An Ode to U Fleku

The Ambience is Drunk and Disorderly

Best Beer in Town

Simply Brilliant.

This is what happens after too much beer.

U Fleku should be enshrined as a historic wonder of Prague. Sure, I may be contradicting myself by providing such lofty recognition to a place where tourists come just because it's in the guidebook, but how could any avid beer drinker and culturalist sit for an hour in the main room and not come away entranced by Greeks, Russians, Italians, and Germans dancing and singing to accordian music?

That's right, they have a live accordian player come through and whip the crowd into a frenzy. It's something most Czechs probably wouldn't want any part of. But I say it's as appropriate for temporary Czech residents and tourists as the pre-beer apertif (usually a herbal liquor known as Becherovka) to get the blood going.

It ranks up there with El Horreya in Cairo, Gymkhana in Chandigarh, and Brauhaus in Ulaanbaatar as places I would love to assemble my all-star beer drinking crew. Can we get this done, Jenny, Megan, Blanka, Tom, Nicholas, Ryan, Marty, Ashley, Svenni, Simon, Amin, Orange, Sagar, Jean, and Claire?

Get back to me on that.