The Triangle — or Treugolnik, as it's known locally — is one of several cafes in Akademgorodok that have served the academic community for decades. It sits near the university buildings and has a loyal clientele of researchers, graduate students, and the occasional visitor who has found their way out to the science city. The food is simple Russian and European cafe fare — soups, salads, grilled dishes, coffee — at prices calibrated to academic budgets rather than tourist wallets.
What makes it worth seeking out is the atmosphere: an overheard conversation here is more likely to concern quantum mechanics or population genetics than anything you'd encounter in the city centre. The pace is unhurried. There is often live music in the evenings. Going to Akademgorodok and not stopping for coffee and lunch somewhere like this would miss the point of the place.