Cool house: Parlor brings ice-cream sandwiches to Prague

Prague’s Parlor ice cream bar
Lukáš Prokop and Míša Odstrčilová have opened Parlor, a deliciously designed ice-cream sandwich bar in Prague
(Image credit: Tomáš Odstrčil)

Prague’s Parlor ice cream bar is playing its part in the revolution of the city’s culinary scene, offering the first ice cream sandwiches in town.

Founder Lukáš Prokop struck upon the idea while traveling across the United States in search of gastronomic inspiration. He found it in San Francisco, where he was fascinated by the ice cream culture. After returning to Prague, he teamed up with his friend and specialist cookie-maker Míša Odstrčilová and together they founded Parlor cafe.

In the heart of the fashionable business district of Karlín, where many new restaurants and cafés have recently opened, their bar brings a fresh foodie experience, further boosting the area’s culinary credentials. ’In our menu we have eight different flavours of cookies, 12 different kinds of ice cream and eight types of toppings. That is more than 6,000 different flavour combinations, so there is always something to discover,’ explain Odstrčilová and Prokop. Daytime indulgences can be accompanied by coffee, hot chocolate or smoothies, while wine and cocktails are the sideshow in the evenings, when Parlor transforms into a bar.

The light, fresh interior is the work of promising young architects Lenka Míková and Markéta Bromová. They envisioned the bar as a friendly space furnished with vintage finds and with greenery interjected throughout. They also commissioned their friend and furniture designer Klára Šumová to create a custom dot mural all over the walls, and unique lamps made of glass and copper.

Colorful sandwich bar

The duo were inspired by San Francisco’s ice cream culture

(Image credit: Tomáš Odstrčil)

Someone had bitted the sandwich bar

Parlor can be found in the heart of the fashionable business district of Karlín

(Image credit: Tomáš Odstrčil)

Different toppings with variety flavor

With eight different cookie flavours, 12 different kinds of ice cream and eight types of toppings, there’s more than 6,000 different flavour combinations to choose from

(Image credit: Tomáš Odstrčil)

Sandwiched in between the cookies

Daytime indulgences can be accompanied by coffee, hot chocolate or smoothies, while wine and cocktails are the sideshow in the evenings, when Parlor transforms into a bar

(Image credit: Tomáš Odstrčil)

Interior of sandwich bar cafe

The light, fresh interior is the work of promising young architects Lenka Míková and Markéta Bromová

(Image credit: Tomáš Odstrčil)

Interior designing of washroom

They envisioned the bar as a friendly space furnished with vintage finds and with greenery interjected throughout

(Image credit: Tomáš Odstrčil)

INFORMATION

For more information, visit the Parlor website

ADDRESS

Parlor
Křižíkova 37
Prague

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Adam Štěch is an architectural historian, curator, writer and photographer, based in Prague. He is the author of books including Modern Architecture and Interiors (2006), editor of design magazine Dolce Vita and a contributor to titles including Wallpaper* and Frame, while also teaching at Scholastika in Prague.