LTKauno kavinių kultūra pradėjo formuotis XIX a. pab.-XX a. prad., bet suklestėjo tarpukariu kaip moderni daugiafunkcinė pramogų erdvė, prieinama įvairioms asmenų grupėms. Straipsnyje pristatomi kavinių kultūrų veikę nematerialieji aspektai, pateikiamos kasdieninės tradicijos maitinimo įstaigose, kurios lėmė įstaigų populiarumo ir vakarietiškos kultūros mieste augimų. Neišliko nei viena nuo tarpukario veikianti, išsaugojusi autentiška interjerų ar vietos dvasių kavinė, didžioji kavinių dalis tiesiog išnyko, nepalikdamos jokių apčiuopiamų pėdsakų. Išliko tik nematerialusis kavinių kultūros paveldas, grindžiamas vietos dvasios naratyvu, kuris neatsiejamas nuo Laisvės alėjos. Reikšminiai žodžiai: tarpukaris, Kauno nematerialusis kavinių paveldas, Laisvės alėja, kavinių kultūra. [Iš leidinio]
ENThe loss of the historic capital during the interwar period (1918-1940) gave Kaunas opportunities and resources to become a city of Western culture. Within twenty years, Kaunas developed from what once used to be a military fortress and the centre of the province to a modern Western city, both visually and culturally. An integral part of the sophisticated living standard was visiting cinemas and the state theatre, sitting in cafes, listening to sumptuous evening programs. The interwar Kaunas was absolutely overwhelmed by Western lifestyle. The catering establishments of the interwar Kaunas were analysed mainly for the audience who visited them. The studies on the cultural heritage of cafes in Kaunas during the interwar period focused on the tangible cultural heritage. No authentic catering establishments of the interwar period have been preserved: the function of their original facilities has changed, and the vast majority of cafes have just been destroyed without leaving any tangible traces. The relevance of the topic is based on the cultural heritage of cafes from the intangible point of view, depicting a narrative of the legend of Kaunas city, which is inseparable from Laisvės Alėja. The cafes culture of the interwar Kaunas is presented as an intangible cultural heritage of the city, which was created by a society of that time, leading to the growth in popularity of establishments and development of Western culture in the city. [From the publication]