Business Review

I realize that this is a food column, but please bear with me whilst I describe the décor of the new Market 8, as it is the restaurant’s most outstanding feature. So picture if you will, a riot of mismatched pastel shades painted onto stone walls and all protected under sheets of glass. Add to that bespoke made furniture of a contemporary Italianate design and you have the best restaurant design I have seen here for years.

Michael Barclay

Imagine being on a flight where all the other passengers want to kill you. If you’re a parent of a young child, a seat kicker or a snorer, you probably don’t have to imagine. But poor June Havens (Cameron Diaz) is none of these things, yet still finds herself in the midst of a lethal case of air rage as she flies home to Boston from Wichita, where she’s been buying spare parts for a car. If it seems unlikely that somebody would bother to fly around the US picking up spare parts which they could simply have FedExed, set your mood to credulous because this is just an hors d’oeuvre on the menu of silliness that is Knight and Day.

Debbie Stowe

Café Athenee opened today, after the finalization of the renovation works scheduled for 2010 at Athenee Palace Hilton. The bistro-café aims to mix the classic with the contemporary, combing the freshly modernized outlet with the classical setting of the almost 100-year-old hotel.

Corina Dumitrescu

Bucharest continues to celebrate its 551^st birthday this weekend with various manifestations in the historical center, Arthur Verona Street, Roma, Constitutiei and George Enescu Square, Morii Lake and across many other locations. So, in case you have not made any other plans for this warm autumn weekend, here is what you might consider attending in the city:

Corina Dumitrescu

Niche or mainstream, fresh or old-school, the HoReCa scene in Bucharest does a lively trade with full-to-the-brim terraces in summertime and overcrowded night clubs on almost any given Friday. Some of these venues may come and go, but right now there seems to be enough room for everybody, from the eccentric to the casual. Business Review casts an eye over some of the more unusual newcomers, as well as some more established locations that are now gaining a tradition.

Corina Dumitrescu

Romanian National Art Museum's “Dracula – between ruler and vampire” exhibit joins the festivities of Bucharest Days on Saturday, September 18, and extends its program by 23.00. Access to the exhibit during this white night extravaganza will cost RON 8 for normal fairs.

Corina Dumitrescu

Param Pam Pam, a new hotspot for parties and hip Bucharest events, will be launched today in the former workshop of the cotton spinning factory in the Timpuri Noi area, on Splaiul Unirii 160. Throughout the year, 1,500 sqm of the former factory will be given over to warehouse parties, artistic productions, exhibitions and urban festivals.

Corina Dumitrescu

By September 25, Art Boulevard Festival takes place in Tineretului Park in Bucharest, as an outdoor event dedicated to music and art practices.

Corina Dumitrescu

An event taking place every weekend, “Roadele Tomnei” (Autumn’s Harvest) consists of a fair of ecological, bio, handmade and traditional Romanian products.

Corina Dumitrescu

Bucharest Tango Fantasia reaches its second run, bringing one of the most renowned tango dancers of the moment from Buenos Aires, the couple formed by Javier Rodriguez and Andrea Misse, until September 19.

Corina Dumitrescu