In the former apartment building of the merchant Solodovnikov (1908) the restaurant Lucien Olivier recently opened in Moscow. “We took as a basis various models of the 19th century architecture,” says Roman Leonidov. - The restaurant is located on two levels: a large dining room - on the first floor and a small one with a wine collection - on the second. The levels are connected by a spacious hall with openwork cast staircase. The main dining room is decorated with a dividing arch, which visually reduces the excessive length of the room, and the massive bar counter - a la buffet - a tribute to those times, the golden age of merchants and industrialists. Such bars were in restaurants of the beginning of the last century. ” As for the menu, the delights of Russian cuisine of the late XIX - early XX century are represented in abundance: dumplings with game, dumplings, pies, horseradish, tea from a samovar on real charcoal - not to list ... Chef Nikolai Schetinin besides traditional Russian dishes He is fluent in the preparation of several types of the most beloved in Russia dish - Russian salad.