Sad Man's Tongue is the Old Town's rockabilly bar-bistro, cash-only, taking no reservations, doing American-style burgers and beer in a 1950s-styled room near Karoliny Svetle.
Food program: American burgers
Tip: Cash only; the burger plate is the kitchen's main reason to exist.
Address: Bartolomejska 12, 110 00 Praha 1, Prague
U Medvidku in the Old Town brews X-Beer 33, the strongest beer in the Czech Republic, in a microbrewery above the 1466 beer hall. Cellars are big, queues are real, beer is heavy.
Signature drink: X-Beer 33
Food: Czech pub menu
Tip: X-Beer 33 is for one pour; the standard 12-degree is the keeper.
U Fleku has poured beer since 1499 on the same Nove Mesto block. The dark 13-degree Flek lager and the eight beer halls inside the brewery make this Prague's beer cathedral.
Signature drink: Flek Dark Lager 13
Food: Czech pub menu
Tip: Wave off the Becherovka shots; pay for the beer only.
Vinohradsky Pivovar's house lager pours from tank in a glassed-in tap-room above the brewery. Outdoor beer garden in summer, classic Czech kitchen, neighbourhood book-ahead crowd.
Signature drink: House lager from tank
Food: Full Czech pub menu
Tip: The desitka is the smarter pour than the dvanactka with food.
Strahov Monastery has brewed beer since around 1400. The current brewery on the Castle hill pours its own Sv. Norbert beers next to a Czech pub kitchen and a quiet courtyard.
Signature drink: Sv. Norbert beer
Food: Czech pub menu
Tip: Skip the dark; the amber is the brewery's tightest pour.
U Medvidku in the Old Town brews X-Beer 33, the strongest beer in the Czech Republic, in a microbrewery above the 1466 beer hall. Cellars are big, queues are real, beer is heavy.
Signature drink: X-Beer 33
Food: Czech pub menu
Tip: X-Beer 33 is for one pour; the standard 12-degree is the keeper.
Automat Matuska in Dejvice is the Krivoklatsko brewery's Prague taproom, opened 2019. American BBQ from the kitchen, Matuska IPAs and lagers on rotating taps, no-frills tap-room style.
Signature drink: Matuska IPA
Food: American BBQ
Tip: Ask which Matuska pilsner is on; the IPA travels but the lager rotates.
Lokal U Bile Kuzelky pours tank Pilsner Urquell in an 1862-era cellar near Charles Bridge. The Mala Strana Lokal of the Ambiente chain, with the same kitchen as Dlouha.
Signature drink: Tank Pilsner Urquell
Food: Czech pub menu
Tip: Sit in the front room; the back fills with the tour-group crowd.