Excellent Eastern European but needs to be served hot and not lukewarm
Had a couple of potential restaurants I wanted to try which are new to the restaurant scene. One is the new Famous Toastery that opened last Wednesday in Huntersville and the other was Babushka's Pierogi near Carolina Place Mall.
After Church was out at 10:30 am, we tried Famous Toastery and it was almost an hour wait. Time to execute Plan B and go to Bubushka's. May sound like a hike but it was only 25 minutes as opposed to an hour and I'm glad we did. Besides, my wife had an exchange she needed to make at Dillard's and that only a little over a mile away.
They open at 11:00 am and we showed up about 11:20 am and were the first patrons in the store.
Simple but elegant layout with an attractive treatment with wood. You go to the front counter and place your order from off of the overhead menu board. If you have any questions, the staff is more than glad to answer and questions.
My wife is from Pittsburgh which has a very strong Eastern European presence and a Strong Culinary Tradition said Cuisine. I like the Cuisine as well and enjoy it every time I get a chance.
Both of us ordered the Polish Platter which is Kielbasa, 4 potato and cheese Pierogi's, Stuffed Cabbage Roll and Braised Cabbage. My wife wanted Iced Tea which they don't have so she went with water instead. They do have Hot Tea which I love and it was a fragrant Russian type which I have not have in years. It was great.
We waited about 15 minutes and our meal was brought out to our table. Everything was great with the exception that every thing was luke warm at best. Would have been so much better if it had enough energy to melt to butter or make the sour cream flow. Only reason I did not give them a higher rating was the temperature of the food.
We talked to another patron also with Pittsburgh ties and she loved the food as well but had the same comments about the serving temperature.
Good flavorful food. Tucked away in the back of small shopping district but they will do well.
Get the temperature of the food up, I would recomment to anyone.