A traditional Mexican breakfast is served in the cafe, regional Michoacan lunches and dinners on the patio.
Very few Europeans bother to visit, despite its decent regional museums, pleasant cafes and proximity to the Black Sea's most famous monastery, Sumela, which hugs a cliff face an hour's drive away.
It's easy to navigate, full of old world charm, colorful buildings, and great inexpensive restaurants and cafes serving regional specialities at half the cost of Vienna.
Imported acts continue to thrive, but local and regional comedy has entered the cafe and shisha circuit, reaching local populations that would normally steer clear of bars.
Kai Wang and her friends like to sniff out the latest regional Chinese restaurants: a tiny cafe in east London specialising in food from China's north-east, or one near London Bridge serving numbing and hot crayfish.
These chefs love to mix it up -- dining one night at a cutting-edge temple of molecular gastronomy, the next at a modest cafe with simple regional cooking and a grandma in the kitchen.
5. Balmert swears by the authentic regional Mexican food at Senor Moose Cafe (5242 Leary Avenue; 206-784-5568; entrees $10 to $15), in the stylish neighborhood of Ballard.
Mr. Clark, who built a reputation as one of the city's foremost regional American chefs at Odeon and Cafe Luxembourg before opening Metro in March 1988, said he had no immediate plans.
Sandwiched among them are cafes, galleries specializing in regional ceramics and woodwork, and shops selling vintage clothing and jewelry, musical instruments and Louisville-themed curiosities.
Whether alone or with colleagues, National on 10th is an entertainment complex like no other with a massive warehouse bar and cafe serving more than 60 regional brews.
