The pierogi come with a bacon sour cream sauce, the chicken Kiev and duck with sauerkraut and lingonberry sauce show up on multiple best-of lists as the real reasons to go, and there's a wiener schnitzel and a Reuben for anyone easing into the menu sideways. Live music runs every Friday and Saturday night, which turns dinner into something closer to a standing weekend tradition for regulars.
There's no happy hour or coupon angle here — it's a straightforward, reliably-reviewed sit-down spot that's been doing the same thing long enough to rack up hundreds of reviews.
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