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"A warming bowl of pink-and-purple borscht may be among the best in Lower Manhattan: served with a ramekin of sour cream, the soup arrives with just-chewy-enough carrots, soft beef, and legendary beets, with the sour cream adding a zingy high note and the texture a hint thicker. The team is enthusiastic — there’s a stage where live music takes over each night — and there’s a lunch special between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. of one main and one salad or soup for $22.95, making the borscht especially good alongside a hearty plate of plov, a Central Asian chicken-and-rice dish that’ll launch you from warm to cozy. — Paolo Bicchieri, associate editor, Northern California/Pacific Northwest" - Eater Staff