Danilovsky Market is a legendary place in Moscow where you can buy the freshest and highest quality products at any time of the year. The oldest in the capital, it keeps up to date. Today there is a website on which the entire range is exhibited. This makes it possible to order excellent products at home at fairly affordable prices. However, this is only one reason why people come to the Danilovsky market.
The food court, which began to grow rapidly and reached a truly impressive scale, offers visitors the opportunity to eat and just eat at any time of the day. Today we will tell you about the best cafes and shops that are located in this part of the shopping center.
Street food: what about quality?
This is an important issue, since a few years ago, this, essentially a collective farm market, was filled with shops and stalls, where at the same time they made, stored and sold different kinds of food. The quality of the products varied, but because of the sanitary situation it was impossible to say that it was worth lunch. But recently, the Danilovsky market itself has become much better. The food court has also changed qualitatively.
The former village bazaar has transformed into an attractive urban center for delicious food. This is due to the fact that local authorities transferred the market to the management of the restaurant holding Ginza Project, so that they develop a new format of service. It is time for a change. Gastronomic startups were attracted here, sellers were given a uniform and weaned to be rude to customers, they began to regularly conduct thematic festivals and master classes.
Situation today
Muscovites are quite spoiled in terms of ready-made food, so the management had to try so that the proposal could please. And today it has become possible. Street food points with interesting, sometimes even exquisite food surround shopping malls around the perimeter of the building. This ring simply does not give a chance to leave the Danilovsky Market without a full package. Food court involves the opportunity to sit at a table and eat. In landing zones about 200 people can simultaneously be accommodated. You can also take food with you. As a result, the average time a customer spends here has grown from twenty minutes to two hours. Very impressive!
Reasons for success
What is so attractive for consumers Danilovsky market? Foodcourt today is not a boring shawarma served on a piece of cardboard. Everything has been thought out here, from the excellent tastes of the products to the designer jewelry. In fact, this is a food court with affordable prices, the food is so varied and delicious that the townspeople come here as families for dinner.
The choice seems almost limitless, even if you do not take into account the products that you can purchase by visiting the Danilovsky market. Food court here has developed into a real restaurant chain, and in each separately functioning cafe the choice of food will be different. Somewhere it's fantastic sweets, somewhere meat delights. The average check in institutions is from 250 to 750 rubles, which is considered a fairly modest amount for the capital.
Choose and don't rush
If you have enough free time, then just come for a walk. This will allow you to glance over the entire assortment in order to know in the future where it is better to come and eat. Well, of course, pre-dock your schedule with how Danilovsky Market receives visitors. Opening hours are quite convenient - from 8:00 to 21:00. If you have never been here before, then welcome to the address Mytnaya street, 74 (if it is easier to navigate, then Serpukhovskiy Val street). You can call here and find out about the new products that Danilovsky Market is ready to offer. Service hours are from 8:00 to 21:00. In addition, you can make a home order by phone. It is very comfortable.
Where to buy the most delicious khinkali
Just a five-minute walk from the market is Dagestanskaya Lavka. This is a very attractive cafe for Muscovites, where for modest money you will get the opportunity to taste amazing dishes prepared by real masters. The owners of this establishment already have experience as restaurateurs, as this is not the first project they have implemented.
Who is in charge of the cafe and restaurant? Of course, a chef! The “Dagestan shop” would not have become what it is today without Aunt Sanura, as everyone here calls her. It is she who knows how to cook magnificent khinkali, which is served with a piece of meat, broth and sauce. All this magnificence costs only 250 rubles. And how not to please yourself with dumplings with meat, cottage cheese and herbs? One serving will be 150 rubles. Caucasian miracle with pumpkin, walnut and cheese - this is another bestseller. Having been here once, you will never forget the amazing taste of these dishes and will soon want to come back again.
For yourself and for family
“Dagestan shop” offers its visitors, in addition to traditional Caucasian dishes, also products prepared according to old recipes. Such can be tasted only on a visit to the highlanders: urbec, dried meat, sausage and sheep’s cheese. Many housewives prefer to buy spices and herbs here. Cooking tips will provide a unique opportunity to learn how to shade the dish in a new way.
And how is it here on the weekend? Dagestan brunch is a unique event where guests are treated to Kalmyk tea with butter, cheese and churek. After this, I don’t want to have lunch.
Vietnamese cafe
Remember how, with the opening of the first McDonald's, huge lines of hungry Russians eager for American food lined up for him? Then we did not know that it was harmful. Just saw the hype and dutifully stood behind the burgers. Surprisingly, the Vietnamese cafe "Vo" collects lines no less. It would seem that people should no longer be so avid for novelties. What is the reason? It simply serves luxurious, delicious dishes at fairly affordable prices.
The Vietnamese cafe “Vo” was opened by two enthusiasts of the gastronomic tradition of an Asian country. Their motto is nothing superfluous and false, only what is really needed for cooking delicious food. The menu includes classic soups for 350 rubles, rolls with shrimp and chicken, herbs and vegetables for 150 rubles. And also nemes, pho-bo, who do not say anything to the Russian person - you just need to try it. Food is served on wooden trays, in clay dishes and on palm leaves.
Beverages
If you are a connoisseur and lover of tea, then welcome to the food court of Danilovsky Market. The Vietnamese cuisine of Vaud Cafe is perfectly complemented by a meal of expertly brewed green tea with lotus and unique coffee with condensed milk. Try coconut water, as well as Thai nectars with lychee, mango and guava.
On weekends, a Vietnamese eatery gathers a lot of visitors, so if you want to sit quietly, then try to choose a weekday. Here you can buy tea, coffee and other dry drinks for home preparation.
Perfect dolma
If you are a lover of this dish of the most tender meat and a variety of vegetables, then be sure to visit Dolmaster. The project chef Lilia Harutyunyan is an excellent cook, connoisseur and lover of her craft. Opening a cafe on the Danilovsky market, she first held a presentation at which she fed all visitors a crown dish. The very next day they asked the administrators when the cafe would open. The menu is built around dolma and its derivatives with various fillings. For example, with bulgur, cooked in the leaves of sauerkraut, cooked in hemp sauce, with nuts and mint on grape leaves and many other species.
Charming coffee aroma
Walking around the market, it is impossible not to notice its weak presence. But it is worth turning towards the source of the fragrance, as it becomes more pronounced and soon fills with itself everything around. The modern coffee shop Man and Steamboat is run by two young men who are true coffee connoisseurs. They will tell you all about the varieties and methods of frying. The menu includes classic and creative coffee-based drinks.
If you want to try the best espresso, americano, cappuccino, latte in the world, then go to the Man and Steamboat coffee shop. But miracles do not end there. Connoisseurs of your craft will offer you drinks brewed using alternative methods, as well as cocoa and tea. And, of course, amazing pastries from Injir pastry shop and Portuguese pastries with the most delicate cream will complement the impression of visiting the coffee shop.
For seafood lovers
A real Mediterranean feast can wait in the usual metropolitan market. If you have never tried expertly prepared scallops and mussels, oysters and squid, then all this can be fixed right now. A new project has opened on the Danilovsky market from the owner of the online fresh seafood store Dmitry Shengersky.
At first glance - nothing remarkable. The seafood laid out on the glacier, cleanliness and order around. However, it is worth pointing out one of the types of fish, how miracles begin. You will be offered dozens of ways to prepare the chosen goodies in a matter of minutes. The average bill is 700 rubles, and you can enjoy a unique dish according to a special recipe from the chef.
For lovers of Italian cuisine
Surely in your family there are those who are simply delighted with pasta with various sauces. Not every housewife knows how to cook real tasty pasta. In addition, she simply does not have enough time to make an elastic dough, let it lie down, then chop, dry, boil and serve to her beloved households. Therefore, they act much easier. Come to the cafe Fiorella pasta fresca, buy pasta and ravioli, which you only need to boil. The assortment of about 20 types of products of own production. The price is 170 rubles per 100 g. Six options of sauces are offered for it, the cost of which is 170 rubles per serving.
Cafe-bakery "Baton"
This is the oldest shop that opened here before the official launch of the food court. At first glance, what can a regular bakery surprise? The fact of the matter is that it is unique. The authors of the project are spouses who are infinitely in love with their business. Here you will not find fashionable novelties from air or puff pastry. All the technologies that are used are a legacy of the Soviet era. Bird milk, eclairs and rum women - everything, as then.
In addition, bread is baked here. With seaweed and salt, with honey ... And why are croissants! For those who want to eat a cake, coffee is brewed right here.
We continue the journey to sweet places
Do not go far. Very close to the "Baton" is a chamber cafe "Pancakes and Waffles". It was just not enough to push into Shrovetide, the rest of the time it’s calmer, but there are always enough people willing to buy pastries for tea. The most popular are sugar tubes at 70 rubles. A similar product with custard is sold at 100 rubles. Belgian waffles with powder, strawberries or condensed milk - this is just the top of the fun!
Instead of a conclusion
In fact, the food court on the Danilovsky market offers so many interesting things that we could not even cover part of the cafe. There is an amazing place called “Sliver”, where fantastic smoked meats are served. Duck and rabbit, marbled beef and home-made sausages - only saliva runs.
Nearby is the “TsypaTsypa” department, which serves shawarma with poultry and grilled chicken.
“Liubov Pirogova” is a bakery-cafe that smells of aromas of fresh pastries. There are always more than 20 types of pies. The cost of the whole is from 600 to 900 rubles, and a decent piece can be bought for 100 rubles and eaten on the spot.
Come here and find among the various offers those that will interest you.