| rev:text
| - So, is it worth the cross valley drive from Goodyear to Mesa to try out this restaurant? Well, that's going to depend on your dining tastes. We came here on a Thursday night for their all-you-can-eat pierogi dinner (as if my waistline really needs it!). The first thing that struck me about the restaurant is the decoration. Nothing over-the-top; actually kind of sparse; but the whole place, from the furniture to the lighting to the entire layout reminded me of the 1970s. I can't exactly explain why. The place is pretty big, but it reminded me of a furniture store that was turned into a restaurant. That said, the place isn't unattractive; just ... retro(?); I don't know.
I was also surprised to see only two other tables besides ours taking advantage of the special (and the place was packed full). I overheard the bartender saying that only about "30%" of the patrons come for the all-you-can-eat pierogies. To be honest, I have a hard time understanding why; not only because the pierogies are good, but because Scandinavian food is ungodly heavy and pierogi is about the only thing on the menu that won't cause you to sink to the bottom of Tempe Lake if you accidentally fall in one night after dinner! As I looked around at the copious amount of food and beer at other tables, I thought to myself, "OK, this makes sense: you burn a lot of calories just trying to stay warm in cold climates and if you're outside chopping wood, fishing or just shoveling, you need heavy, fatty food to replace those lost calories." But in Arizona?!?!
I can't comment on the other food in the restaurant, but from what I saw, it certainly looked incredibly delicious (though I challenge you to find anything on the menu with less than 1000 calories with the exception of the chopped slaw salad served with the pierogi and the Diet RC cola ... and btw, RC Cola? I think that reminded me of the Seventies even more as I don't think I've had an RC since I was 13)!
The pierogis are a hit and miss: we both agree the sauerkraut and mushroom ones are the best; the meat-filled ones the least attractive (and I'm sorry, but jalapeno and potato pierogis don't work for me; I'm never going to be a fan of Mexican-Polish fusion). That's where our agreement ended: he likes them fried; I like them steamed. We both liked the borscht (barszcz).
Service is attentive and friendly.
So, in conclusion, if you have an urge to pig out on pierogis, yes, it's worth the drive out here. The price can't be beat. Frankly, even if you're as big a pig as we are, you're not going to eat enough pierogi to make them sorry for offering an all-you-can-eat option; on the other hand, even if you don't eat til you burst, $10.95 for even a plate of the things is a very good deal. My only complaint would be I just can't handle heavy food like that anymore and I really doubt I'd want to try when the thermometer goes above 90F. But that's my problem; not yours.
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)
![[cxml]](/fct/images/cxml_doc.png)
![[csv]](/fct/images/csv_doc.png)
![[text]](/fct/images/ntriples_doc.png)
![[turtle]](/fct/images/n3turtle_doc.png)
![[ld+json]](/fct/images/jsonld_doc.png)
![[rdf+json]](/fct/images/json_doc.png)
![[rdf+xml]](/fct/images/xml_doc.png)
![[atom+xml]](/fct/images/atom_doc.png)
![[html]](/fct/images/html_doc.png)