Outdoor kiosks are shops in small booths on the sidewalks, squares, markets and around the metros of Moscow. Most sell alcohol (seven varieties of Amaretto liquor), drinks, and cigarettes, while others also specialize in newspapers, ticket sales, lotto, milk, souvenirs, fruits & vegetables, "bootleg" cassettes, or clothing.
Often they remain open late, some 24 hours a day, and they do most of their sales early and late. Some charge a "night premium" to compensate for the extra risk of staying open late.
In good weather, hundreds of tables appear on the sidewalks selling bananas, fruit, eggs, souvenirs, watches, books, beer and vodka. Practically everything can be bought on the street and nearly everyone has something to sell, from modern kiosks with fashions or electronics, to sit down cafes, to old babushkas with four boxes of matches to sell standing by the metro.
Most of the kiosks and vendors have been cleared from Staryy and Novyy Arbat, restoring some dignity and beauty to these streets.