A couple of times over the past few years I tried to find if there was a Serbian restaurant in New York City, but Google could not find one. So, I gave up looking and assumed there wasn't one. And that was true - until recently. Last night at the meetup, Nikola Trbovic told me there is one now - opened just last June: Kafana on Avenue C (between 8th and 9th Street, see reviews here and here).
So, tonight, after watching the amazing August: Osage County on Broadway, The Bride Of Coturnix and I went to 'Kafana' to give it a try. And we were not disappointed - the atmosphere was pleasant and the food was great - just like home. Under the fold are some pictures: Cocta ("drink of our and your youth" - rosehip-based Cola), Gibanica (philo-dough cheese pie), Zeljanica (spinach pie), pecene paprike (baked peppers), ajvar (a pepper salad mix), Sopska salata (tomato, cucumber, onion and cheese salad), Sarma (stuffed cabbage), Karadjordjeva snicla (a thin pork steak, rolled with cream cheese, breaded) with cabage salad, and Niksicko pivo (the best Montenegran lager), ending with Reform torte, espresso and a bite of popular "Best Wishes" chocolate:
Comments
Drool. Here in Chicago any ex-Yugoslav restaurant is going to be pretty much Bosnian. Went to a Serbian place a few years ago (Semplon Orient Express), but it closed down.
Posted by: ebohlman | February 22, 2009 11:00 AM
Oh, I went there in January 2000 and it was great. Sorry to hear it closed.
Posted by: Coturnix | February 22, 2009 11:02 AM
It looks delicious but try real polish food,it's similar I think but much better...
Posted by: opony szczecin | February 22, 2009 11:57 AM
What?! No slivovitz?
Posted by: Sven DiMilo | February 22, 2009 12:20 PM
Thanks for useful info. I've never heard of that place before.
Pozdrav.
Posted by: HealthyFood | February 22, 2009 2:36 PM
I asked about slivovitz, but they are new and do not have the license yet. They did have some Serbian wines, though, like Vranac.
Posted by: Coturnix | February 22, 2009 3:46 PM
omg, this looks delicious. thanks for taking photos. i am going to go as soon as i get a chance :)
Posted by: janet | April 3, 2009 1:32 PM
polish cuisine is not similar to Serbian. Serbian cuisine is mix of Mediterranean (greek, middle eastern), hungarian and italian with some original dishes with more vegetables and less potato than polish.
Posted by: john miller | November 11, 2009 11:25 AM