CAVIAR
RUSSE
538 Madison Ave. New York, NY 10022-3215
Phone: (212) 980-5908
Luxury caviar house and cigar lounge.
Located on the second floor of a small Madison Avenue
building, Caviar Russe. The room is boasting heavy crystal
chandeliers, green velvet walls and cozy tables. Owned
by one of the most prominent caviar importers in the
world, this place offers eclectic fine dishes such as
Maine oysters with beluga and sake and miniature lobster
profiteroles stuffed with sweet tail meat. To wash it
all down, choose from an impressive selection of global
vodkas and vintage champagnes. After the meal, consider
the cigar lounge.
FIREBIRD
RESTAURANT
365 W 46th St. New York, NY 10036
Cross Street: 9th Avenue
(212) 586-0244
Double townhouses that comprise this restaurant and adjoining
cabaret.
The extravagance food begin with blinis, the Russian national
dish: Warm buckwheat pancakes filled with generous helpings
of sour cream and caviar. From here, move on to the zakuska
appetizer platter, the Russian equivalent of tapas or
dim sum. As far as entrees go, a giant tureen of borscht,
heady with pork and dill, is an excellent.
RUSSIAN
SAMOVAR 256 W 52nd St. New York, NY 10019
(212) 757-0168
This spot was awesome. Outstanding service, great food
, vodka menu... and awesome crowd. and live russian and
eclectic music.
VESELKA
144 Second Ave. New York, NY 10003-8305
Cross Street: Ninth Street
(212) 228-9682
The place for all-day breakfast or late-night borscht.
Veselka's 24-hour kitchen is an attraction for East
Village late night dinners looking for a hearty food
and very accommodating Eastern European waitstaff.
Polish and Ukrainian dishes such as pierogis and kielbasa
dominate the menu share counter space with standard
diner breakfast and dinner fare, including challah French
toast and a hearty cheddar-topped chili. Raspberry blintzes--filled
with sweet cheese and topped with homemade raspberry
sauce and hot borscht with beef makes a pleasing winter
dish. Chilled summer soups and year-round homemade pies
are a treat.
PRIMORSKI 282 Brighton Beach Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11235
(718) 891-3111
Awesome food, Great fun. Have some vodka and come right
out onto the dance floor and dance the night away to a
mix of russian and american disco music.
PETROSSIAN 182 W. 58th St. 212-245-2214
Cuisine: Creative French/Russian
At Petrossian you find your self in luxurious surrounding
where everybody is treated like an aristocrat. The most
inviting is the three caviar presentation, a gentle delegacy
of beluga, Sevruga and Ossetra. But there is more to Petrossian
then caviars, chef
Gustafson is an eclectic mix of updated French classics
with lighter contemporary accents. offers many wonderful
dishes as well as Russian specialties that are difficult
to resist.
RASPUTIN
2670 Coney Island Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11235-5005
Phone: (718) 332-8111
Great atmosphere and the service is absolutely fabulous.
The Food is was tasteful. Possibly one of the finest Russian
restaurants in NY.
