30 December 201713 April 2021 PEOPLE, PLACESWARSAW TOP 5 COCKTAIL BARS Monika Brzywczy What makes a good cocktail bar? Serving a good drink is not enough today. The atmosphere, the interior design, the concept and the approach towards the product count as well. We tested a dozen or so Warsaw cocktail bars and we chose five, which stand out from the crowd. Let’s have a drink!
20 November 201712 July 2019 PEOPLE, PLACESRoyal Stoneware Monika Brzywczy Who knows them knows that Kasia is a master of healthy cocktails, and Marzena believes that porridge is a medicine for all evil. Now the girls decided to join forces and that's how Good Start Deli was created. A tiny place on Poznan Street in Warsaw, which operates from dawn until early afternoon and serves breakfast menu.
18 October 2017 PEOPLE, EVENTSTokyo and Warsaw Monika Brzywczy Michal Molcan, publisher and editorin-chief of Standard Magazine will be our geust during Coffee and The Festival this saturday in Warsaw. He will present a speach about his favourite cafes around the world. We had a pleasure to ask him few questions just before he came.
04 October 201712 July 2019 PEOPLE, PLACESTHE ICEMAN DANCES Monika Brzywczy He opened his first restaurant already at the age of 21. René Redzepi and Heston Blumenthal used to cook there. He became a television celebrity, but after few years he resigned. Luckily, he discovered cooking over a fire, which marked his personal style and earned him the Michelin star. USTA paid a visit to Niklas Ekstedt in his restairant in Stockholm.
13 September 2017 PEOPLETHE ALCHEMIST Monika Brzywczy Her paintings and installations are in the collections of Paris' Centre Pompidou, New York's MoMA or London's Tate Modern. And it was no other but her, Paulina Ołowska, that was listed by The New York Times as one of 28 most important creative personalities of the year 2016 alongside Michelle Obama, Isabelle Huppert, Donatella Versace, Lady Gaga or Tom Ford. Unfortunately, in Poland she is not much spoken and written about. USTA had a pleasure to pay a visit to the artist's atelier and creative house Kadenówka in Rabka Zdrój last August and was the media patron of her action Mycorial Theatre. We bring back our encounter with this artist.
21 August 201712 July 2019 PEOPLE, PLACESCOFFEE, PLANTS, AND SPORT Monika Brzywczy This cafe is soaking in flowers. Plants are on the floor and in the windows. Just at the entrance, there is a little jungle with two armchairs hidden inside. You can hide in this green enclave to drink a perfect espresso or an aromatic drip, eat a home-made cake, freshly-baked pain au chocolat or a delicate cheesecake. Or, you can just sit down and read or contemplate. You will also meet there Ani and Kuba – the super-friendly owners of the café. More about USTA's visit to Piece of Cake cafe below.
04 August 201712 July 2019 PEOPLE, PLACESVegan summer Monika Brzywczy Marysia Przybyszewska, our regular contributor, worshipper of plant-based cuisine, famous for her excellent breakfasts and tales from her internship at Noma has just taken over Youmiko, Warsaw's vegan sushi restaurant. USTA magazine interviewed her about the novelties she plans to introduce in Youmiko's menu.
20 June 201712 July 2019 PEOPLE, PLACESPlates with memory Monika Brzywczy Food is served on their plates in many restaurants in Copenhagen, including the very famous ones, such as Relae or 108. Coffee is served in their mugs at Koppi, The Barn and The Coffee Collective. We pay a visit to Mk-Studio, a beautiful workshop of Magdalena Kałużna in Copenhagen.
01 June 201717 July 2019 PEOPLE, PLACESDemocratic Design Monika Brzywczy The Italian designer duo Formafantasma is based in Amsterdam. Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin met during their studies at the Design Academy in Eindhoven. Over eight years of working together they have developed a unique style, based on unusual, often organic materials matched with raw, brutalist elements.
26 April 201712 July 2019 PEOPLELuxurious Fondants Monika Brzywczy They were born out of love for the atmosphere of the 1930s and 1940s, films in an old cinema and vintage fashion. But they are also a result of the search for authentic food without additives, with simple list of ingredients. Please welcome Pomadki Luksusowe (Eng. Luxurious Fondants), they are truly addictive!
