Hostinec U Vahy - Review - Smíchov - Prague - The Infatuation

"In the year 1803, a few significant things occurred: the United States completed the Louisiana Purchase, Beethoven premiered his Second Symphony in Vienna, and the Napoleonic Wars began in Europe. And oh yeah, a pub opened in Prague that later came to be known as U Vahy. Run by the Pašek family since 1917, this bi-level spot was long a workers’ bar in the once-gritty Smichov neighborhood, hugging up against the Staropramen brewery. During the pandemic, the tavern shut down and the owners had some time to think. They renovated the interior, brought on a new chef, and reworked the menu, using the mid-19th-century Czech cookbook,Household Cookery Bookby Magdalena Rettigová, as inspiration. Today, this relaxed tavern serves up an array of excellent (and once-nearly-extinct) Czech dishes like garlicky snails, crispy frog legs, and tender beef tongue, plus more straightforward pub food paired with Staropramen beer, made just steps away." - David Farley