Mama Bistro

MaMà Bistro is what happens when your Latvian childhood gets a French bistrot glow-up and somehow doesn’t lose the plot. From the Street Pizza, Allora, Potami restaurateurs brains, this place cooks the food you grew up on, just ironed, polished, and taught to say 'bonjour' without acting fancy. The menu is pure nostalgia remix: franču karbonāde (latvian schnitzel) with proper home pickles, rasols salad, herring with cottage cheese and dill, and maizes zupa dessert flexing with mascarpone. Head chef Artūrs Taškans and Salvis Putāns channels full ’90s grandma energy, turning simple ingredients, bought daily at local farmers, into emotional comfort you can smell before it hits the table. Seasonal, local, honest food that hugs you, not food that lectures you. The room feels like a cozy European film scene with Riga subtitles. And the bar? Think sea buckthorn, quince, garden-snatched herbs, and a Pornstar Martini that grew up Latvian and learned how to survive winter, rare Latvian wines and berry liquors.