Café Pilate

What I have written, I have written. (Jan 19:20–22)

The Pilate café and wine bar was opened in the premises of the Capuchin monastery on Kapucínské náměstí in Brno. The name of the business owner, along with the biblical story of Pontius Pilate, ancient Rome, and its provinces, became the inspiration for the café's interior, graphics, and offerings.
Materials typical of antiquity are used: stone, copper, solid wood, glass mosaics, and textiles. The walls are hand-painted with a layered motif featuring quotes from Pompeian frescoes, contour lines of Brno, and pixelated fauna. The pixels represent a modern mosaic. The printed glass at the bar composes three-layered dioramas with a motif of a paradise garden.
In the café, Mediterranean cuisine is served, along with Moravian and kosher wines or Sicilian coffee – even while lounging on sofas with built-in granite tables. The space is illuminated by fixtures evoking monstrances from Catholic liturgy. Instead of reproduced music, the sound of birds singing fills the air, and in the summer, guests can sit in the garden with a view of the Brno Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul. The café was blessed at its opening by representatives of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.