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| - Europa is a total gem! It's my general go-to whether I'm looking to grab a drink, a meal, or hit up the salsa bar on the weekends (I don't really dance, but it's a fun crowd to be around and I've definitely made a few friends). The food is great - my boyfriend's favorite is the Russian Schnitzel and I recently enjoyed the Chicken Obuolys. The menu is updated with a dish or two pretty often which I love. Last year, I hosted my boyfriend's birthday at the bar downstairs and we just brought in a cake and made a night of it - everyone was very chill about it.
The best part is the vodka selection. Not just the brands, they infuse their own vodkas with pretty much about anything, from jalapeƱo to horse radish to lemon and lime. I like getting the pickle infused vodka as a martini yummmm. I've actually never done the vodka room but my parents have and they were all about it, which is a pretty big compliment because they're retired and super picky about where they eat.
I went there recently before Christmas '15 and they really updated the decor! The bars are bigger and wrap around the room, and after asking one of the bartenders about the painted plates on the walls, I learned that they come from Russia from before the Iron Curtain fell, when any type of religious endeavor was banned from the country, and so people painted scenes on these plates of a happier, more plentiful time. Maybe I'm a total dork, but they were beautiful.
10/10 would recommend.
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