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| - This place is predominantly Polish cuisine. Pierogis are a national dish of Poland. There are several flavors, but potato is most traditional. We've been here twice now. There is a market attached to this restaurant, but this review will focus on the restaurant.
The menu is a bit pricey. Not sure why. Portions are adequate but not huge. It helps if you have a restaurant.com certificate. Between the two visits we have tried their kielbasa (it was good but nothing special), the borscht (not my favorite but better than I expected given that it's made with beets which I do not like), a few different pierogis, the stuffed cabbage rolls, the potato pancakes, and the pelmeni (which are sort of like tortellini).
The pierogis really didn't impress me. They are good, but bland. Which I suspect is just the nature of the dish. I've had pierogis elsewhere and they were bland too. They are a dough stuffed with mashed potatoes, and sometimes a little seasoning depending on what you get, and then boiled. Having never been to Poland I can't really compare to what they have there, but I can say that from the market you can see into the kitchen and it looks like grandma is in there turning these things out from scratch by hand. So kudos there!
The pelmeni are more like a stuffed pasta, but the stuffing is a meat. Sort of reminds me of Chinese dumplings ("potstickers"). They were tastier than the pierogi, but still sort of bland. The tomato dipping sauce helps them A LOT.
The potato pancakes are much better than those one gets in an American restaurant. I assume it is some seasoning, or maybe the oil they use. They do compress the shredded potato into a very tight patty rather than a loose one, so it doesn't fall apart the way a lot of potato pancakes do.
The beef cabbage rolls are really good. Easily my favorite thing on the menu. Very tasty, especially with the mushroom sauce.
Music isn't complementary to a Polish restaurant. US top 40, maybe? Works against the cuisine and motif. I think they should change it to something a bit more Polish (or at least something that isn't obviously American since I certainly wouldn't know Polish music if I heard it).
Overall I would probably give this place 3.5 stars. However, service is good, food is fresh, and if I allow for the fact that the dishes really are supposed to be bland, I can see bumping them to four stars. I know we will be back. Especially for that beef cabbage roll!!
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