Veselka Williamsburg
Ukrainian restaurant · Williamsburg
646 Lorimer St, Brooklyn, NY 11211, USA
Highlights
Ukrainian soul food, pierogies, borscht, stroganoff, kielbasa
Ukrainian soul food, pierogies, borscht, stroganoff, kielbasa
"“What your crush really wants is to be spoon-fed some of New York City’s best borscht on a (faux) bearskin rug at your place.” A Ukrainian staple in the East Village since 1954 (the new-ish location in Williamsburg is also delightful), and you can order a smorgasbord of pierogi, borscht, stroganoff, and more right to your door." - Hilary Pollack
"On the heels of its Brooklyn opening, the New York icon announced a partnership with Madison Square Garden, where its pierogies are now available in multiple locations around the venue; the restaurant is also expanding into the freezer aisle, selling pierogies at shops like Westside Market and other stores 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
