For more than fifty years, customers have crowded into Veselka, a cozy Ukrainian coffee shop in New York City's East Village, to enjoy pierogi, borscht, goulash, and many other unpretentious favorites. Veselka (rainbow in Ukrainian) has grown up from a simple newsstand serving soup and sandwiches into a twenty-four hour gathering place without ever leaving its original location on the corner of East Ninth Street and Second Avenue. Veselka is, quite simply, an institution and has long been a favorite of downtown denizens.

If your new to Ukrainian Cuisine, make sure to try the pierogi, Ukrainian-style dumplings that are handmade daily in the kitchen and served boiled or fried with sauteed onions, apple sauce & sour cream. Fillings include potato, cheese, meat, spinach & cream cheese, sauerkraut & mushroom, arugula & goat cheese.