How New York's Most Popular Ukrainian Diner Feeds Hundreds of People per Day - The Experts

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Veselka has been a staple of NYC’s East Village since the 1950s and is now run by third-generation owner Jason Birchard. The restaurant specializes in what they call “Ukrainian soul food,” which includes pierogies, borscht, potato pancakes, and more.
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@1957DLT 10 месяцев назад

I grew up making perogies with my Mom and Baba: my small hands were stellar pinchers. Decades later when my Mom was sinking further from us in Alzheimers, we did a family afternoon of perogie making. It was heartbreaking watching her trying to figure out the stuffing/pinching steps after so many decades of knowing. But, and it's a big one, I got her on dough duty for the second batch by asking her if the mix 'felt' right: *ding* muscle memory kicked in and she was mixing, rolling, cutting just as competently as she ever did. A most treasured day and memory. Next time I make it to New York, I'm coming for you Veselka!

@stevenaitcheson6938 7 месяцев назад

Amazing.

@Kahless314 10 месяцев назад

Watching my Grandma making 200 of these in a space of 20 minutes was hypnotic.Last time I did 45 it took me a hour

@antonwilkens9694 10 месяцев назад

Took me 4 hours to make 10 dozen 😅😅😅😅😅😅

@eater 10 месяцев назад

Wow so impressive!

@ChrisPoterala 10 месяцев назад

My family gathers every Christmas to make pierogi. We can crank out about 50 dozen in an afternoon. We all take some home but the first meal with them is always our meatless Christmas Eve dinner.

@Zipfei_Kloatscher 10 месяцев назад

Haha, that's quite ambitious. That's "Babushka 1000" kinda stuff... 🇺🇦🥟😂👍🏼

@sergios.2276 10 месяцев назад

I would probably take an hour for 1! 45 is still awesome

@thefancyunicorn 10 месяцев назад

I've been going to Veselka since I was in my 20s. I am now in my 50s. Every time I swing through NYC I try to stop in for a meal. Many good memories here.

@Pheminon1 10 месяцев назад

It's so fun how each culture has their own version of these. Ravioli, Pierogi, dumplings, Bao, etc. This is reminding me of our holiday dinners. Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving. Always dozens of pierogi at a Polish holiday dinner haha

@ElePranaityte 10 месяцев назад

Koldūnai in Lithuania

@drewh3224 10 месяцев назад

Interesting, everyone have their versions. I have them all. They are all delicious..

@mikaelmoss1233 7 месяцев назад

@@ElePranaityte also Kołduny in Polish, just the northeastern region;) Hello neighbours:)

@yo2trader539 6 месяцев назад

Manti, Mantu, Buuz, Jiaozi, Khinkali...whatever you may call it, it's a common cuisine in regions where Tatar-Turkic-Mongolic nomads used to roam. I find it most interesting that regardless of region and religion, it's often eaten on special occasions like new years, wedding, etc.

@RudieObias 10 месяцев назад

I’m a Filipino guy, but my favorite food is the wonderful potato and cheese pierogi!! 🇵🇭🇺🇸🇺🇦🇵🇱

@beblut 10 месяцев назад

So they are from Poland and for some reason we call them " ruskie" which means Russian pierogi. Name comes from plating originally they were served with cranberry and sourcream(and they were named Polish pierogi beocouse white and red is our flag ). But when Lviv was taken from Poland after ww2 and given to Soviet union cranberry was almost impossible to get so they only served them with sourcream. Thus new name pierogi ruskie

@evilcleaver 7 месяцев назад

As God intended

@xXxSkyViperxXx 7 месяцев назад

is it like dumplings? asking as another filipino who is more familiar with chinese dumplings

@RudieObias 7 месяцев назад

@@xXxSkyViperxXx It's a dumpling. It's usually filled with potato and cheese, while it's boiled, pan fried, or deep fried. And then you dip in sour cream or apple sauce for extra goodness!

@xXxSkyViperxXx 7 месяцев назад

@@RudieObias oh so its kinda like a cheesy dessert dumpling

@YouFightLikeACow 10 месяцев назад

A classic here. Been a few times, their pierogies are legendary

@mjk0117 10 месяцев назад

I miss my grandma so much. She made the absolute best pierogis and cabbage rolls. Always made with love.

@untitleduniverse1828 10 месяцев назад

Cabbage rolls are the best. They call them pidgens here in PA. Coal region small tows of every ethnicity

@chiaradamore-klaiman8692 10 месяцев назад

Been eating here for over 30 years and it always hits the spot

@peterpaidnyc 10 месяцев назад

I'm so happy Veselka is still around. I used to go there in the early 90's. I definitely need to swing back over there soon.

@UserNameNiemand 10 месяцев назад

As a Ukrainian myself, I'm tearing up, watching this video! Пані Слава (pani Slava), she is a true master! Thanks Eater for sharing this!

@scottybutts 10 месяцев назад

Do you know what the gravy was that they put on the cabbage rolls? I have only ever had them with a tomato based sauce and I cant find any recipes that look similar to the sauce they used. Would love to try making them this traditional way, thanks!

@Prof.Pwnalot 10 месяцев назад

Fake account, Eater hearted this. lold. Good quality assurance. NOT. Also Polish. So you know it's a bot. "She is a true master" Fake.

@maigepresents5840 10 месяцев назад

Shouldn't you be busy fighting the Russians or did your family run away from the fight?

@UserNameNiemand 10 месяцев назад

@@Prof.Pwnalot well, I'm not a bot for sure. That's my actual account. So keep your hateful assumptions by yourself please.

@UserNameNiemand 10 месяцев назад

@@maigepresents5840 be sure that I'm doing everything within my power for us and our country to defeat that russian plague and make my country free and prosper. You have absolutely no clue how this war is happening. Absolutely everyone is involved in it and united, but not everyone is in the battlefield.

@ihorkuzmenko9419 10 месяцев назад

As a Ukrainian and longtime subscriber of your channel, ty for showing the world a small but very important part of our culture. For Ukrainians food are not only "time meals", it's a type of welcoming gesture when great guest and friend come to your house. And we're very thankfull for your support. Ukrainian food are extremely deep cultural phenomenon. For example, each region of Ukraine have own "native" recipe of borsch: green, with or without beans, meat or vegan, etc. And even from house to house our mothers have their own recipes. For people in comments, Im also can recomend to discover some food from Bessarabiya (Odessa, Mykolaiv and Kherson Regions) - clams, fish, seafood, Crimean-Tatar like cheburecks, yantiks, soups or homemade wine, Zakarpatya banosh, knedli, black puding, etc. And many many more!

@vaziralramin4565 7 месяцев назад

Bessarabia have no connection to Odessa, Mikolaiv and Kherson region. Only small parts of Bessarabia were included in Odessa region by the Soviets.

@GulkinKluvik Месяц назад

😂🤦🏻‍♂️

@FatalHour 10 месяцев назад

This channel has consistently put out incredible videos. Thank you for showing not just high end restaurants, and giving the limelight to everyone. Next time I visit New York, I’ll be stopping here.

@eater 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching!

@rigger314 10 месяцев назад

My wife was from Belerus and her stuffed cabbage rolls were excellent. I wish she was still alive to make them for me now.

@drew5794 10 месяцев назад

If she made an average of 350 pancakes a day for 200 days a year for 15 years, that’s 1,050,000 pancakes 🤯

@johnr797 10 месяцев назад

I don't get it though, she says she cooks six pans a day, then says 300-400 a day. The pans have 6 in them...

@omnvnts 7 месяцев назад

@@johnr797she meant that she is using six pans while cooking, you can see that on video, it's just a mistake in subtitles

@johnr797 7 месяцев назад

@@omnvnts is it? Because why would she be specific and say 6 pans?

@omnvnts 7 месяцев назад

@@johnr797 and she said specific 6 pans because she is using 6 pans on the stove at the same time while cooking, that what I meant

@johnr797 7 месяцев назад

@@omnvnts alright so she cooks 10 batches

@bizhanbazhirov2404 10 месяцев назад

Greetings from Kazakhstan🇰🇿 Happy to see Ukranian cuisine being loved worldwide💛💙 Slava Ukraine!

@GulkinKluvik Месяц назад

😂🤦🏻‍♂️

@MarcusAurelius7777 10 месяцев назад

2:38 "The women don't break down [unlike machines]." Lol great comment about business... 💯

@davidsider6548 10 месяцев назад

I agree with all the praise for the food and its authentic preparation (and it's good; I've eaten here several times), but was depressed that someone who was trained to be a doctor now has to work in a kitchen rather than what she should be doing, namely healing others. Let's hope these two women get a chance to do so soon. (And many thanks to the owner for bringing them over.)

@eulalawrence9018 10 месяцев назад

Well cooking might be her passion.

@davidsider6548 10 месяцев назад

@@eulalawrence9018 Indeed it might, but I detected a bit of sadness in her that was lacking in the other cooks.

@shanut8139 7 месяцев назад

She could be a doctor. In Ukraine 😅

@MM-xi9td 7 месяцев назад

They can't go to medical field in USA... it is prohibited... unless they started medical education again in USA...

@expo1706 7 месяцев назад

He didn't say they were doctors. He said they worked in the medical field. Ukraine is at war. This is how immigrants start out. My family was the same. For several years they worked blue collar jobs instead of as professionals that they worked back home.

@seanculligan8592 10 месяцев назад

Some good New York accents in this video! The food looks amazing. I hope the staff at the restaurant are well looked after, seeing as they work so hard.

@Belioyt 10 месяцев назад

The restaurant owners must be doing a lot of things right for the last three generations of owners

@kjteitel 10 месяцев назад

This warms my heart, my family makes veranikas, but with slightly different filling. And we pan sear with onions as the last step. Love the traditions! Keep it up.

@rickloginname 10 месяцев назад

As an American of Irish ancestry - I always laugh at the idea that the Irish are THE potato culture. The potato is just way to wonderful and important to be limited to one culture.

@t4squared 10 месяцев назад

Potatoes don’t even come from Europe. Peru is the the true king of the potato. They have varieties that most of the world won’t even get to see

@tooniemama6959 Месяц назад

I am Irish-American and part Lithuanian (eastern European). Yes, potatoes are such a big part of so many cultures....Irish, Polish, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, Russian, Spanish, etc...

@EarlWallaceNYC 10 месяцев назад

I love Veselka . I once spent 18 hours in their back room café. Slava Ukraini

@michellenaron827 7 месяцев назад

This restaurant is so well timed, that it hums. I would love to spend any amount of time there...sometimes, and very rarely, that the restaurants atmosphere enhances the cuisine. Bravo

@nerd26373 10 месяцев назад

We will always support this channel. They’re the best at what you do.

@GregCurtin45 10 месяцев назад

Just outstanding. How do you watch this without tearing up? We really need to get the word out about people who stand up and do the right thing. Thank you #Eater for sharing this story. 💛💙

@ArvisPavilons 10 месяцев назад

The honey cake, the potatoe panckakes and the soup - 10/10

@saralynfosnight5139 10 месяцев назад

Wonderful place, wonderful food. Miss it now that I'm not in New York anymore.

@nonamenoname3323 10 месяцев назад

Big thanks what you do. Greetings from Kyiv. Thank you!

@michaelmorgan6674 10 месяцев назад

Respect to the pancake lady that was awesome!

@sergiucovalciuc1574 10 месяцев назад

Had brunch there, their take on eggs Benedict is amazing. Instead of biscuit they use potato pancake. It melts! So good!

@davilasalle 9 месяцев назад

Went here back in October of 22 and it was fantastic

@nunchisoul5924 10 месяцев назад

excellent audio and music on this one, food looks amazing.

@freddyvelasquez4168 10 месяцев назад

Thank You for being a sponsor. You’re a Saint. Continued success.

@alexkoronec4326 10 месяцев назад

Remember that this was always a pleasure to taste and eat home cooking like my mother used to make

@James-jl3bc 10 месяцев назад

Been eating here for well over a decade. These guys are the real deal. So happy to see them featured here!

@yuriydee 7 месяцев назад

Im Ukrainian and have taken most of my family to try Veselka. Its honestly just alright. The food is good but my mom's and grandma's recipes will always be better. That said, I really like how the owner described it as "Ukrainian soul food". I think thats a very good way to explain the dishes they are serving as they are staple dishes for us Ukrainians.

@jimmyyu2184 10 месяцев назад

OMG, that stuffed cabbage looks so good!! Perogi looks like a Chinese dumpling, and the potato pancake looks to be delicious!!

@user-zr2um9du6p 7 месяцев назад

It's so wonderful to hear pany Olesia speaking ukrainian! What a great comforting video)

@dabearcub 10 месяцев назад

FREAKING LOVE THIS PLACE!

@celwise 10 месяцев назад

fantastic episode! Love it...

@Ivehadenuff 7 месяцев назад

This was a blast from my past. I lived half a block away in the 1980’s and ate here frequently.

@bleumarin1968 10 месяцев назад

i hope one day i can try the cake ! I've been seeing a lot of recipes around but i have never tried to make it, i just want to eat it !

@megapangolin1093 7 месяцев назад

Fantastic to see so many friendly, hardworking people do great things with food and spread a lot of happiness. Slava Ukraine!

@kidneybeans8937 10 месяцев назад

everyone in every culture who makes outstanding food ALWAYS cooks 'from the heart'. I think that goes without saying

@kingbball66 10 месяцев назад

All of that looks amazing

@yvetterobertson2770 10 месяцев назад

I really need to remember to eat before I watch these!

@msthea1145 10 месяцев назад

Always loved this place. I took my Jamaican dad here and he cleaned his plate bone dry.

@666soso 7 месяцев назад

My hometown used to be a mix of polish, Turkish, ukrainian, Italian. Man the food served during houby fest was something else. Delicious food overall. Literally grandmas cooking.

@JohnDoe-gy3yy 7 месяцев назад

What was your home town?

@martinr7728 7 месяцев назад

I need to visit this town...

@666soso 7 месяцев назад

@@martinr7728 it’s nothing like that anymore. Everyone moved away but it was a simpler time.

@jake-qn3tl 7 месяцев назад

Food is good, who would have thought?

@roysmith5902 3 месяца назад

I lived in the neighborhood in the early 1980's. Had lots of meals in Veselka (and Kiev, and The Ukranian East Village)

@derickb8713 10 месяцев назад

I'm glad he feels that way about his employees. A machine would be more efficient for sure. It breaks down way less than it needs days off or gets sick or whatever.

@politicsuncensored5617 9 месяцев назад

I had my first perogies way back when when I met my wife back in the 80's. They are little bites of heavenly bliss. I am willing to bet these from this diner are off the charts great. Shalom

@jake-qn3tl 7 месяцев назад

They just taste like dough lol

@donaldpicard7752 10 месяцев назад

love this place !!!!

@masaharumorimoto4761 10 месяцев назад

Wow that was fantastic!!! Eater, keep rockin my world :D

@wendystevenss 10 месяцев назад

Amazing place!

@barikareese 7 месяцев назад

The fact that she's made, give or take, 2 million potato pancakes is insane 😮

@manassrinivasaiah1411 10 месяцев назад

I ate here last year. The best introduction I could have hoped to have to Ukrainian cuisine. I wish I could go back!

@davisluong2060 10 месяцев назад

Awesome owner going that far to help his employees

@HFC786 10 месяцев назад

Fascinating

@avgperson25 10 месяцев назад

I enjoy these a lot! Especially when there is no host to take the spotlight for no reason

@DaddyBLUE90S 7 месяцев назад

Pretty interesting to hear their accents. Probably mostly 2nd and third generation Ukrainians.

@anirzeetpramanik1156 4 месяца назад

I love this channel not only because of them showing great food and great restaurants but also because they show great people, different culture and most important they help drive home the message that in our world we might have 100 different countries, 1000 different cultures but the Love, the respect, the humanity remains constant.

@danielcooley6304 7 месяцев назад

I go here every time I visit New York. The food is fantastic! So happy to see them get this recognition.

@jeannehall6546 7 месяцев назад

I am of Ukrainian descent on my dad’s side- and if I ever get to New York City I have to come to Veselka!

@speeddemon2262 10 месяцев назад

Amazing.

@pearlfeather9326 10 месяцев назад

I love Veselka!

@tooniemama6959 Месяц назад

I am part eastern European(Lithuanian), and these are the foods I grew up on. Beautiful Ukrainian comfort food. Good memories.

@anmnou 6 месяцев назад

Loved going there in the 90's! Glad they are still thriving.

@lemmegetyournumber4554 10 месяцев назад

YEAHHHHH! "THE WOMEN DON'T BREAK DOWN" HELL YEAH BROTHA

@KiaAlvin 10 месяцев назад

This Jason guy looks like an older version of tuning folk from the mighty car mods channel 😮

@alifetomake 10 месяцев назад

Give me that Medovyk cake right now, please!

@patrickgomez4572 10 месяцев назад

Most interesting 😊

@Alchemist009 7 месяцев назад

Most I can do in a session is 50 or 75. Watching you all work is amazing. Nothing like homemade.

@djmcnerney 7 месяцев назад

I’ve been to Veselka. In addition to the foods in the video, they used to make a very good veal goulash. Hard work!

@WolfyBoO 10 месяцев назад

Great show. This is mostly Slavic cuisine, not unique only to Ukraine. (: But everything seems so great and I love how much love they put into everything!

@arfriedman4577 7 месяцев назад

These vareneki look awesome. So does everything in this video. Thanks for documentary.

@Hateweek1984 10 месяцев назад

Perogi is LIFE!

@Boogie3D 10 месяцев назад

Pierogi is already a plural form of (one) pieróg. It is like adding a second S to dumplings and turning them into dumplingss.

@kvai-gon7488 10 месяцев назад

Cooking pancakes is delicious, it's cool.

@Morgan-ed2cb 10 месяцев назад

Been there... their beef stroganoff is amazing!

@ekaterinaefimova2190 10 месяцев назад

No doubt, but this is not exactly a Ukrainian dish, it's Russian, many of their dishes are not only Ukranian but Slavic: Belarus, Russian, Polish, Hungarian...

@anna.rrrrrr 7 месяцев назад

Everything looks super delicious and they even do Medovyk now! Wow!

@FTrainProductions 7 месяцев назад

Been here twice! Love it!

@yourdetunedradio 7 месяцев назад

The food from my childhood. My grandma did pirogi and vareniki with sour cherry. I miss her so much. Slava Ukraini!

@merylwork5721 8 месяцев назад

Love these! I ordered them from Goldbelly a few times. The last time they came in a bag instead of a container. Most of them were broken. I was given credit but, would prefer them not broken 🤷‍♀️ I will probably try to order again.

@zamfantastic 10 месяцев назад

Every once in a while, I make some borscht. I’m sure mine is not as good as any of the divine food they are making!

@barbararey-constantin5679 7 месяцев назад

Wonderful family tradition kept alive, human beings being valued in the kitchen rather than machines - yes!! God bless them and Ukraine.

@dwaynekoblitz6032 10 месяцев назад

When the owner/s and managers get out of the way for the skill to show how it's done daily? That!!

@novom810 10 месяцев назад

In our country Veselka means "the wedding". :-D And Medovyk is Medovník.

@Lyopa2 7 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@anabarbosa2443 10 месяцев назад

She'd made more than a million of those!

@opwave79 10 месяцев назад

I will jump on a cross country flight for those.

@Ingenuity009 10 месяцев назад

Bought their pierogies off of Goldbelly before. Phenomenal.

@Zipfei_Kloatscher 10 месяцев назад

Wareniki

@Demitry0013 10 месяцев назад

Ohhhhh i need to get to ny city...i need sandwiches pizza and to explore Ukrainian food. I've had perogies (frozen) but im more than ready to have more and FRESH