• Customer Favorites

    Our most frequently ordered and highly rated selections.
    • Potato Pancakes

      Shredded potato pancakes made with onion, gluten free flour, and garlic. Served with sheep milk feta and sea buckthorn jam. Allergies: allium, dairy, nightshade
      $15.00
    • Borsch

      Borsch soup in Ukraine was added to Unesco endangered heritage list—There are many variations of Borscht. We’re making a style from Poltava, where residents smoked wild pears in a pich(clay stove) and integrate the fruit into the broth and using duck Allergies: allium dairy (on the side) nightshade poultry
      $20.00
    • Poltava Halushki

      Handmade Ukrainian springy dumplings made with cake flour, sunflower oil, kefir, and yeast. Stuffed with braised chicken thighs. Creamy Chantrelle mushroom sauce. Allergies: alcohol, allium, chicken, dairy,
      $22.00
    • Pampushky

      Pampushky are fluffy, soft Ukrainian garlic bread rolls. Ukraine was known as the “breadbasket” of the Soviet Union, and both garlic and bread are staples of the cuisine. These rolls are traditionally served alongside borsch; the garlic’s sharpness compliments the sweetness of borsch’s beets. Allergies: allium, dairy, egg, gluten
      $13.00
    • Lokshyna

      Layers of homemade noodles with farmers cheese. Baked and served with a truffle cream sauce. Allergies: allium, eggs, dairy, gluten, mushroom.
      $22.00
    • Medovik Honey Cake

      Honey cake layers, sweetened whipped sour cram, cranberry jam. Allergies: dairy, eggs, gluten, honey.
      $14.00
    • Sunflower Seed Hummus

      Sprouted sunflower hummus. Made with sprouted sunflower seeds, garlic, sunflower oil, salt/pepper, black garlic oil, toasted sunflower seeds, dusted w/pimenton *note: does not come with bread Allergies: allium, capsicum (nightshade), seed
      $7.00
    • Varenyky

      Hand-made huckleberry varenyky with jowl bacon praline, on top of whipped sour cream. Allergies: allium, dairy, egg, gluten, meat, pork, nightshade
      $20.00
    • Banosh

      Carpathian grits made with locally grown corn, cooked in milk, sour cream and salt. mushrooms, carmelized onion, kilgus farm sour cream, and sheep milk cheese. Allergies: allium, dairy, mushroom
      $12.00
    • Kasha

      Buckwheat kasha, vermicelli, toasted almonds, parsley, lemon juice, browned butter, shallots. Allergies: allium, dairy, gluten, nuts
      $10.00
  • Zakusky

    • Egg Mayo

      Frillman Farm eggs with tarragon mayo and marinated anchovies. Allergies: allium, egg, seed, fish
      $10.00
    • Chicken Pashtet

      Chicken liver pashtet, with onions, honey, eggs, cream, topped with clarified butter. *note: does not come with bread Allergies: allium, dairy, eggs, honey.
      $9.00
    • Trout Roe

      Pate brisee tart. Spanish trout roe, cream cheese whipped with sour cream, scallions. Wasabi Allergies: allium, dairy, egg, fish, gluten
      $14.00
    • Fried Crimean Olives

      Crimean style fried olives with lamb sausage and tartar sauce. A creative take on Crimean flavors, inspired by learning that Ukraine is now growing larger green olives. Fun fact Tartar Sauce originated from the Tatars who settled in Crimea, Ukraine. Allergies: allium, capsicum (nightshade), dairy, egg, gluten, meat.
      $10.00
    • Sunflower Seed Hummus

      Sprouted sunflower hummus. Made with sprouted sunflower seeds, garlic, sunflower oil, salt/pepper, black garlic oil, toasted sunflower seeds, dusted w/pimenton *note: does not come with bread Allergies: allium, capsicum (nightshade), seed
      $7.00
    • Marinated Mushrooms

      Baby button mushrooms marinated in champagne vinegar, garlic, sunflower oil, thyme, bay leaves, fresh chervil, onion. Ingredients: allium, soy, gluten
      $7.00
    • Bread

      Assorted Publican Quality bread and seeded crackers Allergies: gluten, seeds
      $7.00
    • Korean Carrots

      Carrots, marinated with sunflower seed oil, vinegar,sal, pepper, sugar, coriander, garlic. Allergies: allium, sunflower seeds.
      $9.00
    • Marinated peppers

      Marinated mini-peppers with farmer's cheese filling, herbs, shallot vinaigrette and sour cream
      $10.00
    • Pickled Cauliflower

      $7.00
  • Dumplings/Noodles

    • Varenyky

      Hand-made huckleberry varenyky with jowl bacon praline, on top of whipped sour cream. Allergies: allium, dairy, egg, gluten, meat, pork, nightshade
      $20.00
    • Lokshyna

      Layers of homemade noodles with farmers cheese. Baked and served with a truffle cream sauce. Allergies: allium, eggs, dairy, gluten, mushroom.
      $22.00
    • Poltava Halushki

      Handmade Ukrainian springy dumplings made with cake flour, sunflower oil, kefir, and yeast. Stuffed with braised chicken thighs. Creamy Chantrelle mushroom sauce. Allergies: alcohol, allium, chicken, dairy,
      $22.00
  • Broth

    • Borsch

      Borsch soup in Ukraine was added to Unesco endangered heritage list—There are many variations of Borscht. We’re making a style from Poltava, where residents smoked wild pears in a pich(clay stove) and integrate the fruit into the broth and using duck Allergies: allium dairy (on the side) nightshade poultry
      $20.00
    • Mushroom Yushka

      A fall soup, and is vegan if you choose to do the sour cream on the side. Rich mushrooms broth, Fourstar mushrooms are sautéed with garlic, then deglazed with marsala wine, white beans. Garnished with dill and a side of sour cream. Allergies: allium, dairy (on the side), mushroom, soy, alcohol, gluten.
      $20.00
  • Vegetables

    • Potato Pancakes

      Shredded potato pancakes made with onion, gluten free flour, and garlic. Served with sheep milk feta and sea buckthorn jam. Allergies: allium, dairy, nightshade
      $15.00
    • Broccoli salad

      Chopped broccoli salad made with, shallots, jalapeños, mint, cilantro, green Afghan raisins, pistachios, lemon juice, champagne vinegar, honey, garlic, and baharat spices Allergies: allium, capsicum, honey, nuts, seed oil.
      $15.00
    • Vegetarian holubtsi

      Cabbage rolls with Enoki mushrooms, rice and seasoning, sour cherry sauce, walnut. Vegan, Gluten, Dairy free
      $20.00
  • Fish/Meat

    • Krovyanka

      Homemade sausage with pork shoulder (Slagel), pork blood, nitrates, buckwheat, paprika, and natural casing. Served with sauerkraut, frillman farm cabbage, caraway seeds, allspice, juniper ber Allergies: alcohol, allium, nitrates, pork
      $22.00
    • Pork Belly

      Braised pork belly with miso glaze and winter squash, butter, garlic, chives, pumpkin seeds, honey, star anise. Allergies: allium, dairy, meat, soy, seeds
      $20.00
    • Short rib bograch

      Goulash-style dish. Tender beef short ribs, heirloom potatoes, bell peppers, rich paprika broth, bacon. Allergies: allium, pork.
      $32.00
    • BBQ Catfish

      Boneless smoked catfish fillet, sweet&savory tomato sauce, horseradish. Allergies: allium, fish, nightshade, soy.
      $35.00
  • Sides

    • Banosh

      Carpathian grits made with locally grown corn, cooked in milk, sour cream and salt. mushrooms, carmelized onion, kilgus farm sour cream, and sheep milk cheese. Allergies: allium, dairy, mushroom
      $12.00
    • Pampushky

      Pampushky are fluffy, soft Ukrainian garlic bread rolls. Ukraine was known as the “breadbasket” of the Soviet Union, and both garlic and bread are staples of the cuisine. These rolls are traditionally served alongside borsch; the garlic’s sharpness compliments the sweetness of borsch’s beets. Allergies: allium, dairy, egg, gluten
      $13.00
    • Kasha

      Buckwheat kasha, vermicelli, toasted almonds, parsley, lemon juice, browned butter, shallots. Allergies: allium, dairy, gluten, nuts
      $10.00
    • Side Sour Cream

      $2.00
  • Dessert

    • Piana Vishnya Cake

      Piana Vishnya cake, also known as drunken cherry cake. Made with, chocolate, flour, eggs, baking powder, cocoa, Piana Vishnya alcohol, sour cherries, walnuts allergies: alcohol, dairy, egg, gluten, nuts, chocolate
      $14.00
    • Medovik Honey Cake

      Honey cake layers, sweetened whipped sour cram, cranberry jam. Allergies: dairy, eggs, gluten, honey.
      $14.00
    • Baked apple

      $12.00
  • Beverage Togo

    • Ginger Beer

      $6.00
    • Sparkling Water

      $8.00

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