Výtopna is a

restaurant A restaurant is a business that prepares and serves food and drinks to customers. Meals are generally served and eaten on the premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services. Restaurants vary greatly in appearan ...

with

model train Railway modelling (UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland) or model railroading (US and Canada) is a hobby in which rail transport systems are modelled at a reduced scale. The scale models include locomotives, rolling stock, streetcars, t ...

service, where trainsets bring beveragesVytopna Prague Review , Fodor's
/ref> to every customer table. Výtopna is a franchise of

s and

coffeehouse A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café is an establishment that primarily serves coffee of various types, notably espresso, latte, and cappuccino. Some coffeehouses may serve cold drinks, such as iced coffee and iced tea, as well as other non-ca ...

s in the

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and Austria. There is one restaurant each in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

and

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. The

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is owned by Petr Fridrich. As of 2023 the chain has at least two outlets one at Wenceslas Square in

and one by the Naschmarkt in

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History

The first restaurant with model train service was founded in

Brno Brno ( , ; german: Brünn ) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 380,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic ...

in 2009. From the very beginning the restaurant was conceived as a franchise project, in

Bohemia Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohem ...

Moravia Moravia ( , also , ; cs, Morava ; german: link=yes, Mähren ; pl, Morawy ; szl, Morawa; la, Moravia) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic and one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia. The me ...

and

Silesia Silesia (, also , ) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately , and the population is estimated at around 8,000,000. Silesia is split ...

- regions of the

. After securing the necessary protection of

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it was created

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. Branch in Brno on Starobrněnská street has been closed down since 27.8.2018. The chain operated at least five outlets in the Czech Republic with at least two in Prague and one outlet in Brno-Hlinky and Ostrava-Nová Karolina The Orlová branch became independent from the chain sometime around 2018 and operates under the name Depo Orlová.

Principle

Customers are served by

s that deliver beverages to them. Trains (

locomotive A locomotive or engine is a rail transport vehicle that provides the Power (physics), motive power for a train. If a locomotive is capable of carrying a payload, it is usually rather referred to as a multiple unit, Motor coach (rail), motor ...

plus

open wagon Open wagons (trucks in the UK) form a large group of railway goods wagons designed primarily for the transportation of bulk goods that are not moisture-retentive and can usually be tipped, dumped or shovelled. The International Union of Ra ...

or wagons) arrive bearing customers' orders, and customers unload their own drinks, and reload the used glasses. Trains are dispatched to the tables by staff. Individual

train In rail transport, a train (from Old French , from Latin , "to pull, to draw") is a series of connected vehicles that run along a railway track and Passenger train, transport people or Rail freight transport, freight. Trains are typically pul ...

s are digitally controlled and they make realistic sounds of genuine

Model train technical specifications

* Size / design:scale 1:22,5 /

G scale Large scale or G scale (, G gauge) is a track gauge for model railways which is often used for outdoor garden railways because of its size and durability. G scale trains use a fixed track gauge of to accommodate a range of rail transport mod ...

* Locomotive size: 24–47 inch * Top speed: 12,4 mph * Durability: 310 000–434 000 model Miles * Locomotive equipment: realistic sound, lights, two engines Image:Vytopna vlak.jpg, Trainset with

beer Beer is one of the oldest and the most widely consumed type of alcoholic drink in the world, and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and fermentation of starches, mainly derived from ce ...

s Image:Vytopna3.jpg, Detail of railroad

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in restaurant Image:Vytopna2012.jpg, A model train in Výtopna, transporting a pint of beer to a customer

References

External links

Official websiteprague-stay articlemydestination articleMiniature Trains Deliver Drinks & Desserts in Restaurant
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vytopna Restaurants in Prague Restaurants established in 2009 2009 establishments in the Czech Republic 21st-century architecture in the Czech Republic

History

Principle

Model train technical specifications

See also

References

External links