3 MAP Česká street 5 It is a favourite beer pub in the middle of the then "Czech city promenade" which Janáček liked to visit. A man does not live only to work, and this goes for composers as well. Of the cafés and pubs attended by Janáček, you can still visit the Stopka Pilsner Pub at Česká street 5. It is a place with a history dating back to the 14th century when Štěpán the Baker resided in the original building. A pub, and later a winery, were in the place already in the 18th century but the period of its greatest glory came a hundred years later, when Karel Jonák opened a Pilsner pub, also known as U Jonáků. Pilsner beer was popular and the place was the heart of Czech culture and society. In 1905, the pub was purchased by the Stopka family, but the Pilsner beer continued to be served on tap, only the name was changed to the Stopka Pilsner Pub. The pub still bears the same name, same are the Art Nouveau frescoes created by painter Ladislav Novák in 1919, and, of course, Pilsner Urquell is still on tap. A painting called “U Stopků” by Antonín Kalvoda used to hang in the pub, depicting the local society, including Leoš Janáček, Jiří Mahen, Alois Mrštík and Břetislav Bakala.