Veselka Williamsburg
Ukrainian restaurant · Williamsburg
646 Lorimer St, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Highlights
Ukrainian soul food, pierogies, borscht, pastrami pierogis
Ukrainian soul food, pierogies, borscht, pastrami pierogis
"On the heels of its Brooklyn opening, New York icon Veselka announced its partnership with Madison Square Garden where its pierogies are now available in multiple locations around the venue. The restaurant is also expanding to the freezer aisle with pierogies for sale at shops like Westside Market and others around the city." - Melissa McCart
"The Williamsburg location of Veselka is more of a normal dinner time scene and less of a late-night haunt than the original Ukrainian diner in the East Village. But that doesn’t matter, because the food at their second location is identical to the first and you don’t have to go to Manhattan to get it. Come for comforting Ukrainian classics, like a hunter's stew with cabbage and kielbasa, stuffed cabbage, chicken paprikash, and of course, as many potato, goat cheese and arugula, and mushroom sauerkraut pierogi as you can muster. You should be prepared to eat a lot of potatoes here, and to finish off your meal with an order of blintzes." - willa moore, neha talreja, bryan kim, kenny yang, will hartman
"The result of a collaboration between two powerhouses of Eastern European cooking—Veselka and Katz’s Deli—the pastrogi, a pastrami-stuffed pierogi, is only available for a limited time at Veselka’s new Williamsburg location. The restaurant, which sits in the shadow of the BQE on Lorimer Street, is just as comforting and vibrant as the original. A message on their menu board above the open kitchen reads “Veselka is love. PS: Please share it.” There’s no finer way to do that than coming with a couple of friends, splitting stuffed cabbage with mushroom gravy and a side of perfectly grilled kielbasa, several dozen pierogi, and golden-brown blintzes to finish." - molly fitzpatrick, bryan kim, neha talreja, willa moore, will hartman
"After 70 years in the East Village, Ukrainian diner Veselka has expanded to Brooklyn. The new location has the same menu as the original: beef stroganoff, Ukrainian meatballs, stuffed cabbage, schnitzel, and borscht. “We want people to feel like they’re in Veselka on Second Avenue,” says Justin Birchard, a spokesperson. “It’s what works.” The 40-seat restaurant is one of three Veselkas in the city." - Luke Fortney, Eater Staff
"Veselka, the East Village Ukrainian diner that’s famous for its late hourse and pierogi, now has a second full-service location (and third overall) in Williamsburg. For their opening, they’re doing a collab with Katz’s Deli and serving “pastrogi”: pierogi filled with Katz’ legendary pastrami." - will hartman
