Rowbottom, my primary school headmaster, who sanguinely divided the world into two distinctive camps defined by him as eating compulsion, namely, those \u2018who live to eat\u2019 and those \u2018who eat to live\u2019, with my allegiance solemnly sworn to the minority sect of the latter. However, posit the question, if you must, \u2018Do I live to drink?\u2019 and it is not so easily answered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The best thing to do with that, therefore, is to leave it gently dangling, turning at last, as you must be growing impatient, thinking, &#8216;Where is he going with this?&#8217; to apply all that which has gone before to the subject of this post, which, as the title gives away, is <a href=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/art-depot-restaurant-kaliningrad\/\" title=\"Kaliningrad\u2019s Art Depot Restaurant\">Kaliningrad\u2019s Art Depot <\/a>Restaurant but which, according to my perception of it, is Kaliningrad\u2019s Art Depot Bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Art Depot Kaliningrad &#8211; bar and restaurant<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">I am sure, to the vague extent that I can be sure about anything, that, as on my previous visit, I must have dined on something, and I am almost just as certain that whatever that something was, it must have been up to snuff, but the reason for my return was that I was desirous not of the food but of the range of beers that there are on tap and a second chance to soak them up whilst also imbibing the Art Depot atmosphere.<\/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=\"14650\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/art-depot-kaliningrad\/rz-art-depot-restaurant-old-beer-cellar\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Art-Depot-Restaurant-old-beer-cellar.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=\"Art Depot Restaurant old beer cellar\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Art-Depot-Restaurant-old-beer-cellar.jpg?fit=226%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Art-Depot-Restaurant-old-beer-cellar.jpg?fit=625%2C830&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Art-Depot-Restaurant-old-beer-cellar.jpg?resize=625%2C830&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Art Depot Kaliningrad: a bar and restaurant occupying Ponart Brewery's former beer cellar\" class=\"wp-image-14650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Art-Depot-Restaurant-old-beer-cellar.jpg?resize=771%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 771w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Art-Depot-Restaurant-old-beer-cellar.jpg?resize=226%2C300&amp;ssl=1 226w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Art-Depot-Restaurant-old-beer-cellar.jpg?resize=768%2C1021&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Art-Depot-Restaurant-old-beer-cellar.jpg?resize=9%2C12&amp;ssl=1 9w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Art-Depot-Restaurant-old-beer-cellar.jpg?resize=624%2C829&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Art-Depot-Restaurant-old-beer-cellar.jpg?resize=18%2C24&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Art-Depot-Restaurant-old-beer-cellar.jpg?resize=27%2C36&amp;ssl=1 27w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Art-Depot-Restaurant-old-beer-cellar.jpg?resize=36%2C48&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Art-Depot-Restaurant-old-beer-cellar.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\">The novelty of having one\u2019s drinks delivered in the rolling stock of a large model train is one of those things that can never grow old and goes exceptionally well with the vaulted cellar ceiling and the detailed dioramas of the railway stations and resident districts of the various Prussian towns to which the train delivers its vital cargo. <\/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=\"14649\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/art-depot-kaliningrad\/rz-beer-train-at-kaliningrad-art-depot-brewery\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Beer-train-at-Kaliningrad-Art-Depot-Brewery.jpg?fit=1204%2C1600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1204,1600\" 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=\"Beer train at Kaliningrad Art Depot Restaurant\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Beer-train-at-Kaliningrad-Art-Depot-Brewery.jpg?fit=226%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Beer-train-at-Kaliningrad-Art-Depot-Brewery.jpg?fit=625%2C830&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Beer-train-at-Kaliningrad-Art-Depot-Brewery.jpg?resize=625%2C830&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"In Kaliningrad, a bar that delivers your bar order by train\" class=\"wp-image-14649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Beer-train-at-Kaliningrad-Art-Depot-Brewery.jpg?resize=771%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 771w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Beer-train-at-Kaliningrad-Art-Depot-Brewery.jpg?resize=226%2C300&amp;ssl=1 226w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Beer-train-at-Kaliningrad-Art-Depot-Brewery.jpg?resize=768%2C1021&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Beer-train-at-Kaliningrad-Art-Depot-Brewery.jpg?resize=1156%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1156w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Beer-train-at-Kaliningrad-Art-Depot-Brewery.jpg?resize=9%2C12&amp;ssl=1 9w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Beer-train-at-Kaliningrad-Art-Depot-Brewery.jpg?resize=624%2C829&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Beer-train-at-Kaliningrad-Art-Depot-Brewery.jpg?resize=18%2C24&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Beer-train-at-Kaliningrad-Art-Depot-Brewery.jpg?resize=27%2C36&amp;ssl=1 27w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Beer-train-at-Kaliningrad-Art-Depot-Brewery.jpg?resize=36%2C48&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Beer-train-at-Kaliningrad-Art-Depot-Brewery.jpg?w=1204&amp;ssl=1 1204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Above:<\/strong> Art Depot&#8217;s train reversing back into K\u00f6nigsberg\/Kaliningrad rail station, ie the bar, to load up with another cargo of beverages.<br><strong>Below:<\/strong> Model architectural, urban and village district scenes lend to the unusual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"589\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"14654\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/art-depot-kaliningrad\/rz-diorama-prussian-buildings-at-art-depot-restaurant\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Diorama-Prussian-buildings-at-Art-Depot-Restaurant.jpg?fit=921%2C1600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"921,1600\" 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=\"Diorama Prussian buildings at Art Depot Restaurant\" 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class=\"wp-image-14651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Scale-urban-model-Art-Depot.jpg?resize=771%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 771w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Scale-urban-model-Art-Depot.jpg?resize=226%2C300&amp;ssl=1 226w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Scale-urban-model-Art-Depot.jpg?resize=768%2C1021&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Scale-urban-model-Art-Depot.jpg?resize=9%2C12&amp;ssl=1 9w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Scale-urban-model-Art-Depot.jpg?resize=624%2C829&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Scale-urban-model-Art-Depot.jpg?resize=18%2C24&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Scale-urban-model-Art-Depot.jpg?resize=27%2C36&amp;ssl=1 27w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Scale-urban-model-Art-Depot.jpg?resize=36%2C48&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Scale-urban-model-Art-Depot.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The horseshoe-shaped curved banquette booths ensure a plush, cosy, comfortable and intimate dining and drinking experience, especially should you be able to boast of sufficient friends or relatives to descend there as a group. But no matter how much you fall in love with any one seat and location, permit me to offer a little advice: on subsequent visits, be adventurous; go for a seat you haven\u2019t yet sat in, as each location around the room has a unique perspective to offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">On the evening to which the photographs here pertain, we were seated close to the bar, a location to which I am eminently suited, for not only did it allow me to feast my eyes on the beer stock and watch the barman playing the taps, but I also spotted a namesake whisky whose brand I was unacquainted with. Though not, as a rule, a spirits drinker, this Hart Brothers&#8217; distillation was far too much of a bold coincidence to let it pass unsampled, and I am sure had both of my brothers been present, they would not have foregone the opportunity to have joined me in a wee dram.<\/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=\"14658\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/art-depot-kaliningrad\/rz-hart-brothers-whisky-at-ponart-brewery\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Hart-Brothers-Whisky-at-Ponart-Brewery.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=\"Hart Brothers Whisky at Ponart Brewery\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Hart-Brothers-Whisky-at-Ponart-Brewery.jpg?fit=226%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Hart-Brothers-Whisky-at-Ponart-Brewery.jpg?fit=625%2C830&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Hart-Brothers-Whisky-at-Ponart-Brewery.jpg?resize=625%2C830&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hart Brothers whisky at the Art Depot Kaliningrad Bar &amp; Restaurant\" class=\"wp-image-14658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Hart-Brothers-Whisky-at-Ponart-Brewery.jpg?resize=771%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 771w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Hart-Brothers-Whisky-at-Ponart-Brewery.jpg?resize=226%2C300&amp;ssl=1 226w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Hart-Brothers-Whisky-at-Ponart-Brewery.jpg?resize=768%2C1021&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Hart-Brothers-Whisky-at-Ponart-Brewery.jpg?resize=9%2C12&amp;ssl=1 9w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Hart-Brothers-Whisky-at-Ponart-Brewery.jpg?resize=624%2C829&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Hart-Brothers-Whisky-at-Ponart-Brewery.jpg?resize=18%2C24&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Hart-Brothers-Whisky-at-Ponart-Brewery.jpg?resize=27%2C36&amp;ssl=1 27w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Hart-Brothers-Whisky-at-Ponart-Brewery.jpg?resize=36%2C48&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Hart-Brothers-Whisky-at-Ponart-Brewery.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">You can\u2019t get enough of a good thing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Art Depot Restaurant is part of Kaliningrad\u2019s intriguing Ponart Brewery complex, a restored 19th-century, multistorey, redbrick building with a superlative brewing history surrounded by an assortment of shops and other cultural amenities. Brewing has been returned to the premises (yummy); there are guided beer-tasting tours, and, preferably whilst your head is still clear, you can, if the mood so takes you, clamber into the viewing tower and survey the old industrial site and the district it inhabits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">I tend to put my faith in history, because I do not trust the present, and the future has all but expired. Beer and history have been going steady for as long as I can remember. So, let\u2019s toddle along to the Art Depot Restaurant and raise a glass to both of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Here\u2019s where the good thing is:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Art Depot Restaurant, Kaliningrad<\/strong><br>Kaliningrad, Sudostroitelnaya st., 6-8<br>(on the territory of the historical quarter \u2018Ponart\u2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tel (reservations): <\/strong>+7 (963) 295 74 95<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/artdepo39.ru\/\" title=\"https:\/\/artdepo39.ru\/\">https:\/\/artdepo39.ru\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Opening times<\/strong><br>Mon to Fri: 11am to 10pm<br>Sat &amp; Sun: 12pm to 11pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Copyright \u00a9 2018-2026 Mick Hart. All rights reserved.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"471\" data-attachment-id=\"14673\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/art-depot-kaliningrad\/rz-art-depot-restaurant-railway-theme\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rz-Art-Depot-Restaurant-railway-theme.jpg?fit=1200%2C903&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,903\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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