Stories and facts
Soviet Pyshki Machines: How We Find and Restore Them | Pyshki iz Detstva
Pyshki in St. Petersburg made on a Soviet pyshki machine: what it is, why none have been built since 1991, and how we find and restore each one by hand.
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Pyshki in St. Petersburg: blog and guide
The same stories we tell you at the counter, now written down. About the machine, the city and that very taste people keep coming back for.
We have a habit: while your pyshki (St. Petersburg's hot yeast rings dusted with powdered sugar) are frying, we like to tell you something about them. Where this taste came from, what kind of Soviet pyshki machine is humming in plain view, how a pyshka differs from a donut and where to eat pyshki in St. Petersburg when you want the real thing. We have collected more of these stories than fit into one queue, so we are gathering them here. Pyshki iz Detstva® (“Pyshki from Childhood”) means a hot pyshka with powdered sugar, and it also means the little piece of St. Petersburg that comes with it. Drop by and read between visits.
History, city guide and news
Stories and facts
About the machine itself, which has not been made since 1991, about how the dough seals itself in hot oil, and about how the pyshka became a symbol of the city back in 1958. Only facts you can check, nothing embellished.
St. Petersburg street food guide
Where to try real pyshki, what to see near our cafés, how a pyshka differs from a donut and where to head afterwards. Routes for visitors and for locals alike.
News and new things
New signature drinks, events and new cafés. A short word on what is changing at our place.
Articles about pyshki
Guide
Where to Eat Pyshki in St. Petersburg: A Visitor's Guide | Pyshki iz Detstva
Looking for “St. Petersburg donuts”? The local classic is the pyshka. Where to eat real pyshki hot off a Soviet machine: three cafés in the city centre.
Stories and facts
Soviet Pyshki Machines Named After Russian Monarchs | Pyshki iz Detstva
Our Soviet pyshki machines in St. Petersburg bear the names of Russian monarchs: Peter, Elizabeth and Catherine. Find out why, then come and meet them.
Stories and facts
History of pyshki: Leningrad 1958 to today | Pyshki iz Detstva
History of pyshki in St. Petersburg: the first Leningrad pyshki café of 1958 on Zhelyabova St., the Soviet pyshki machine and the tradition today.
Guide
Pyshki vs donuts: what is the difference | Pyshki iz Detstva
Looking for St. Petersburg donuts? The local classic is the pyshka. The difference between a pyshka and a donut, and where to try real pyshki in St. Petersburg.
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