Line up for Soviet-style donuts at Pyshechnaya.

On Bolshaya Konushenay 25, a side street off of Nevsky Prospekt, Pyshechnaya Cafe [Пышечная] has been serving their pyshki—traditional Saint Petersburg donuts—for over 50 years. It’s both a Saint Petersburg institution and a Soviet-era throwback.

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