Showing posts with label Streecha Ukrainian Kitchen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Streecha Ukrainian Kitchen. Show all posts

Friday, November 21, 2014

Some love for Streecha Ukrainian Kitchen


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Fork in the Road pays a visit to Streecha Ukrainian Kitchen, the basement home of hearty and inexpensive Eastern European fare at 33 E. Seventh St. between Second Avenue and Cooper Square.

Here's part of Kevin Kessler's article:

Open Friday through Sunday from roughly 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m., the basement is a haven for local Ukrainian expats and those New Yorkers looking for a taste of authentic Ukrainian fare.

Cheap, fresh, and fast, Streecha serves a small menu heavy on flavor that barely touches your billfold. The standards are excellent. The beet borscht soup ($2) is a lighter version than normally found, with added lentil beans for texture (a nice touch). The stuffed cabbage ($4) is firm and still tender; the boiled kielbasa comes from East Village Meat Market, located just down the street.

The timeless basement cafe is a fundraising arm of the St George Ukrainian Catholic Church just up East Seventh Street.


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Previously on EV Grieve:
At the Streecha Ukrainian Kitchen

Friday, February 14, 2014

At the Streecha Ukrainian Kitchen



I've been meaning to write about the the Streecha Ukrainian Kitchen on East Seventh Street between Second Avenue and Cooper Square now for about the past, oh, seven years.

The basement cafeteria of sorts is a fundraising arm of the St George Ukrainian Catholic Church up the street. Most of the food is made by elder members of the church.(Read all about it in this feature from the Times in September 2007).

So here we are.



The menu is really straightforward with Eastern European offerings … and reasonably priced… (not really here to review this or anything… just as an appreciation that this kind of place still exists here… )



Oh, the "bacon bites" are free…



These photos are from this past December holiday, though I seem to recall it feeling Christmasy year-round (they usually take the summer off…)



Even if you don't like this kind of food it's worth a trip down here for a $1 coffee or tea to soak up the timeless ambiance.

KEEP IN MIND: It's only open Fridays through Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (The after-church crowd can get a little rowdy, so … haha)