The previously mentioned "Cafe Teatralnoye", Club Aurora, and the club on the main floor of the Hotel Vitebsk are the most popular places to go for drinking and dancing. There are numerous other smaller cafes, such as "Cafe Gulliver" behind the Yakub Kolas Theatre, Cafe Aladdin, and Cafe Jamaica, where one might grab a quick drink. Cafe "Melody" would be the ideal destination for those seeking serenity and good quality of service and food. Vodka is normally enjoyed with food, but if you're not hungry, it is customary to at least purchase a soft drink to serve as a chaser. Drinking vodka straight without anything to chase is associated more with drunkards. Apart from certain brandies, you'll pay incredibly high prices for foreign liquors, even those which Westerners might consider ordinary, such as Jack Daniels whiskey or Jose Cuervo tequila. Beer is easy to come by and cheap, however. The better beers available in Vitsyebsk include the own Vitebsk brands of "Nikolayevskoe", "Dvinskij Brovar". "Baltika", a Russian brand, and Miensk's "Olivariya" brand are the most advertised and easily found in Vitebsk.
