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To: Theresa Pearle (tpearle@praguequarterly.cz)
From: Marek Koubek (mkoubek@bistrokoubek.cz)
Re: Press release
Date: 15 March
Dear Ms. Pearle,
Per our phone call earlier today, please find the press release for my new restaurant, Koubek, below. Thank you again for offering to print it in your magazine. It was interesting to hear your views on the growing English-speaking community in Prague that your publication caters to. We hope the restaurant will appeal to Czech citizens as well as Americans and other foreigners residing in or visiting Prague.
Best regards,
Marek Koubek
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CZECH-AMERICAN BISTRO OPENING ITS DOORS
PRAGUE (15 March)-Bistro Koubek, located at V Celnici 437/4, 110 00 Prague 1, will celebrate its grand opening with a party on Friday, 21 May, beginning at 6:00 P.M.
According to owner and head chef Marek Koubek, the restaurant will feature Cajun-Czech fusion cooking, combining popular menu items from New Orleans, Louisiana, such as gumbo and jambalaya, with traditional Czech cuisine.
Complimentary samples and beverages will be available during the grand opening event, but full meals will not be served. Normal hours of operation are 5:00 P.M. until midnight, seven days a week, beginning on 22 May. The menu can be viewed at www.bistrokoubek.cz.
Chef Koubek lived in Prague until age sixteen, when he moved with his family to New Orleans, where his father opened a restaurant. There, he worked in the kitchen while studying at the Louisiana Academy of Culinary Arts. After graduating, he was hired as head chef at Crescent City Eatery, where he earned four major awards for his unique menus and flair for meal presentation. He is thrilled to return to his childhood home and share the culinary heritage of two cultures with the city's diners.