GO! Issue 1: November - December 2003

   Zakuski

The Halloween Scene Things that go bump in the night — Halloween has come and gone, but the photos still remain. So check out these terrifying scenes of devilish debauchery.

   Streetwise

Starosadsky Pereulok

   Drinking & Dancing

Tunnel Just a year ago, right in the center of the city behind the Polytechnical Museum at Lubyanka, The Tunnel club was born. Some doubted it would last long, questioning who was supposed to be the target audience of this 800-square-meter venue with capacity for 350 people — but the venue has survived, and celebrated its first anniversary in October.

Drinking & Dancing Last month, a project that seemed like pie in the sky at its inception celebrated its second birthday. In its short existence, the venue has become such a big player on the live music scene that it is hard to imagine Moscow without it.

   Gigs

November revolution Nine years ago this month, REIVolutsiya, or RAVEolution, was held at one of the largest theaters in Europe: The Red Army Theater.

   Restaurants

A Chinese cabaret You need a few pieces of insider information to get to one of Moscow’s newest watering holes for the beau monde, a sleek Chinese eatery called Vertinsky.

What is your favorite Indian dish in Moscow? Sveta Graudt asked Indian expats: What is your favorite Indian dish in Moscow?

Fast food: Tsyplyata Tabakoff Yet another budget cafeteria for those on the go — this time dedicated to chicken. About 200 rubles should afford a fried tsyplyonok tabaka, a chicken squashed flat and roasted (120 rubles), with garnish, salad and a cold beer.

Restaurants “Chic Eastern” is how the staff describe newly opened venture Muskat, where top Moscow restaurateur Arkady Novikov is said to be a consultant.

Restaurants With fun and bright Italian style on the first floor and balcony, and Middle Eastern opulence in the basement, the decor is an attraction in itself at two associated restaurants that recently opened in a Stalinist skyscraper’s former fruit and vegetable shop.