This pricey French-owned cafe offers a chance to mingle with oligarchs, politicians and their dressed-to-kill partners. There's a full raw/vegan menu, including pasta made from zucchini, in addition to a main menu of sandwiches, salads and steaks. Good desserts, too, and a prime patio abutting a pleasant park on central vul Horodetskoho.
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5. Taras Shevchenko Memorial House Museum
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8. National Museum of Literature of Ukraine
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