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Yegorov's Tavern
Yegorov's tavern
also: Трактир Егорова, Egorov's tavern, Yegorov's restaurant
A famous Moscow merchant eating-house on Okhotny Ryad, renowned for its enormous portions and traditional Russian fare; invoked here as a byword for gluttonous consumption, against which even the allegorical pike's appetite is measured.
Reading notes
- A Fishy Business §15 Yegorov's tavern
Yegorov's tavern (Trактир Егорова) on Okhotny Ryad was one of Moscow's most famous merchant eating-houses, renowned for its enormous portions -- invoked here as a byword for gluttonous consumption, against which even the pike's appetite is measured favorably.