Where? Prague, The Czech Republic
Recommended by: Evelyn C. Leeper
Visited: March 2008
Evelyn said: "This is a bookstore/coffeehouse. New and used books, with a specialization in Central European fiction and better quality titles. The biggest stock of used books in English in town and probably all of Central Europe."
About the bookstore:
Back in 1993, when the first wave of post-revolution expatriate life was at its height, 5 Americans opened the original Globe in Prague’s unpolished Holesovice district. The street was Janovskeho, and the landlord was crazy. Nevertheless, they hoped to bring a little San Francisco style coffeehouse atmosphere to this beautiful city. After a renegade approach to reconstruct a Communist era laundry mat, they opened our doors in July with the steadfast motto: “..in libris veritas; in kava vita.” Of course, much changed for the Globe in 2000, when 2 of the original owners, Marketa and Scott Rogers stayed on and relocated the store to this new Prague 1 address. No easy task. Apart from having a saner landlord, the Globe was now larger, more “polished”, internet connected, and still following the steadfast course of finding “truth in books and life in coffee.” The space is beautiful, built in 1895, it was Café Olympia, followed by the reign of a Communist era chef of an elementary school cafeteria until 1992. Imagine the pork and knedliky served here during those days! Then it was misused as a storehouse. As of March 2003 it has a new owner, Michael Homann, steered now by a person equally in tune with what the Globe ought to and should be a comfortable place of books and coffee, conversation and good times.
Globe Bookstore and Café
Address:
Pštrossova 6
110 00, Praha 1
Website: http://www.globebookstore.cz
Phone and Email:
+420-224 934 203
globe@globebookstore.cz
Working Hours:
Mon-Sun 9:30-24
Happy Hour 17-19
Visited: March 2008
Evelyn said: "This is a bookstore/coffeehouse. New and used books, with a specialization in Central European fiction and better quality titles. The biggest stock of used books in English in town and probably all of Central Europe."
About the bookstore:
Back in 1993, when the first wave of post-revolution expatriate life was at its height, 5 Americans opened the original Globe in Prague’s unpolished Holesovice district. The street was Janovskeho, and the landlord was crazy. Nevertheless, they hoped to bring a little San Francisco style coffeehouse atmosphere to this beautiful city. After a renegade approach to reconstruct a Communist era laundry mat, they opened our doors in July with the steadfast motto: “..in libris veritas; in kava vita.” Of course, much changed for the Globe in 2000, when 2 of the original owners, Marketa and Scott Rogers stayed on and relocated the store to this new Prague 1 address. No easy task. Apart from having a saner landlord, the Globe was now larger, more “polished”, internet connected, and still following the steadfast course of finding “truth in books and life in coffee.” The space is beautiful, built in 1895, it was Café Olympia, followed by the reign of a Communist era chef of an elementary school cafeteria until 1992. Imagine the pork and knedliky served here during those days! Then it was misused as a storehouse. As of March 2003 it has a new owner, Michael Homann, steered now by a person equally in tune with what the Globe ought to and should be a comfortable place of books and coffee, conversation and good times.
Globe Bookstore and CaféAddress:
Pštrossova 6
110 00, Praha 1
Website: http://www.globebookstore.cz
Phone and Email:
+420-224 934 203
globe@globebookstore.cz
Working Hours:
Mon-Sun 9:30-24
Happy Hour 17-19
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