RUSSIA. Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg has announced a number of recent openings in its domestic departures hall: a gastromarket, a coffee shop, a toy store, a seafood shop and a pharmacy.
The new gastromarket, called Craft, combines a local farm products store, a wine shop and a café. It offers panoramic views through large windows. The food menu features dishes made from products that are available to purchase in the store, including seafood, cheese, sausages and other farm delicacies from the Leningrad region and other parts of Russia.
Craft’s bar offers 144 wine and 130 beer brands, including a selection from local producers. In addition to farm products, the grocery store offers dried fruit, pastilles, churchkhelas [a candle-shaped sweet], jams and other healthy sweets.
The Shokoladnitsa coffee shop has been refreshed as part of airport operator Northern Capital Gateway’s wider renovation of the commercial area in the domestic departures hall. Shokoladnitsa’s new interior showcases the historical significance of St. Petersburg, with posters of Saint Isaac’s Cathedral, the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, and Peterhof Palace adorning the walls.
The coffee shop’s main menu has been updated and food and drinks are now offered to go. The new grab and go format includes hot and cold beverages, fresh rolls and sandwiches, traditional Russian homemade cottage-cheese pancakes called ‘syrniki’, pastries, snacks and a range of wines.
Pulkovo Airport’s new toy store, called Toy, offers dolls from popular series and collections, creativity kits, books, puzzles, board games and other toys, and also features a playground. Children’s suitcases, neck cushions and other travel goods are also available.
The new Gifts of the Caspian Sea and Kamchatka store offers fish, seafood, caviar, nuts, dried fruit, sauces, honey and jam. Finally, the existing pharmacy in domestic departures has been renovated. Passengers can purchase medicines, healthy diet products, health and beauty aids and other goods there.
Travel retailer RegStaer opened a walk-through duty paid anchor store in the renovated commercial area in September. Pulkovo Airport served a record number of passengers in 2019, at more than 19 million. It is the fourth largest airport in Russia by passenger traffic volume.
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