The first thing that you notice when you walk in is that it is a European butcher shop. They have all kinds of meats, mostly sausages that were prepared according to mostly eastern European recipes. There are a lot of other dry and canned products that came from Europe.
The other side of the store is a cafeteria style restaurant. The food is all eastern European derived dishes. I got the combination plate on the advice of the girl behind the counter. Not only didn’t I know what most of the items in the chafing dishes were, I couldn’t even pronounce the names of almost all of it.
The combo plate consisted of three different types of pyrogies, some sauerkraut, a big cabbage-meat burrito-type thing and your choice of sausage. It was all covered with a hollandaise sauce. I got the Ukrainian sausage. It also came with sour cream To wash down the meal, they also offer a selection of East European beers. I got the Zywiec. It was a pilsner with kind of a beer-spicy taste. It reminded me of Urquell from the Czech Republic.The dishes were born out of the need to put food that would stick to the ribs of hard working people. It was really filling. I showed up really hungry ready to eat and I could just put a dent in the food put in front of me.
There were some folks eating at the restaurant that were clearly visiting from some eastern European country and they seemed to like it. If it was good enough for them then it was good enough for me. I’d rate it a 9 out of 10 on the triple-d scale.
215 East Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414
(612) 379-3018
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