"Candies by Coffee Room, Admiralteyskaya by Nimax. This cafe is perfect for your first breakfast in St. Petersburg. Just imagine: a variety of different chairs, a huge bowl of delicious porridge, a lilac mug with a polka dot pattern. A man with a broad accent is sitting next to you, surrounded by flowerpots: he orders scrambled eggs. It seems he is a regular here. Unlike in other coffee shops, where you’re at risk to catch diabetes from the sickly sweet decor and service, the number of ruffles is perfectly appropriate, and the waiters are moderately friendly. All of this is right on Gorokhovaya, 11. Oh, by the way: Candies, I’m Thankful for Today and Mickey&Monkeys (we wrote about them too) all belong to the same company -- kind of like friends with different interests but a common ideology. It boggles the mind how they manage all this."
