Pink Praga

Lit up (inadvertently) by a large neon sign on the opposite side of the road. A bright somewhat surreal contrast to the stormy sky.  Praga was built in the 1700s, first opened as a tavern for cart drivers in the 1800s, refurbished in 1902 (as "a luxury restaurant with six rooms, two coffee shops, 18 private rooms, four billiard rooms, a winter garden, the famous open-air terrace and a gourmet kitchen"), and then closed down after the Revolution; it served for a while as a public cafeteria - also as a canteen for the employees of Mosselprom - blipped on 27 March 2014), then as a private dining hall for the NKVD.  Reopened in the thaw following Stalin's death. Subsequently one of only a handful of prestigious restaurants in the Soviet Union (you were really something if you were able to host your wedding at Praga).  I went to a function there some years ago.  Rather stodgy, both food and ambience. I recall that they insisted that the organisers pay both the invoiced cost as well as the tips before they started serving.

Another view another day here.