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| - I just got back from here and the experience was just amazing. You don't come here for just the food or for drinks. You come here for both. Think of it as you favorite wine bar, except you switch the wine out for vodka and the Italian food for Polish. All the Polish customary staples are on the menu, and executed better than any other Polish store in town.
I had the pickled herrings which were on point and the pierogies with potato and cheese. They were also really good, make sure you get the toppings. The portion size for the pierogies can be small, but expected as quantities are notated in the menu. To be fair, the food menu is fairly priced. Prices start at about $5 and up. My wife and I were able to get a little bit of everything, we personally liked the menu set up. She got the hunters stew. We drank the Clockwork Orange and Copernicus. Both very good cocktails, a bit of each spectrum.
This is not the typical Polish bar that has the grocery store attachment, which I hate by the way. So to say this place has an identity crisis is an utter statement of confusion and ignorance. It's new and unique to the valley, sure, but the elements and details of the restaurant tie back into modern Polish culture.
I'm Polish, and this place made me connect with past memories and experiences that I've had in Poland when I visited as a child. It represents my favorite Polish attributes, a pollacks love for vodka, a pollacks high energy which is usually channeled though electronic music, their taste for European interiors which are synonymous with minimalism and modern, and the direct yet friendly service. My wife is Asian, so the racist remarks earlier I also agree are B.S.
Milk Bar will be my favorite novelty secret spot to bring friends.
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