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The Survival Manual to Czechs/
Slovaks living abroad
By Czechmatediary.com
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Table of Contents
Top 5 Famous Czech/Slovak-Americans…………………… 3 - 10
Top 5 Recipes………………………………………………... 11- 15
Czech/Slovak-American history……………………………. 17 - 23
Czech Embassies…………………………………………….. 24 -25
US …………………………………………………. 24
Canada …………………………………………….. 24
Australia …………………………………………… 25
New Zealand ………………………………………. 25
UK………………………………………………….. 25
Czech/Slovak Restaurants…………………………………. 26 -46
US………………………………………………….. 26 -44
Canada………………………………………………43 - 45
UK…………………………………………………..45 -46
Australia…………………………………………….47
Czech/Slovak organizations………………………………… 48 - 88
USA …………………………………………………48 -75
CANADA……………………………………………76 – 81
AUSTRALIA………………………………………. 82 – 86
NEW ZEALAND ………………………………….. 87 -88
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Top 5 Famous Czech/Slovak-Americans
1. Milos Forman
Ingenious Czech-American Jan Tomas Forman (his formal name)
was born in Caslavi on Febuary 18th, 1932.Both of his parents (Jewish father and
protestant mother) died in Auschwitz concentration camp when he was just a little boy.
What was the reason? His father belonged to the Czech Resistance group and his mother
was dealing with an illegal grocery trade. The rest of his childhood/adulthood spent
Forman living with his distant relatives as well as at the dorms of Podebrady’s public
school. There he also met young Vaclav Havel (1st president of the Czech Republic) and
Masin brothers ( who later started an armed anti-Communist resistance). After finishing
high school he tried to get into the the University of Acting (DAMU) in Prague but without
success. His second choice was the University of Film (FAMU), also located in Prague,
and this time was Forman accepted. He graduated in 1968. His first major movie became
the black-humored comedy “Cerny Petr” (Black Peter; 1963), which was followed by
another debut “Loves of a Blond” (Lasky jedne plavovlasky; 1965). In 1967 he finished
the “Fireman’s ball” (Hori, ma panenko; 1967), which was quickly forbidden by the
government because it was “making fun of the common man”. When the Soviet tanks
rumbled into Prague in 1968 Milos was in Paris working on his first American movie
“Taking off”. The Czech studio for which he worked fired him, claiming that he had left
the country illegally. Those circumstances led him to leave Europe and come to America
where people already loved him for his unique film-making skills. Compared to the
recently deceased Jan Benes (see my recent post on him), Forman’s first job in the United
States was quite a breeze: he accepted a position as a professor of film at the Columbia
University.
The first movie that made him famous in the New World was adaptation
of Ken Kesey’s novel “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1974) which won him five
Oscars. Few years later Forman created “Amadeus“, another piece of art, which won
him eight Oscars!
3His most recent movie is called “Goya’s Ghosts” and it’s premiere
in Prague was attended by Forman himself. To symbolically keep his ties with his former
homeland Forman also agreed this year to direct- together with his sons Mathew and
Peter - a jazz opera by Suchy and Slitr.
Forman took on the (real life) role of husband when he was only 19 years old. He married
a well-known Czech beauty, an actress Jana Brejchova. From his second marriage with a
singer Vera Kresadlova he has twin boys Peter and Mathew, who were born in 1964. His
last and current marriage to a 32-year younger Martina Zborilova (Forman’s assistant; she
also wrote a book on how they had met) brought him another set of twins, Andrew and
James. They were born in 1998, the same year Forman’s “Man on the Moon” was
finished and that’s also where he got his inspiration for the boys’ name: Andrew was
named for Andy Kaufman and James for Jim Carrey. So, I wonder, when the Formans have a
family reunion and the 43-year old Mathew and Peter are hanging out with their two 9-
year old brothers, what do you think they are talking about? The weather???
CZ: Jan Tomas Forman (jeho puvodni jmeno) se narodil v Caslavi 18.unora 1932. Oba
jeho rodice zahynuli v Osvetimskem koncentracnim tabore kdyz byl jeste velmi maly.
Zbytek jeho detstvi a mladi ztravil Forman u pribuznych a v internatni skole v
Podebradech. Tam se take seznamil s mladym Vaclavem Havlem a bratrimi Masinovymi.
Neprijali ho na studium DAMU ale pozdeji ho vzali na Prazskou FAMU. Studium
scenaristiky a dramaturgie dokoncil v roce 1968. Jeho prvnim celovecernim filmem se
stala cerna komedie “Cerny Petr” (1963) a pote snimek “Lasky jedne
plavovlasky” (1965) . Film “Hori ma panenko” (1967) byl komunisty zakazan a to proto,
ze se “vysmiva obycejnym lidem”. Behem Prazskeho Jara byl Forman ve Francii, kde
pracoval na jeho prvnim americkem filmu “Taking off”. Filmove studio, pro ktere
pracoval, se ho v tuto dobu take rozhodlo vyhodit a to proto, ze pry odjel do zahranici
nelegalne. Tato situace mu pouze ulehcila jeho rozhodnuti, aby emigroval do USA (New
York). Lide ho tam diky jeho proslulym filmovym schopnostem znali a take uznavali.
Poprve se tam ale opravdu proslavil filmem, adaptaci romanu Kena Keseyho “Prelet nad
kukaccim hnizdem” (1974), ktery byl take ocenen peti Oskary. Dalsim jeho veledilem se
stal film “Amadeus”, ktery mu vyhral celych 0sm Oskaru! Tento rok dokoncil film
“Goyovy prizraky”, jehoz premieru v Praze slavnostne oslavil ve Slovanksem Dome. V
dubnu take v Narodnim divadle reziroval spolu se svymi syny Matejem a Petrem jazzovou
operu Sucheho a Slitra (Dobre placena prochazka).
Jiz v devatenacti letech se poprve ozenil a to se znamou krasavici - hereckou - Janou
Brejchovou. Z druheho manzelstvi se zpevackou Verou Kresadlovou se mu narodili
dvojcata, Petr a Matej. Potreti se ozenil s jeho o 32 let mladsi asistentkou Martinou
Zborilovou, ktera o jejich seznameni vydala knihu. V roce 1998 se mu narodili opet
4dvojcata a to Andrew a James. Proc znenadani americka jmena? Inspiraci nasli rodice
diky “Man on the Moon” (1998): Andrew podle Andyho Kaufmana a James podle Jima
Carreyho. Tak si rikam, kdyz maji Formanovci nejakou tu rodinou akci a 43-leti Petr a
Matej se naleznou sami v pokoji s jejich dvema 9-ti letymi bratry, o cem si asi tak
povidaji? O pocasi??
2. Imrich Lichtenfeld
Imrich Lichtenfeld is a not a very know Slovak Jew. Yet he was the
inventor of one of the best self-defense system ever - the Krav Maga or the “Contact
combat” fighting technique. Krav Maga is not a sport; “The attacks and defenses are
intended for potentially lethal threat situations, and aim to neutralize these and escape
via maximum pain or damage to opponents, as rapidly as safely as possible. Crippling
attacks to vulnerable body parts, including groin, eye strikes, headbutts, improvised use
of any objects available and maximizing personal safety in a fight are emphasized”.
What proned Imi to get into something like that? Well, Imi was happily growing up in
Bratislava (SL) when around the 1930’s the anti-Semitic riots began threatening the
Jewish population. Since he was an avid boxer (he won numerous wrestling competitions
such as the National Boxing Championship) he and his friends would bravely defend his
people by attempting to block the anti-Semitic bands from entering the Jewish quarter,
thus getting into numerous violent fights. But he quickly realized that boxing by itself is
not enough for a real defense and therefore began developing system of techniques for a
practical self-defense. In 1940 he boarded the last immigrant ship that succeeded in
escaping the Nazis’ claws and imigrated to Palestine (this adventerous journey, by the
way, took him little over 2 years!). His talent was soon discovered also by the Israelis and
he was asked to develop the sports and close combat systems in the Israeli Defensive
forces such as soldiers as well as groups of police officers. After Israel became its own
state in 1948 Imi also started to teach at the School of Combat Fitness. This is where his
style of fighting got its name: the Krav Maga. Imi was active until the very end when he
died of natural causes at the age of 87.
CZ: I kdyz Imrich Lichtenfeld neni ta nejznamejsi osobnost byvaleho Ceskoslovenska (ja
osobne jsem o nem nikdy neslysela), je zakladatelem jednim z nejefektivnejsich kurzu
sebeobrany, a to Krav Megy, neboli “Contact combat”. Nemylte se, Krav Mega neni
sportovni aktivita, jako je tennis nebo boxovani; “..tyto zpusoby utoku a sebeobrany jsou
urcene v situacich, ve kterych vam hrozi smrt. Cilem je nejen zneutralizovat tato
napadeni, ale take uniknout utocnikovi, zpusobit mu co nejvice bolesti, a to co
nejbezpecneji a nejrychleji, jak je to jen mozne. Co je zduraznene v “pravidlech” Krav
5Megy jsou ochromujici utoky zamerujici se zejmena na zranitelne casti lidskeho tela, jako
je slabina, oci, lebka, ale take pouziti k utoku jakykoliv dostupny predmet; behem zapasu
se take klade duklad na osobni bezpecnost. A co Imiho primelo vynalezt takovy zpusob
bojovani? Nu, Imi vyrustal v Bratislave (za Rakouska-Uherska), okolo te same doby, kdy
ve meste zacali byt popularni anti-semiticke utoky. Lichtenfeld byl nejen velmi dobry v
gymanstice a plavani, ale take v boxovani; proto zalozil jakysi zapasnicky tym, s kterym
se snazil fyzicky branit Zidovskou ctvrt pred napadem Nacistu. Nejednou se tak dostal do
dosti krvelacnych a nebezpecnych pracek. Brzy si ale uvedomil, ze pouhe boxovani tuto
bitvu nevyhraje a zacal o volnem case vynalezat system ruznych bojovnych technik,
urcenych pro drsnou sebeobranu. V roce 1940 se rozhodl opustit svou rodinu a kamarady,
nasedl na posledni lod, ktere se podarilo uniknout nacistickym drapum a emigroval do
Palestyny. Plavba touto lodi mu mimochodem trvala cele dva roky! Lichtenfeldova
“morska” dobrodruzstvi jsou podrobne zachycena v Birmanove knize “Odyssey”. V
Palestine sve bojovne techniky pak vyucoval ruznym zidovskym organizacim. Pote, co se
v roce 1948 Izrael stal svym vlastnim statem Imi zacal take vyucovat ve skole “of Combat
Fitness”. Zde tento styl sebeobrany dostal sve jmeno: Krav Mega. Imrich zemrel v Izraeli
ve veku 87-m
3. Ray Kroc
Ray Kroc was born in 1902 in Chicago, Illinois. His
Czech grandparents, however, came to he US from Stupno (near Pilsen). In 1917 a 15-
year old Kroc lied about his age and joined the Red Cross as an ambulance driver. He
never left for Europe though because the war ended. Disappointed Kroc had to find work
to feed himself. He played the piano for a radio station during nights and functioned as a
salesman of paper cups during the day. Later on he obtained exclusive marketing rights
for selling the five-spindle multimixer - the miracle of speed and efficiency of that time.
For next 17 years Kroc traveled the US selling these mixers until he encountered the San
Bernardino restaurant in California, owned by Dick and Mac McDonald brothers. This
simple-menu hamburger restaurant ordered 8 mixers on the spot. Kroc was quite blown
away by the restaurant’s efficiency and offered the owners a partnership where his part
would be building McDonald’s stores across the USA. Kroc says: “I was 52 years old. I
had diabetes and incipient arthritis. I had lost my gall bladder and most of my thyroid
gland in earlier campaigns, but I was convinced that the best was ahead of me.” By 1965
the McDonald clown character was familiar to 96% of American children, which is more
that knew the name of the president of the USA. After Ray Kroc died in 1984 the
restaurant chain became progressively stale and boring, something Kroc would never
6approve during his lifetime. Today McDonald Corporation is the world’s largest chain of
fast-food restaurants are in more than 120 countries:
The visibility is very bad but you get the point: red = highest no. of McDonalds; blue =
lowest no. of McDonald stores.
By the way, did you know that he also owned the San Diego Padres baseball team
starting in 1974!?
4. Miroslav Plavec
He had taught for over 30 years at the UCLA where he had molded the minds of over
13,000 students. In 2001 he received the Nusle prize for his life works…. Miroslav Plavec
was one of the front astronomers of the 20th century. His early works dealt with meteor
showers, but he is also widely known for his studies of close binaries, especially of mass
transfer in binary systems. Plavec was born in Sedlcany in 1925. During the Nazi
occupation Miroslav’s father was arrested and taken to the concentration camp where he
had died 6 months later. Being the oldest sibling, Miroslav became the head of the family
and decided to move with his mother and a younger brother to Ondrejov, a home of the
Ondrejov’s observatory. He studied the Natural Sciences at the Charles University in
Prague. When the Russians came to occupy Prague in 1968 Plavec’s whole family left
Czechoslovakia in hope for a better future. First they went to Canada and later settled
down in California where he just recently (January 23rd of this year) passed away. The
BBC interviewed Plavec in 2001 and I picked out some interesting highlights from it:
How did you end up with astronomy?
When I was 13 years old I liked many things, mainly history and geography. One day in
1938 I happen to read an article about Jupiter and how it was supposed to be seen in the
skies the next day. Well, on that night I went out to look for it but it was cloudy so I
didn’t see anything. But I knew one thing: I wanted to be an astronomer.
Earlier you were commenting on the terrible shape in which the Charles University
educational system was as far as astronomy goes.Why?
Well first of all, the university had only one professor of astronomy and he kept
recommending us to study this manual from 1896! So much for learning about modern
7astronomy…That is why, whatever I learned, I learned on my own.
Why did you decide to emigrate?
We knew that after the Soviet occupation there was no future neither for me nor for my
wife or kids. It was very hard for us to leave our home country though.
Why did you decide to go to America?
I didn’t want to go to Germany since I have a very bad memories of my father dying in
the concentration camp there. I hav been to England before but didn’t like it too much.
America was just “calling my name”. I was lucky to be already somewhat famous in my
field and that is why I did get invited to various places all over the US but once I got
invited to L.A. I gladly went.
You are still teaching, right?
Yes, and I am very proud of it (76 years old). The good thing is that my specialty of
planetary astrophysics has not been “in” for a while so there is no other candidate for my
spot and that’s why I have already prolonged my teaching contract for next year.
How much are Americans interested in astronomical studies?
Every year we have 4-20 students sign up for astronomy classes. The interest varies
greatly from year-to-year.
After the Velvet Revolution in 1989 was it hard for you to resist the new job offers
that had opened up in the Czech Republic?
No, I have already settled in California. I really like it here, I am a known personality
among the University staff and both of my kids are married here. I am not going to leave my
family if grandchildren are the most valuable thing one can ever have. It is incredible
how quickly they (grandchildren) can learn to use their words - they hear one day and
start using it the next day. It really is an unexplainable miracle that such intelligent life
was created on this planet.
How do you explain miracles?
I don’t because I can’t. Everywhere we look are just stars - the dead matter. There are 9
planets in the whole solar system. Mars may have some kind of microorganisms on it;
Venus is developmentally far behind Earth but it is possible that some life will develop
there later and who knows, that’s where the humans will be moving to in the future. But
that’s about it as far as life is concerned.
In your interview with Lidove noviny you voiced your opinion on the faulty
information that is being used in various science fiction movies such as Star Wars.
You also said you cannot watch any of it. Why?
I tried but I couldn’t. Why can’t any of these fancy movie makers come to my Astronomy
101 class or at least read some books on it and then let their fantasy go loose? The stuff
8that I have tried to watcha and read was such nonsense that I just couldn’t make myself to
like it…
What would be life without astronomy?
Not much different
5. Stanislav Grof
He was born in Prague, studied at the Charles University of Medicine,
worked in the mental hospital Bohnice and the Prague Research Institute of Psychiatry. He
studied the effects of LSD on the human psyche as well as on the various mental
disorders. After immigrating to the USA he became famous for inventing the method of
so called Holotropic Breathwork (you can read more about it at http://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Holotropic_Breathwork) . Who am I talking about? I am reciting the brief biography
of Stanislav Grof, yet another famous living Czech-American. He immigrated to the
United States in 1967 and thanks to his very good English he immediately received a post
as the professor of psychiatry at the John Hopkins University in Baltimore. There he was
further exploring the wonders of LSD until the “unfortunate” year of 1968 when its usage
became forbidden. That pushed Stanislav and his wife Christina into exploring other
fields of psychotherapy and the subconscious mind and eventually came up with the so-
called holotropic breathwork method. By this day, however, this method is not
acknowledged by most of the mainstream psychiatry; what is more, many of the
psychiatrists consider this kind of mind work dangerous. Yet Grof himself argues that this
method is nothing new under the sun, it has been used for ages in ancient field of
shamanism and yoga. His unusual talent has been also closely watched by his countrymen
in Czech and because of the fact that he does make other scientists think outside of the
box Stanislav Grof received this October in Prague the prize of “Vision 97″.
Narodil se v Praze, vystudoval Lekarskou fakultu Karlovy university, pracoval v
Bohnicich a Vyzkumnem ustavu psychiatrie v Praze, kde se venoval vyzkumu ucinku
halucinogenu, zejmena LSD a jejich moznosti pri lecbe dusevnich nemoci. Pozdeji se v
USA proslavil vyvinutim metody tzv.holotropniho dychani. Vite, o kom mluvim? O
Stanislavu Grofovi - dalsim vyznamnem zijicim Cecho-Americanovi.V roce 1967 odesel
do USA kde dostal profesorsky post na John Hopkins University v Baltimoru. Jeho
vyzkumnicke plany s lidskym podvedomim byly ale prekazeny, kdyz v roce 1968 bylo
uzivani LSD v USA zakazano. Diky tomu se s manzelkou Kristinou zacal venovat nove
metode vyvolavani hlubokeho podvedomi, tzv. holotropnimu dychani (vice se o
9holotropnim dychani muzete docist na http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Holotropic_Breathwork). Tato metoda ovsem nebyla a dodnes neni prijata vetsinou
psychiatru, nekteri ji dokonce povazuji za nebezpecnou. On sam tento novy smer
psychiatrie ospravedlnuje a pripomina, ze tato metoda neni zadna novota, a ze navazuje
na tradice starodavneho samanizmu a jogy. A prave za to, ze nuti vedce uvazovat o
novych cestach mysleni, bylo Grofovo dilo zacatkem rijna v Praze oceneno tzv. Cenou
Vize 97.
10TOP 5 RECIPES
1. Paprika chicken / Kure na paprice
Ingredients:
1. 1 lb chicken breast
2. 3/4 stick of butter
3. 3/4 cup of milk
4. 1/4 cup of half-n-half
5. 1 onion
6. about 3 tsp of paprika
7. 1 tbs flour
8. 1 cup hot/boiling water (or chicken broth)
• Cut chicken breast into large size pieces; salt and pepper them
• brown the onion in half the butter
• add paprika and immediately add about 1 cup of hot/boiling water (or chicken
broth)
• add the chicken pieces into the pan and simmer until chicken is soft and done (15
min)
• take the chicken out and thicken the sauce with “jiska”
o “JISKA” = butter-and-flour mixture; to make “jiska” melt the rest of the
butter on a pan and stir in the 1tbs of flour; stir jiska for few seconds until
it browns a little
• simmer until sauce thickens
• add in the milk and half-and-half and and simmer until it reaches desired
thickness
• Serve with rice
11Here are my additions:
1. Cut up 1 red bell pepper and either roast in up in the butter together with the onion or
just throw it in while you are simmering your chicken; it makes the whole meal
taste little more healthy
2. Squeeze some lemon juice into the sauce, but at the END so that your sauce
doesn’t clump up.
3. The comments at the recipe site also said to add into the sauce about 1tbs of
mustard. I tried that too and it works great with it as well.
4. I also don’t take the chicken out, I just let it simmer with all of the other stuff
2. Gulas / Goulash
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Ingredients:
• 1 1/2 lb beef for stew or beef chuck
• 1 onion, thinly sliced
• 1 red pepper, thinly sliced
• 5 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
• 1/2 can of tomato paste
• 5 cups of beef broth
• about 3 Tbs of sweet paprika
• 1 Tsp of caraway seeds, 1 Tsp marjoram
• 6 Tbs. oil
Method:
1. Season cubed meat with some salt, pepper and about 1 Tbs. of sweet paprika
2. Brown meat on a pan (5 min.)
3. Add chopped onion, garlic and red pepper; continue to brown (5 min.)
4. Add the rest of the paprika (2 Tbs.), tomato paste, caraway seeds, and
marjoram
5. Add the 5 cups of beef broth
126. Simmer for a looong time: about 3-4 hours, until meat is super tender!!
7. If you want to thicken the final mixture go ahead, be a sinner and add about
2 Tbs. of flour (first dissolve the flour in a 1/4 cup of cold water, otherwise it
is going to clump). Some recipes say to dissolve 1 cubed slice of dark bread to
thicken the goulash.
8. Simmer a little longer until stew reaches desired thickness.
3. Bramboraky / Potato pancakes
Ingredients:
• 6 large potatoes, pealed
• 1 egg
• 5 cloves of garlic, grated
• 1/4 cup of milk
• 3/4 cup of all-purpose flour
• 1 Tsp of dried marjoram
• pinch of salt and pepper
• about 4 Tbs of oil
Method:
1. Grate the potatoes
2. Pour warm milk over those grated potatoes so that they will not go brown
3. Add in the garlic, egg, salt and pepper, marjoram and mix it all together
4. Gradually mix in the flour
5. Pour part of the mixture with a ladle onto a hot and well-oiled frying pan ( the
thickness and size of the pancakes depends on one’s preference; I personally like
them thin and crispy!)
6. Fry each side of the pancake until golden brown, about 5 minutes per side
7. Serve
13The whole batch feeds about 4 people.
PS: if you like you can add bits of fried bacon or cut-up salami into the bramborak
mixture
PPS: also, don’t forget the golden rule: “The more garlic, the merrier” - I usually use
twice the amount of garlic
4. Vanilla crescents / Vanilkove rohlicky
Ingredients:
• 1/2 lb of unsalted butter, softened
• 1/2 cup of sugar
• 2 cups of all-purpose flour
• 1 Tsp of vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups of ground walnuts
• 1/2 tsp salt
• about 2 cups of powdered sugar (confectioner’s sugar)
• ground up skin from 1 lemon
Method:
1. Mix butter and sugar together until light and fluffy
2. Mix in the flour (1/2 cup at a time)
3. Add walnuts, vanilla extract and salt
4. Shape the dough into a ball, wrap it in wax paper and refrigerate for about 30
minutes
5. Preheat the oven for 350 degrees
6. Lightly butter two 12″ x 12″ baking sheets
7. Pinch off walnut-sized pieces of chilled dough and place them on a floured board
148. Rolled each piece into a strip about 1 inch wide and 1/2inch thick; shape each
piece into a crescent (semi-circle)
9. Arrange the crescents at least 1/2 inch apart on the baking sheet
10. Bake in oven for 15-20 minutes
11. Transfer them onto a cake rack and coat them with powdered sugar while they are
still hot
12. Enjoy!
Note: one can substitute ground walnuts for ground almonds as well.
Another note: the older the cookies get, the better they taste!
5. Bublanina/ Bubbly-sweet bread
Ingredients:
1. 1 and 3/4 cup of all-purpose flour
2. 1 cup of sugar
3. 1/2 cup of milk
4. 1 and 1/2 cup of white yogurt
5. 4 Tbs. of melted unsweetened butter
6. 2 egg yolks
7. 2 Tbs. of baking powder
8. 2 Tbs. of vanilla sugar (or vanilla extract)
9. 1-2 cups of cut up fruit of your choice (strawberries, raspberries, blueberries,
currants, peaches)
10. Well-greased baking pan (I used the 8×8-inch one)
Method:
• Put milk, yogurt, sugar and melted butter in a bowl and beat the mixture for
about 2 minutes (until mixture seems smooth)
• Mix baking powder and vanilla sugar into the flour
15• Gradually start adding flour into the bowl
• Mix until evenly distributed (until mixture seems smooth)
• Cover the greased surface of your baking pan with a light coat of flour
• Pour your dough into the baking pan
• Coat your fruit with 1 Tbs. of flour
• Scatter it onto the dough (push some pieces into the dough)
• Bake the bread at 350 F for about 20 minutes or until the surface has pink/
golden color
• Optional:
o 1. serve topped with whipped cream
o 2. sprinkle Bublanina with powdered sugar
PS: If you like your fruit to be “melted” through the bread when done do not coat it in
flour (I personally like it better that way). Also, adding yogurt into the dough is not the
traditional way to make bublanina but I like it because the bread has.
16CZECH-AMERICAN HISTORY
Czechs in America (Part I)
The most important waves of imigration happened first after the Battle of White
Mountain (1620), after the revolutionary year 1848, with the outbreak of WWII, 1948
(when communists seized power) and in 1968 (Soviet occupation). In 1990 the national
census showed 1,300,000 Czechs living in the US!!! (52% in MW, 22% in the South,
16% in the West and 10% in NW) So I guess there is a lot of us!!!
The first really big wave of Czech immigrants happened in the 1900’s. The Moravians
went to TEXAS, some went to WISCONSIN. There they built a city called Tabor
(Hello!! It would be nice to know if it’s still there). Czechs preferred Wisconsin over
Texas since the weather was similar to their former home and also because Wisconsin
already had a large German population. Most Czechs understood German so they just felt
more “at home”. Lots of Czechs also ended up in IOWA.
Which US cities seemed most appealing to the Czech immigrants? Well, it looks like we
have three winners: Saint Luis(which had the 1st Czech catholic church in the US and
also the 1st Czech Sokol - can’t forget about the exercise!!), New York (this is
interesting: they all came from Sedlec and all worked in the cigar factory there; I guess
the connection is that Sedlec had a cigar factory so they were already skilled) and of
course, Chicago. Chicago had a thriving Czech community at one time, with several Czech
quarters such as Prague and Pilsen (!!) where the Czech language was used exclusively. In
1920 the city homed 200,000 Czechs!!
The Second Wave of Immigration (1870s-1890s)
The Second Wave of Immigration is connected with the declaration of the Homestead Act in
1862, which enabled immigrants to obtain 160 acres of wild land and they would become
its owners after 5 years of its cultivation. This Homestead Act brought Czech immigrants
especially to Nebraska and Kansas.
17Many Czechs were convinced to immigrate here (to Nebraska and Kansas) by American
railway agents who looked for people to settle along the new railways. To begin farming
in Kansas or Nebraska the farmers needed as much as $1,000, which was incredible
amount of money at that time. That is why most farmers could not pay off their debt
earlier than in 20 years. Families with a lot of children had a big advantage since they had
their own free labor and that way could actually save some money from their harvest.
At the beginning of the 20th century Czechs were already a significant group of
immigrants in the US (about 500,000 people). Yet they were not looked at as welcomed
newcomers and were called “Bohunks” (Bohemians + Hungarians). As the time went,
however, the Americans realized that the Czechs enriched the American society and their
prejudices ceased.
Early 20th century immigration was aimed mostly at urban areas. Lot of Czech
immigrants were skilled workers in various crafts and were very literate (97% could read
and write!!). Unlike other Slavic nations Czechs held education in high regard, yet still
had problems with obtaining work equal to their qualifications.
Role of Czech Americans in formation of Czechoslovakia
Up until the beginning of WWI the Czech-American community did not seem united; it
was divided into different groups such as the Progressives (the opposers of the traditional
conservative response to social and economic issues), Catholics, Protestants, Socialists
and other groups. But one thing they did have in common: none of them had in their plan
to form a free state for both Czechs and Slovaks, which is what the future brought.
Once the times got heated and the US declared the war (WWI) on Germany, Czechs and
Slovaks quickly joined together to support the formation of Czechoslovakia. As a result,
the Czechoslovak National Council (CNC) was established to fight for the Czech/
Slovak independence in America. The CNC actions were pivotal in setting up the
neccessary negotiations between T.G. Masaryk (you can find more on T.G. Masaryk at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.G._Masaryk), and the American president W. Wilson.
T.G.Masaryk was at that time recognized by Allies as the head of the provisional Czech
government. It was these CNC-led negotiations that eventually led in agreement on the
formation of Czechoslovakia!
PS: By the way, did you know that if someone says “let’s meet by the statue” it
automatically means among the local Czechs in Washington to meet by the statue of T.G.
Masaryk?
In 1920s 2/3 of Czech Americans lived in the big cities. The first three decades of the
20th century are also known as the Golden Age of the Czech American culture where an
average American recognized and respected the Czech-American economy, culture, as
well as the public and civic achievements. This time is also characterized by diminishing
number of Czech-speaking Americans, the Czech quarters were disappearing as they
were moving into the suburbs. This assimilation led to reduced number of Americans
claiming Czech descent to only 200,000 in 1930! The next wave of immigration was
18brought by the fear of Nazism, WWII and Communism. But the influx of Czech
immigrants was still far smaller than what happened in 1850’s-1920’s period (the Big
Immigration Wave). What is also interesting is that the earlier immigrants of the big wave
were mostly blue-collar workers and peasants, where as those who arrived after 1933
were well educated and most of them already knew some English. These Czechs also
assimilated much faster than the earlier immigrants. To prevent this constant assimilation,
the Society for Arts and Sciences (SVU; Spolecnost pro vedu a umeni) was created in
1958 to connect these members of Czech intelligence in the US. The
last major wave of immigrants to America happened after the “Prague Spring” in 1968,
where the Soviet army occupation halted any democratic reforms in Czechoslovakia
(more on Prague Spring go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_Spring). Most of these
immigrants also participated in the political life during this time. Although very active,
these people did not really enrich the traditional Czech-American societies or SVU.
These 1970’s and 1980’s immigrants called themselves the “members of exile” and
became quite disunified with the older wave of immigrants.Source: http://
www.czechsinamerica.wz.cz/DPW/3-Diploma%20Work.htm
Czech Americans and their relationship towards Religion
The earliest Czech immigrants (the Moravian Brethren) came to America solely to search
for religious freedom. The later immigration wave of Czechs (after 1850) was coming for
many different reasons such as education, political convictions and others . Yet still the
majority of Czech Americans belonged to the Catholic Church - the only recognized religion
by the Hapsburg Empire. This Hapsburg re-Catholization of the Czech lands left many
Czechs scared, especially since the Czech lands used to be predominantly protestant. No
wonder that when these “forced Catholics” came to the free America, about a half of
them decided to turn their backs on Catholicism all together. The other half that stayed
Catholic and didn’t have a Czech congregation in their vicinity usually joined some
German or Polish Catholic congregations. By 1920 America had about 350 Czech priests
and about 200, 000 Czech Catholics.
Czech Protestants in America consisted mostly of descendants of the Hussites and
Moravian Brethren. Their most famous congregation has been the Jan Hus Presbyterian
Church in New York City (founded in 1888).
And then there were the blossoming Progressives and the Freethinkers who refused any
kind of religion. These two groups received support and sympathy from the socialists and
the atheists and together they established in America many atheist schools, ceremonies
for marriages, funerals and other important events.
19What is the relationship between the Czechs and religion now?? According to a recent
poll the Czech Republic is the biggest atheist country in Europe with only only 33.6%
of Czechs belonging to a religion and only 11.7% attend services once a month or more.
And what is more, they are also proud of it. As the psychiatrist Libor Growsky says: ”
I’m a nonbeliever. It’s connected to our history. Religion limited the freedom of the
people. I don’t see a difference between the Communists and the Catholics ( http://
atheism.about.com/b/a/009710.htm ). Yeah, but the one difference is that the Communist
government was actually torturing the Catholics and I don’t think it ever went the other
way….
Czechs always kept education in a high regard, which is obvious from the high literacy rate
of the Czech immigrant groups (97% could read and write) compared to the other Slavic
immigrants where the literacy rate was only 66%. Because they wanted their children to
be taught about their Czech heritage, which was something that public school system
could not provide, the Czech American communities would establish their own schools.
Czech-Americans and Education
The earliest educators that came from the Czech lands were the Moravian Brethren, a
Protestant religious group which came to America to find religious freedom between the
years 1741 and 1762. They implemented especially the teachings of Jan Amos Komensky
in their schooling system and were educating everyone, not just the Czechs. Even in these
early years the Moravian Brethren already supported women to get equal education to
men as well as the abolition of slavery. They were also the founders of the 6th oldest
college in America (founded in 1742), the Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
(see the picture attached;in the forefront is the statue of Jan Amos Komensky). Besides
God and education, Moravian Brethren also loved music. Supposedly the first symphonic
orchestra in America - the Moravian Trombone Choir - was created by them. In 1999 the
Moravian Brethren still had about 50,000 members in the USA. More on a current
information on the Moravian Brethren can be found at http://www.moravian.org/believe/.
The first authentic Czech school was founded by the Catholics in Saint Louis, Missouri in
1854. By 1930 about 21,000 Czech Americans were attending various catholic schools
founded by various Czech people. But because the Czechs in general assimilate very well
with the Americans, most Czech schools ended up closing down. Since then the Czech
language is being taught in 47 (!!!) American universities all over the country, such as the
University of Nebraska (http://www.unl.edu/komenskyclub/czech.html), University of
Princeton( http://www.princeton.edu/~slavic/Czech/Czech%20Webpage%20Files/
studyabroad.html), University of California, Los Angeles (http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/
slavic/czech/links.html#Courses) and other universities. Many Czech organizations, such
as the Bohemian Hall in New York offers free Czech courses a well.
Czech-Americans and Politics
20During the 1850’s most Czech immigrants felt the strongest connection with the
American Democratic party. Since the majority of political positions were already taken
by other immigrant groups (especially the Irish), the Czechs usually had to start their
political careers in small towns of Midwest and Texas, which is where most Czech
Americans lived. The first famous Czech American politician became Augustin
Haidusek, who was elected in 1875 as the mayor of La Grande, Texas. The next Czech
star in American politics was Adolf Sabath. Born in Pisek, this Czech fellow became the
longest serving U.S. congressman in history (Adolf was re-elected into the US Congress 23
times!! And then he died..). And the list goes on: Otto Kerner became the governor of
Illionis in 1960’s who became known for his “Kerner’s report” in which he warned
America about the increasing division between the whites and the blacks. In 1931
Chicago’s first foreign-born mayor became Anton Cermak from Kladno who was
assassinated 2 years later during the public appearance with Theodor Roosevelt in Miami.
During his short term as a mayor he devoted most of his energy in fighting against the
Chicago gangsters and that is a possible reason why he was murdered (more on Anton
Cermak go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Cermak). The highest ranking Czech
American in the US politics was Madeleine Albright who became the US Secretary of
State during Clinton’s second presidential term. Many Czechs were also devoted
supporters of socialism. Those individuals usually lived in big cities like New York,
working in factories or had other subordinate jobs, where they had to face harsh working
conditions. They actually brought their socialist ideas from Europe where they had gotten
influenced by the Industrial Revolution. Those folks were serious enough about this
business that in 1866 they founded the first Czech-American socialist political club.
Czech-Americans and their relationship to music
Czechs immigrating to America of course brought their traditional dances and music with
them along with the more sophisticated forms of art such as classical music and Czech
21drama. Music had always played one of the most important roles in the life of Czechs,
hence the saying “Co Cech, to muzikant” (Every Czech is a musician). Music styles that
the Czech Americans would perform varied from polkas to hymns and church choirs,
especially those belonging to Moravian brethren. The biggest popularity in America
received a dance called Polka which was originally created to honor the Polish people.
Who would have ever guessed that “Skoda Lasky” will be the most played Czech song of
all time (in Czech and worldwide) and will also get it’s own American name, the “Beer
Barrel Dance”! (Roll out the barrel…and we’ll have a barrel of fun…) Czech Americans
also became quite known as performers in orchestral associations such as the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra or the Boston Symphony
Orchestra. Many visiting Czech artists also became quite the hit in the US in the past,
namely a violin virtuoso Kubelik, an opera singer Emma Destinnova or Antonin
Dvorak. Dvorak spent three years (1892-1895) in the US as a director of the New York’s
National Conservatory o Music. He enjoyed his stay in America so much that he decided
to spend a whole summer with his cousins within the Czech community in Spillville,
Iowa. And it was there that he created his musical masterpieces such as the American
Quartette and the New World Symphony. Up to this day Spillville has Dvorak’s memorial,
museum and even a highway named after him (more information on Dvorak can be found
at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonin_Dvorak ). During his stay in New York Dvorak
stayed at 327 East 17th Street near Perlman Place. Despite the protests from former
Czech president Vaclav Havel, the house was demolished to create a new medical center
there. Dvorak’s immortal statue is however still overlooking the Stuyvesant Square.
Up to this day the Czech American traditional music and dances are definitely the
highlight of every Czech festival happening around the US. These performances are
greatly enjoyed not only by the Czech American community but also among other
Americans.
22Why did Czechoslovakia split up?
• The arguments had started already back in 1989, right after the Velvet revolution
in early November. Both sides were bickering about what should the future
federation look like: “What it’s going to be called?” “Who is going to get
“burned” on this whole deal? The Czechs or the Slovaks?”
• The very decisive moment came during the elections in 1992; the Czechs elected
ODS as their major leading political party, where as majority of Slovaks voted for
the HZDS. Both leaders of the party, Mr. Klaus (ODS) and Mr. Meciar (HZDS)
just didn’t seem to agree on anything regarding the future federation.
• The negative atmosphere was also thickened by the fact that during the
presidential elections in 1992 the Slovakian parliament decided not to support
Vaclav Havel as a future president.
• By the end of September of the same year both parties (ODS and HZDS) finally
decided to part ways.
The 31st of December 1992 Czechoslovakia had disappeared from the surface of Europe
and became the Czech Republic and Slovakia (the word itself may still be used as an
obscure password to get an entrance granted to some drug adict’s dungeon).At that time
only 25% of Czechs agreed with the split; the polls in 2006 showed that up to 56% of
Czech citizens agreed with the separation. Slovakia, however, was more conservative
with their opinion: only 40% of Slovaks thought the whole separation it to be a good
idea.
23Czech Embassies
United States of America
• Embassy of the Czech Republic in Washington
3900 Spring of Freedom St. NW, Washington D.C., 20008
www.mzv.cz/washington/
• Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Los Angeles
10990 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1100, Los Angeles, CA 90024
www.mzv.cz/losangeles/
• Czech Consulate General in New York
1109 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10028
www.mzv.cz/newyork/
• Honorary Consulate General of the Czech Republic Philadelphia
921 Bethlehem Pike Suite 102, P.O.Box 777, Spring House, PA 19477
www.mzv.cz/philadelphia/
Canada
• Embassy of the Czech Republic in Canada
L'Ambassade de la République tchèque au Canada
251 Cooper Street, Ottawa, Ontario K2P0G2
www.mzv.cz/ottawa/
• Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Montreal
Consulat Général de la République tchèque à Montréal
1305 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1B2
www.mzv.cz/montreal/
• Honorary Consulate of the Czech Republic in Calgary
611 - 71 Ave S.E., Calgary, Alberta, T2H 0S7
Phone: (403) 269 4924
Australia
• Embassy of the Czech Republic in Canberra
8 Culgoa Circuit, O'Malley, Canberra, ACT 2606
www.mzv.cz/canberra/
• Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Sydney
169 Military Road Dover Heights NSW 2030
www.czechembassy.org/wwwo/?zu=sydney
24New Zealand
• Honorary Consulate of the Czech Republic in New Zealand
Level 3, BMW Mini Centre
11-15 Great South Road, Newmarket
PO Box 7448 Wellesley Street
Auckland
Phone: +64-9-522-8736
UK
● Embassy of the Czech Republic
26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens
London
W4QY
Phone: (+44)207243 1115
Email: london@embassy.mzv.cz
25Czech Restaurants in the US
Arkansas
Czech-Bavarian Inn Restaurant
325 West Van Buren
Eureka Springs, Arkansas 72632
tel:479-253-8128
California
Bohemia Lounge
1624 California Street (at Polk)
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 474-6968
Café Prague
584 Pacific Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94133
Tel.: (415) 433-3811
European Deli & Bakery Restaurant
722 S. Grand Ave.
Glendora, CA 91740
Tel: (626) 914-3959
http://www.european-deli.com
26Heart of Europe
194 Blue Ravine Road Suite 120 & 130
Folsom, CA 95630
Tel: (916) 985-3555
Little Prague Bohemian Restaurant & Bakery
330 G Street
Davis, CA 95616
Tel.: (530) 756-1107
Marika's Cafe
Sacramento, California
on the 2000 block of J Street
Polka Polish Czech Restaurant Deli
4112 Verdugo Rd
Los Angeles, CA 90065-3821
Tel: (323) 255-7887
Vladimir's Czechoslovakian
12785 Sir Francis Drake Blvd
Inverness, CA 94937
Tel: (415) 669-1021
Colorado
Bohemian Cottage
8039 West US Highway 34
Loveland, CO 80537
Tel.: (970) 667-3718
27Cafe Praha
511 Rose Street
Georgetown, CO 80443
Tel: (303) 569-2861
Golden Europe Restaurant
6620 Wadsworth Blvd.
Arvada, CO 80003
Tel.: (303) 425-1246
Florida
Praha Restaurant & Bar
American Czech-Slovak Cultural Club
13325 Arch Creek Road
North Miami, FL 33181
Tel: 305-891-9130
Bohemian Garden
5400 Lake Worth Road
Green Acres, Florida 33463
Telephone: 561-968-4111
Bohemia Restaurant & Bar
3100 Flagler Ave.
Key West, FL 33040
Tel.: (305) 295-3773
28Ceske & Slovenske Deli
3516 West Vine Street
Kissimmee, Fl 34741
Tel: 407-847-6700
Czech and Polish Deli
11 N. Jefferson Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33755
Tel: (727) 298-0330
(727) 215 4762
Franta Restaurant
Lake Worth, Florida 33460
Telephone: 561-585-5911
Frullati Cafe
Ceska cukrarna
Countryside Mall
27001 US Highway 19 North
Clearwater, FL 33761
tel.: (727) 726-8866
Good Times Continental Restaurant
1130 Pinellas Bay Way
Tierra Verde, Florida 33715
Telephone: 727-867-0774
Harbor Lights Seafood and Raw Bar
711 Eisenhower Drive
Key West, Florida 33040
Telephone: 305-295-6453
29Henry's Cafe
3716 Howell Branch Road
Winter Park, FL 32792
Tel: 407-657-2230
Iggy's Deli
11618 North 22nd Street
Tampa, Florida 33612
Telephone: 813-972-1998
Kaminsky's Cafe & Deli
517 Lake Avenue
Lake Worth, FL 33460
Telephone: 561-585-5911
Old Europe Bistro
Naples Walk Plaza
2464 Vanderbilt Beach Rd. Suite 500
Naples, Florida 34109
Telephone: 239-254-9690
Sonoma Cafe & Bistro
640 E. Atlantic Avenue
Delray Beach, Florida 33445
Telephone: 561-243-8581
Tydir's Czech & Snitsel House
738 Mason Avenue
Daytona Beach, Florida
Telephone: 386-252-6581
30Unique German & Czech Restaurant
210 S. Atlantic Avenue
Ormand Beach, Florida
Telephone: 386-672-8834
Georgia
173 Carlyle House
William & Mirka & Gerise Janousek
South Peachtree Street
Norcross, GA 30071
European Deli
9550 Main Street
Woodstock , Georgia, 30188
Tel : 678-238-056
Marra`s Seafood Grill
1782 Cheshire Bridge Road, NE
Atlanta, GA
Tel: (404) 874 7347
Summer Street Restaurant
2689 Summers Str. NW
Kennesaw, GA 30144
Tel.: (770) 792-2281
Slovakia Restaurant
164 Roswell Street
Marietta, GA 30060
Tel: 770-792-4444
31Illinois
Alpine Banquet Haus
11141 W Roosevelt Road
Westchester, IL 60154
Tel.: (708) 409-8640
Bohemian Crystal
639 Blackhawk Drive
Westmont, IL 60559
Tel.: (630) 789-1981
Bohemian Garden
980 75th St.
Downers Grove, IL 60516
Tel.: (630) 960-0078
Club Euro
5415 W. Irwing Park
Chicago, IL 60641
Tel: 773-545-2224
Czech Kitchens
6733 Pershing Road
Stickney, IL 60402
tel.: (708) 749-7868
32Czech Plaza Restaurant
7016 Cermak Road
Berwyn, IL 60402
Tel.: (708) 795-6555
Klas Restaurant
5734 W. Cermak Road
Cicero, IL 60804
Phone: (708) 652-0795
L& J Lounge
6513 W Cermak Rd
Berwyn, IL 60402
Tel.: (708) 788-9570
Little Europe
9208 Ogden Avenue
Brookfield, IL 60513
Tel: (708) 485-1112
Moldau Restaurant
9310 W. Ogden Ave.
Brookfield, IL 60534
Tel.708-485-2155
Morava Rock Club
3459 N. Milwaukee Ave.,
Chicago, Illinois, 60641
Tel: 847 778-5948
33New England Inn
6859 W Irving Park Road
Chicago, IL 60634
Tel.: (773) 685-7155
Operetta
5653 W Fullerton Avenue
Chicago, IL 60639
Tel.: (773) 622-2613
Riverside Restaurant
3422 Harlem Avenue
Riverside, IL 60546
Tel.: (708) 442-0434
Westchester Inn
3069 Wolf Road
Westchester, IL 60154
Tel.: (708) 409-1313
Iowa
Zindrick's Czech Restaurant
86 16th Avenue SW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
Tel.: (319) 365-5257
Massachusetts
34Continental Bakery
119 Main St.
Everett, MA
Phone: 617-387-4045
Karl's Cafe
1243 Worcester Road
Framingham, MA 01702
Tel.: 508/620-2589
Michigan
Checkers
Bar & Grill
36759 Mound Road
Sterling Heights, MI 48310
Tel.: (810) 264-9500
Rosies
128 N Whitaker
New Buffalo, MI 49117
tel.: (616) 269-4382
(Old Prague Inn)
7521 Ute Hwy.
Longmont, CO 80503
Tel: (303) 702-1180
35Sobo
151 S Broadway
Denver, CO 80209
Tel: (303)-778-1560
3 Doors Down
26 E. Kiowa Street
Colorado Springs, CO
Tel.: (719) 477-9144
Minesota
Schumacher's Restaurant
212 Westr Main St.
New Prague, MN 56071
Tel: (952) 758-2133
Nebraska
Bohemian Cafe
1406 S 13th St.
Omaha, NE 68108
Tel.: (402) 342-9838
Hotel Wilber
Restaurant & Czech Cellar
2nd & Wilson St.
Wilber, NE
tel.: 1-888-332-1937
(402) 821-2020
36Verdigre Bakery Inc
405 Main Street
P.O. Box 70
Verdigre, NE 68783
402-668-7405
800-821-6939
http://www.verdigrebakery.com
Nevada
Harry's American Bar & Grill
1100 E. Plumb Lane
Reno, Nevada
Tel: (775) 825-2292
http://www.harrysreno.com
New York
Andrusha
1370 Lexington Ave
New York, NY 10028
TEL: (212) 369-9374
26 Corner Taverna
26-02 23rd Avenue
Astoria, NY 11105
Tel.: (718) 777-5511
37Bohemian Hall & Park
29-19 24th Avenue
Astoria, Queens, NY 11102
TEL: (718) 274-4925
Doma Café & Gallery
17 Perry Street, Waverly Place
New York, NY 10014
Tel.: (212) 929-4339
Koliba Restaurant
31-11 23rd Avenue
Astoria, Queens, NY 11105
Tel.: (718) 626-0430
Milan's Restaurant
710 5th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Phone: 1-718-788-7384
Nimrod`s
413 East 70th Street
New York, NY 10021
TEL: (212) 650-9687
Slovak and Czech Store Deli
10-59 Jackson Ave.
Long Island City, NY 11101
38Tel: (718) 752-2093
http://www.slovczechvar.sk
Tatran CS Club
30-09 21st Street
Astoria, NY 11102
tel.: (718) 728-9166
Zlata Praha
28-48 31st Street
Astoria, NY 11102
Tel.: (718) 721-6422 or (718) 728-9199
North Carolina
Holiday Motel &
HOLIDAY‘S on the way CAFÉ
3289 Soco Rd., Maggie Valley,
NC 28751
Telefon 828-926-1186,
Toll Free 1877-686-4386
Ohio
Marta's Restaurant
East 222nd Street in Euclid,
Cleveland, Ohio
39Old Prague Restaurant
5586 Liberty Avenue
Vermilion, OH 44089
tel.: (440) 967-7182
Oklahoma
Yukon Czech Hall
Home of the finest Czech music in Oklahoma
Public Dances Every Saturday Night
205-215 N Czech Hall Rd, Yukon, OK
Tel: 405-324-8073
http://www.czechhall.com/
Oregon
Multorpor Restaurant & Lodge
Mt. Hood Skibowl
87000 E. Highway 26
Government Camp, OR 97028
tel.: (503) 267-5961
Schnitzel House
16150 82nd Dr.
Clackamas, Oregon 97015
Tel: (503) 657-3388
40Texas
Czech American Restaurant
220 N Main St
West, TX 76691
Tel: 254-826-3008
Czech American Restaurant II
I-35 Exit 351
West, TX 76691
Tel: 254-826-3460
Czech Stop and Little Czech Bakery
105 N College St.
West,TX 76691
Tel: 254-82-4161
Czech-Tex Steakhouse/Barbeque & Bakery
PO Box 539
Snook, TX 77878
Tel: (409) 272-8501
Kolache Depot Bakery
Home of Czech pastries
Several locations to serve you!
Highland Village, TX
412930 Justin Road, Ste 400
(972) 966-1464
Ennis, TX
508 W Ennis Ave
(972) 878-2227
Ennis, TX (2nd location)
1103 B East Ennis Ave
(972) 875-1220
Coppell, TX
761 S. MacArthur Blvd. #113
(972) 745-8822
Frisco
4275 Legacy Dr., Ste 300
(972) 370-1175
Arlington
277 Soutwest Plaza
(817) 478-0287
McKinney
2414 W University, Ste. 124
(972) 542-8380
Sulak's Cafe
208 N . Main St.
West, TX 76691
Tel: 254-826-7791
Utah
BOHEMIAN BREWERY AND GRILL
94 E 7200 S (Fort Union Blvd)
42Salt Lake City, UT 84047
Tel.: (801)566-5474
Vermont
Mendon Mountainview Lodge
Killington, Vermont
Reservations: (800) 368-4311 - Info: (802) 773-4311
European Cuisine Czech Owners
Located less than 2 miles from Pico Ski Resort,
4 miles from the Killington Access road,
and 7 miles from Rutland.
Virginia
Calhoun's Restaurant
41-A Court Square
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
Tel: (540)-434-8777
Monastery Restaurant
443 Granby Street
Norfolk, VA 23510
Tel.: (757) 625-8193
Washington
43Little Prague European Bakery & Deli
6045 California Avenue, SW
Seattle, WA 98136
Tel.: (206) 935-7237
Wisconsin
Little Europe at Timber Ridge
6613 120th Avenue
Kenosha, WI 53142
Tel.: (262) 857-2925
CANADA
The Amber Garden Restaurant
1385 Wellington St. West,
Ottawa, Ontario,
Tel: (613) 725-2757
Azure Longe & Grill
A100-770 Pacific Blvd, Plaza of
Nations, Vancouver, BC,
Phone:.604 633 1611.
44Bistro Europa - Czech
1620A, Rue Sherbrooke
O corner Guy Downtown,
MONTREAL (H3H 1C9)
Tel. 514.933.8866
Café Mozart
361 St. Paul E.
Montréal, QUEBECK
Tel:514-871 0717
Bohémia Restaurant
1725 ch. des Prairies
Brossard, QUEBECK J4X 1G5
Tel:450-444-5464
Domaz Restaurant
417 Elizabeth Street
Burlington, ONTARIO L7R 2N1
Tel:905-639-3240
Prague Deli
638 Queen Street West,
Toronto, ONTARIO
Phone: (416) 504-5787
Prague Restaurant
450 Scarborough Golf Club Road
Scarborough, ONTARIO
45Tel: (416) 289-0283
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5285 West Saanich Road
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V8X 4M6
Phone: (250) 479-6680
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