A bartender makes a cocktail for a client at Pod Asfaltom Plyazh bar in Kyiv on May 14. (Anastasia Vlasova)
When Oksana Romanyuk came across a basement in central Kyiv for rent, she thought “this is it – this is where I will open the bar.”It was the right decision. Opening a bar turned out to be profitable for Romanyuk even amid economic turmoil (or, perhaps, because of economic turmoil). In one year, she open a bar called Pod Asfaltom Plyazh (Beach Under The Pavement), made some money on it, and sold it.
“It is a common fact that what people do during a crisis is drink alcohol and have sex,” Romanyuk said.
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