culinaris
Mar 17 '10
Food Store Wars (IV): And on the Seventh Day, God Said Let There Be Culinaris
In the beginning, there was only District VI, and it was very good. But then God said be fruitful and multiply and let there be a branch beyond the waters, in District III. And then God said no, still...
Oct 13 '09
Usual Hamming Around, Unusual Ham at This Year's Pálinka and Kolbász Festival
So just a quick follow-up to my post last week urging everyone to attend the big Budavári Pálinka- és Kolbászfesztivál, which was, as I promised, exactly as a sausage and fruit brandy festival should be. But while there were...
Feb 12 '09
One Little Shop for All the Whiskey in the World
Whiskey is popular in Hungary, but not many people know their grains from their malts. The recently-opened WhiskyShop, just off Ferenciek tere, is out to change all that (along with the Scottish Corner, which offers a lot of other...
Feb 02 '09
Oh, Great - Now I Get to Give Culinaris Even More Money...
While most of the restaurant news in Budapest so far this year has involved places closing down, there has been at least one notable opening: the "luncheonette" attached to the Culinaris gourmet shop which opened late last summer near...
Sep 19 '08
Culinaris Opens Third Gourmet Store; Putting Final Touches on "Second Fastest" Restaurant in Budapest
Anyone who knows anything much about fancy food in Budapest will already know about Culinaris (click link for contact details and user feedback), the locally-owned chain of gourmet food stores that began with humble roots in District VI before...
Oct 30 '07
Activists Save District VI Market's Bacon, For Now
The fruits and vegetables sold at the Hunyadi tér Piac may be perishable, but the debate surrounding the indoor/outdoor public market in the heart of Budapest's District VI is likely to be as long-lasting - and pungent - as...
Aug 24 '07
Budapest Steak Lovers' Woes Go Up In a Blaze of Irish Tesco T-Bones
A few weeks after this website officially launched last September, we noted that gourmet food shops seemed to have become generic in Budapest. In the 11 months since, this trend has intensified, with local gourmands constantly telling us about...
Jan 17 '07
Culinaris Sandwiches as Great as Expected
The Culinaris branch in Perc utca opened almost exactly a year ago. It might seem a little silly to celebrate the birthday of a gourmet food store, but we are dealing with a special case here. The history of Budapest...
Sep 25 '06
Gourmet Food in Budapest Now Officially Generic
It's always hard to pinpoint when a relatively new trend has stopping being new and has instead become just a normal part of life. But a good sign is when people involved in the trend stop acting as if...
