Faurest, Kristin: Ten spaces - Our Budapest (Budapest, 2010)

Klauzál tér

guests - the wait staff are just as likely to proactively recommend dishes as passively take orders, and at the end, instead of waiting for the bill, one walks over to the owner and reports what was consumed, only then receiving the charges. On the wall of the same house is a memorial plaque for Attila Gérecz, poet and freedom fighter. He was known for his athletic prowess as well as his bold poetry - he escaped in summer 1954 from the Vác prison and swam the flooded Danube to escape to Budapest. He was shot down by the Soviets in street fighting, died on November 7, 1956 and is buried at the city's transcendentally-beautiful Kerepesi Cemetery.

The building itself that houses the Kádár Étkezde is the last in a row of Historicist houses in the stretch of adjoining Klauzál utca beginning from Wesselényi utca. Speaking of the houses — after leaving Klauzál tér, before departing the neighbourhood, if you see any open courtyard gates, it's best not to miss the opportunity to go in and have a look.

It is also worth having a look into the very large open yard in the block immediately next to the square. In the block defined by the square itself, Dob utca, Kazinczy utca, Nagydiófa utca and Wesselényi utca — one can see the result of an interesting urban planning experiment in the 1980s, Budapest's first major block rehabilitation. This collection of apartment build■ The good life: a place nearby to have a picnic

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