Moskovitch week: texts you may have missed.
1 The youth hype in Chinatown started three years ago. Something like a huge youth club in the open air came out, only without face control, security and the need to buy an entrance ticket. Police squads herd young people all weekend, check passports and walk dogs several times during the evening in search of prohibited items. The party starts already at the Kiti-Gorod metro station. Here, at the behest of the editors, Anna and Kashina came to look for adventures on Friday at 20.00.
2 The home culture almost always implied that "spiritual" drinking is much better in kitchens, and not at all in bars and restaurants. Now the pricing policy of the factories rhymes perfectly with it, this culture. In the first half of 2026, sales of alcoholic beverages in restaurants dropped by almost half. And they are quick to explain this through the longing of Muscovites for a healthy lifestyle. This is partly true. However, along with the praises of conscious teenagers, it would be worthwhile to check how much the cost of those alcoholic beverages has risen. So, you look, and it turns out that a healthy lifestyle and sobriety has nothing to do with it.
3 At Eddie's new bagel bakery in Petrovka, you put salmon, egg salad or chicken schnitzel in a bagel. There is little space, so the design is carefully thought out - it looks like the trendy homemade cafes in bed in those distant times when the Berlin Wall has just come down. You eat one whole bagel, and for the next 24 hours you are completely free from any thoughts of eating.
4 Does a city where everyone seems to be thinking about money need poetry? Judging by the sold-out crowd at the Moscow Poetry Slam at the theater. Doc, it's still needed. Here they recite poems about love, God, revolution, Doshirak and the metro, argue with judges and fight for the only cash prize. The editor of Moskowitz Mag, Peter Skopen, participated in one of the slam tours, where he talked with poets about the freedom of creativity and ended up on the jury.