Pierozek is having a soft opening today at 592 Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint. The menu includes both savory and sweet pierogis, borscht, and croquettes. We couldn’t be more excited:
Radek Kucharski and his wife, Alexandra Siwiec, do not think they’re coming late to the dance by importing a genuine Polish pierogi shop to Greenpoint, a Brooklyn neighborhood whose Polish traditions run deep. “I want to maintain the cultural heritage,” said Mr. Kucharski, who is opening Pierozek, a New York version of PierozeQ in Czestochowa in central Poland. Marzena Gesiarz and Zofia Kusmierska, the pierogi makers at PierozeQ, have been in New York for several weeks helping Mr. Kucharski and Ms. Siwiec, who have roots in Czestochowa and own small restaurants in Greenpoint, fine-tune their pierogi for the new restaurant opening on Wednesday. Their excellent half-moon boiled dumplings are filled with spinach, potato and cheese; mushrooms and sauerkraut; or pork, and will be served topped with sautéed onions. Borscht with little dumplings and sweet pierogi will also be on the menu
Pierozek
pierozekbrooklyn.com
592 Manhattan Avenue (at Nassau Avenue)
Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 718-576-3866
Open daily 11am-7pm
