St Petersburg: Cabinet Portrait (September 2010)

My spouse and I dined for lunch with our tour guide at Cabinet Portrait in early September 2010. Our meal at Cabinet Portrait was the fanciest of our lunches in St. Petersburg. Our guide said that she chose the three restaurants so that we could get an idea of what a fast-food chain lunch was like, a quick meal, and a businessman’s lunch with multiple courses. The interesting thing was that all three lunches were nearly similar in price, less than $30 for three people, including drinks. The businessman’s lunch included a soup, salad, an entree, and a drink. I can’t recall whether we had dessert also. The restaurant was interesting because it was decorated with old photography equipment including cameras, enlargers, etc. and played old films featuring people like Charlie Chaplin. This meal was served by a waiter, versus our other two lunches, which were counter service.