Monday, October 12, 2026

At the East Village Meat Market for Pierogi Day

Photos by Stacie Joy 

We stopped by the East Village Meat Market on Saturday for its annual Pierogi Day. 

The longtime Ukrainian market at 139 Second Ave., between St. Mark's Place and Ninth Street, offered five varieties of pierogi for $1 each as part of its annual thank-you to customers. 

The shop has been a neighborhood fixture at this address since 1972. 

Here are the owners, Olha and Andrew Ilnicki...
... and their son Roman...
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 12, 2026 at 2:09 PM

    So glad to see Andrew and the crew still going strong!

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  2. AnonymousOctober 12, 2026 at 2:17 PM

    Wonderful store! You can’t really tell from the photo but I recall co-owner Andrew as having lovely blue eyes.

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  3. AnonymousOctober 12, 2026 at 6:43 PM

    I’ve been shopping there since before Andrew (or I) had a single gray hair! Love that place.

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  4. Carol from East 5th StreetOctober 12, 2026 at 8:13 PM

    Love Baczynsky! I shop there every Saturday morning for their delicious array of traditional Ukrainian food. They were part of a small number of stores that stayed open and survived Covid. They were a lifeline to normalcy during that stressful time. Carry on!

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