new york has the largest ukrainian population in the united states today we're going to be
exploring little ukraine to spotlight three ukrainian eateries that not only have amazing food
but will give you the opportunity to help support ukrainian people you don't want to miss this
there's more than 140 000 ukrainians in new york and this area right here was once called
little ukraine centered on 6th and 7th street between 1st and 3rd avenue this is still
the mecca for ukrainians in new york city you've got the ukrainian church right across the street
here in the basement is one of the best hidden gem eateries in all of new york city i love street
show this is my kind of spot you just gotta know where to enter it says private but they're open
trust me this doesn't even feel like a restaurant to me it feels like a place just to come hang out
with friends or family we didn't expect so many americans want to support us first few weeks here
with like huge crowds of people which was like really great and we are so grateful for that
you guys americans you're the best if someone wanted to come in if they order food here are
they automatically supporting ukraine like how does the donations work here they come
and get food here first of all they support our community because this is like church fundraiser
sir josh cadellic church of course part of that goes to ukraine to support our military forces
stuffed cabbage how about my lunch special what's your lunch special it's a minced chicken
schnitzel mashed potato salad and vegetables you're gonna like it but you can come here for
some potato dumplings more energy six pieces five bucks minced chicken schnitzel comes here
okay wow thank you so much you're welcome
how many places in the east village can you get this much food for lunch for eight dollars that's
actually a healthy meal dina insisted i try their lunch special chicken schnitzel just amazing deal
i don't know how they do it but it tastes homemade to me every time i eat here i've never tried
this year before i usually get the vareniki but you can't go wrong with anything on their menu
what a hearty lunch and to think we're supporting a really good cause and what i love is that not
everyone in here is ukrainian you have people from all walks of life in the east village
coming in to have one of my favorite hidden gem lunches in all new york city something
many of you may not realize is that my parents immigrated to brooklyn in 1978 from ukraine
back when it was still the soviet union my uncle still lives in western ukraine my cousin
and cousins still live in ukraine i've been there before so i have a really
vested interest in supporting the country in this tough time this horrible war that's
going through so if you're looking for a way to give back and you love to eat this is perfect
since 1954 viselka definitely the most famous ukrainian restaurant in new york city
you know the new york black and white cookie veselka we got the blue and yellow
we watch your videos we're here because of you really oh thank you so much see you you've
literally sold out of ukrainian beer we just have polish beer left yeah since the beginning of the
war i bought up everything that i could in terms of any ukrainian bottled beer and about two weeks
ago it ran dry so now i'm trying to support poland and polish beers since they're doing such a great
great deal of helping refugees people have been coming out in droves and supporting you
know i hate to say war is good for business but it pulls on the heartstrings we're here serving
great ukrainian food and we're trying to do our best to support ukrainians abroad how are you
guys going about fundraising i know you said that every time somebody orders boris it goes directly
to the cause we serve traditional ukrainian borscht so i thought what better way to give back
all the sales of our ukrainian porsche whether you eat it here in-house take out delivery and we ship
goldbelly.com nation nationally since the beginning of the war i think we're day 55
now or i'm not sure exactly i've lost track we've raised more than 125 thousand dollars
wow worth watch that i'm earmarked for ukrainian humanitarian relief efforts
now remember what jason said anytime you order borish it goes directly to one of the relief
funds even if you order it on goldbelly.com and you don't want to even visit new york right now
until i had the bore shirt of ahselka i really wasn't a fan of it
they actually turned me into a believer with a side of bread
heaven
if we weren't filming at three restaurants today i could eat a dozen of these pierogies easily
potato and mushroom i went for the fried variety here
i know that boiled is more traditional but these fried pierogies like
this is true like ukrainian comfort food but i'll also say it's become new york city comfort
food as well now remember basilica used to be open 24 hours a day seven days a week
people for years and years would come here after a night of drinking
to eat pierogies now they close either at 11 or midnight on weekends due to the pandemic some
changes but still i love what they're doing here i really love the cause and how cities
come together to support a restaurant that i already think was well deserving of it fantastic
the gravy is so tasty the beef is so tender ukraine all the way
ukrainian east village restaurant practically next door to veselka you can make this a one-two
punch this is actually the only place on the video that i've never been to before first
impressions like walking into an old ukrainian log cabin first cocktail of the day a ukrainian mule
vodka ginger beer lime one of my favorite cocktails actually at the start of this oh
my goodness we had a line that was an hour long what are you guys doing to help fundraise like
are you guys taking proceeds from the food exactly so every week we have a percentage of sales that
are donated so at this point reaching 20 000 in donations correct me if i'm wrong you guys
co-own sly fox next door exactly it's one of my favorite dive bars in new york city
a lot of returning ukrainians come back and we're actually having a fundraiser
this uh in two weeks saturday april 30th yeah open bar all proceeds are going to crane how much is it
to get in uh 50 50 open bar sly fox all proceeds to go to ukraine i could spend 50 bucks or easily
easily one of the great things about living in new york is you can try foods that you've never even
heard of before holusky first time i've ever tried this potato dumplings sauerkraut bacon
this works this is really hearty so tasty with the sauerkraut on top a lot of flavor
they do ukrainian food right in little ukraine oh they do it right
you're not full after that i'll be impressed
this is the total story tang i got this because my girlfriend's favorite writer
is tolstoy my girlfriend is very real thank you very much three distinctly different types of
eateries that we covered today we had fast serve little hidden gem lunch spot then we
have the celica which i would say is trendy very popular and then here the ukrainian east village
restaurant i would say this is the most formal like a really special event or a special night you
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