St. Martin’s Feast is celebrated on November 11th, the feast day of St. Martin, which traditionally marks the end of the autumn months and the wine harvest, heralding the arrival of winter. To add to the joy, a golden-brown goose is roasted, stuffed with apples, and served with red cabbage and dumplings, or sometimes with potato lokše (thin flatbreads).
This marks the close of the current year as we slowly prepare for the upcoming Christmas season. An essential part of St. Martin’s Feast is the roasted St. Martin’s goose, pastries, and St. Martin’s wine, which plays a very important role. St. Martin’s Day is also a celebration for winemakers, as the harvest ends and the process of maturing the first wine of the year is completed. According to tradition, on November 11th at 11 o’clock, the first young wine of the year, which has been maturing for only a few weeks, is opened. St. Martin’s wine can be white, rosé, or red.
In France, the celebration of new wine is represented by the red Gamay variety, Beaujolais Nouveau, which has become popular worldwide and is first opened every year on the third Thursday of November.
Where to enjoy St. Martin’s Goose in Prague?
| Restaurant Kampa Park, 11.11. – 16.11.2026 Prague 1, Na Kampě 8b Phone: 296 826 102 Kampa Park restaurant invites you to enjoy a special 4-course St. Martin’s menu in its stunning setting directly beneath Charles Bridge. The menu begins with foie gras carpaccio with smoked goose breast, followed by traditional goose kaldoun soup with black truffle and noodles. The main course features confit goose leg with Jerusalem artichoke terrine, goose jus and mirabelle plum gel. For dessert, enjoy walnut dumplings with brown butter and dried plum ice cream. |
| Restaurant La Republica, 9.11. – 15.11.2026 Prague 1, Na Poříčí 12 Phone: 602 202 631 La Republica restaurant presents a special 3-course St. Martin’s menu featuring goose pâté with Port wine, followed by a quarter of St. Martin’s goose served with homemade lokše, apples, bread dumplings and a selection of sauerkraut. For dessert, enjoy a traditional St. Martin’s plum jam cake. And of course, no St. Martin’s celebration would be complete without St. Martin’s wine — this year, it will be Modrý Portugal from Velké Pavlovice. |