Bunker Saint Petersburg

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Dmitriy from Saint Petersburg

""Bunker" in Saint Petersburg is the most centrally located vegan and vegetarian shop in the city. Their bifidonik and tempeh are pretty good if you ask me."

St Petersburg seems to be Russia's most vegetarian-friendly city. There are just about enough options for vegans to survive, and apart from restaurants and general-purpose food stores such survival requires some shops specifically catering to our specific needs. Of the relatively meagre strictly vegan-shop offerings, Bunker is the most centrally located.

Despite the name, it is above ground, although fairly deep inside a courtyard in a tiny lane. It is a comparatively small place, although tightly crammed with anything from tofu (some of the cheapest in the city outside some Chinese shops at the Apraksin Dvor market) and soy milk to multivitamins and menstruation cups. The vegan sandwiches are a bit of hit and miss if you ask me, and vegan ice-cream ranges from horrid to good enough on a very hot day, but the Bifidonik is essential (if they have it in stock; it's vegan kefir), and the tempeh is good (and very rare in Russian shops). To add to the variety, there are also some fundraising items benefiting animal-rights initiatives, and good abstract art on the walls.

As far as I know, they keep a pretty strict watch on what they sell, and have sent some products to lab for testing lest some milk protein turns up (that was done by Bunker in co-operation with Vasilyevsky Island's B12 vegan shop). Price labels are bilingual, which I presume means they welcome fellow members of the vegan international.

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Saint Petersburg Spotter Dmitriy

About me Your friend and humble narrator has lived in St Petersburg pretty much ever since it was given its old name back. I was born in Leningrad though, and I think that the city has changed quite a bit since the 1980s. My neighbourhood, Polyustrovo, is located in the northeast, across the river from the city centre. It is pretty quiet, reasonably well connected to the rest of the world, but most importantly it is very familiar. I work as translator and researcher, and I spend much time on books, records, vegan food and beer. I do venture out occasionally....

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