Authentic Russian Cuisine, Lunch and Dinner Menu, Private events and Entertainment Established in 1993. The restaurant opened in April of 1993 in Brookline. It was a great success. In 2005 they found a new home for the restaurant in Newton Center. Cafe St. Petersburg is frequented by artists, writers, musicians, actors, politicians from around the world. Sometimes a night can become an impromptu concert or a poetry reading.