Petrus — the Kyiv bakery that changed the game
The artisan natural-leaven bakery has catalysed Kyiv's bread culture. By 2026 Petrus has four locations and its own baking school.
Until 2017 Kyiv had no artisan natural-leaven bread culture — only industrial production. Petrus, founded by Olha Tushentsova, has radically changed this landscape. Today the chain has four locations and its own baking school training professional bakers. This is a systemic contribution to Ukrainian gastronomic culture.
Key positions: rye bread on a 3-day starter, Poltava-buckwheat palyanytsia, dark fermented bread with flax seeds. A separate value is the 'Bread for Hospitals' programme (1% of turnover goes to free bread for Kyiv hospital cafeterias). The café side offers a concise coffee and dessert selection. Pricing is democratic: 80-220 UAH per person for breakfast, 280-450 for light lunch. This is not just a bakery but an institution with corresponding influence on the city.
