To start off, it’s been a LONG time since we’ve posted anything on here. For any loyal readers, we sincerely apologize.
This post is going to focus on my return to Prague in 2007 and my experiences while I was there. In 2007, I returned to Prague for the first time since leaving Europe in 2001. The opportunity arose to visit following a conference for the Licensing Executive Society International in Zurich. The purpose of my visit was to reconnect with colleagues I had known whilst doing business there who were either Czech or had remained in Prague over the years, in furtherance of my international corporate law practice.
Upon arriving in Prague, I checked into the Hilton. Back in the day, the Hilton was called the Atrium. It is now the Hilton Atrium Hotel. Once I had checked into my room, my first stop was to see whether one of my favorite pubs was still in business. The restaurant was called V Jama, a Czech pub a few hundred yards from Wenceslas Square near the first McDonald’s in Prague. The pub started right around the time I was trying to get my own American Bar and Grill off the ground in Prague. This American succeeded.
To my everlasting joy, V Jama is still in business. Today, the restaurant serves a wide variety of foods including a mixture of Tex Mex, traditional Czech and contemporary American dishes. The choices range from fried chicken wings to spicy burritos. I went into the familiar restaurant, sat at the bar, and ordered a Czech beer. I properly worshipped this half liter of wonderful beer before drinking it. After a few more, I realized that I was sitting right next to the owner of the bar. After a little while, we recognized each other and began to reminisce over several other people I knew from the days I lived there. It was a wonderful beginning to what turned out to be a great visit to Prague.
