Dâmbovița River
Before the Romanian Revolution, Cristian Popescu was the head waiter at a seaside restaurant. In 1990, he opened his own restaurant named "Restaurantul Ciocârlia ("Nightingale Restaurant")" on the Dâmbovița River quay in Bucharest. Popescu joined the Party of Social Democracy in Romania (PDSR) in 1994 after the youth wing of the party started congregating in his restaurant.