Café Imperial

Cafe Imperial - Review - New Town - Prague - The Infatuation

"In 1941, writer Zdeněk Jirotka publishedSaturnin, a Czech-language novel that boiled humanity down to three types: those who see a plate of doughnuts and think nothing; those who would fantasize about throwing the deep-fried morsels at people; and those who would actually do it. This gorgeous high-ceilinged Art Deco cafe took Jirotka up on his word and for decades displayed a plate containing a mountain of doughnuts on the front counter. For the equivalent of about $60, you could purchase them and be given free license to hurl the jelly-filled hand grenades at customers." - David Farley