Immeuble du restaurant Yar, Historical restaurant building in Meshchansky District, Moscow, Russia.
The immeuble du restaurant Yar is a historic apartment building at the corner of Kuznetsky Most and Neglinnaya Street in the Meshchansky District of Moscow. It has two street facades, one on each street, joined by a cut corner. The facades are decorated in classical style with order forms; the main accent on the Kuznetsky Most side is a risalit with layered massive pillars. The building was rebuilt in 1878 by architect Alexander Kaminsky for the Tretyakov brothers.
The building opened in 1826 as the home of the Yar restaurant, founded by French restaurateur Tranquille Yard, and quickly became one of the most visited addresses in Moscow. Over the decades the restaurant moved to another location, and the building was rebuilt and converted several times.
The Yar was a favourite meeting spot for Moscow writers and artists, who would gather there after theatre evenings or concerts. Today the ground floor of the building is occupied by shops, and most visitors pass through without knowing what once happened inside.
The building stands at a busy central crossroads in Moscow, within walking distance of several metro stations. It is easy to spot from the street as it sits on a corner, and the facade can be viewed at any time without entering.
The right two-storey wing, added in 1882, housed D. Shanks's fashion shop and, just before World War I, the Albert confectionery, known for its biscuits. In Soviet times the same wing held the department of non-residential premises of the Moscow City Executive Committee, predecessor of Moskomimushchestvo.
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