The famous ‘Stopkova pivnice’ pub has always been one of the pillars of social and Czech cultural life in Brno. There has been a pub on this site since the second half of the 19th century. Its fame dates from the arrival of its new owner, the ingenious publican Jaroslav Stopka, who took over the original ‘Jonákova pivnice’ in 1910...more

The famous ‘Stopkova pivnice’ pub has always been one of the pillars of social and Czech cultural life in Brno. There has been a pub on this site since the second half of the 19th century. Its fame dates from the arrival of its new owner, the ingenious publican Jaroslav Stopka, who took over the original ‘Jonákova pivnice’ in 1910. The pub enjoyed a strategic position for business: right in the very centre of the ‘Czech promenade’ and Czech life in Brno. It was always considered a “noble” establishment and Pilsner beer has always been served here exclusively and continuously. Students, intellectuals and townspeople met here, partly thanks to its proximity to the Czech library. The character and atmosphere of the pub has remained untouched even after extensive reconstruction work. The façade has also been repaired and restored. It was created by the Czech painter and draughtsman Láďa Novák (1865–1944), a well-known Prague bohemian and the author of, among other things, the decoration for the U Fleků pub in Prague. The building on Česká Street has Gothic and in particular Renaissance elements in its foundations.
Contemporary advertisements always proclaimed that the best Pilsner in Brno was to be found at Stopkova pivnice. And still today you can judge for yourself the quality of the Pilsner Urquell beer served here and tapped from beer tanks. The beer is unpasteurised and during the tapping process does not come into contact with either the air or pressurised gases...back