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Kueba Restaurant


Categories / City Services/Restaurants, Cafes, Cafeterias

KUEBA (16 Bolshaya Morskaya Street). A restaurant opened in 1887 on the premises of the Cafe de Paris, operating from the 1850s and belonging to restaurateur Z.P. Kueba. It was a luxurious establishment with a high style cuisine and excellent service, catering to guests which including many famous artists, actors, entrepreneurs, as well as Grand Princes. It was a meeting place for balletomanes and the so-called Golden Youth. In 1904, a dinner in honour of American dancer I. Duncan was given at Kueba, and in 1911 the restaurant hosted a dinner in honour of the 20th anniversary of M. F. Kshessinskaya's debut on the Imperial stage. Among its regulars were S.P. Dyagilev, V.F. Nijinsky, F.I. Shalyapin, S.I. Mamontov, T.L. Schepkina-Kupernik, N.K. Schilder. One of the first St. Petersburg electric signs was placed on the roof of the building (Cubat, from which came a pun of that time: "Shining be thy name"). After October 1917, the restaurant was closed down. The Neoclassical gateway, made of green Levantine marble, has been preserved (architect I.A. Fomin).

Reference: Алянский Ю. Л. Веселящийся Петербург. СПб., 2002. Т. 6. С. 144-153.

I. A. Bogdanov.

Persons
Chaliapin Fedor Ivanovich
Duncan Isadora
Dyagilev Sergey Pavlovich
Fomin Ivan Alexandrovich
Kschessinska Mathilde (Maria) Felixovna
Kueba Zh.P.
Mamontov Savva Ivanovich
Nijinsky Vaclav Fomich
Schilder Nikolay Karlovich
Shchepkina-Kupernik Tatyana Lvovna

Addresses
Bolshaya Morskaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 16

Bibliographies
Алянский Ю. Л. Веселящийся Петербург. СПб., 2002

The subject Index
Kueba Restaurant


Cafes (entry)

CAFES (from the French cafe, meaning coffeehouse or cafeteria). Establishments where customers were offered coffee, chocolate, pastries, and other food and beverages; most likely appeared in St. Petersburg in the early 19th century

Kueba Restaurant

KUEBA (16 Bolshaya Morskaya Street). A restaurant opened in 1887 on the premises of the Cafe de Paris, operating from the 1850s and belonging to restaurateur Z.P. Kueba