This IS great news! Comfort food of my heritage! Do they have hot borscht?

Just before Tanya's closed I got the new owner to do a table at the Hamilton Park Festival. It seemed pretty successful, I wonder if the owner of Savas can be convinced? It's been a real struggle to get our small local ethnic restaurants to come, you'd think they'd love to get the exposure.

great news.

does she have any bigos?

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Nyet. Kasha Varnishkes is, simply, kasha with bowtie pasta. Not a fan of the kishkes. I was as a child but then all bets were off once I found out what it was.

I went to Sava's today. I ordered the combo platter as mentioned above. It was awesome. She's still feeling out the neighborhood so she's just cooking the basics and in limited amounts. Very sweet woman. I told her that I came in because of a post on the board and she was happily surprised. I left with a quart of the Ukrainian borscht.

I will definitely be a regular customer.

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Did Eleanor mean kishkes?

If so, kishkes (kiszka) would be an animal gut stuffed with kasha, fat and blood, and cooked.

Best comfort food ever...

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They've got the kasha, not sure about the varnishkes

Yum! I'm going!

Ooh! Can't wait to try it. I've missed Tania's.

Do they have kasha varnishkes? I've been craving it for a couple of weeks.

Stopped by tonight. Delicious and very filling. I think she's just getting going and still trying to get organized, but I think it's a great addition to the neighborhood. Gosh, what a change from Soul Flavors just down the block - twice the food for (less than?) half the price.

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Yes, there was a little menu of prices both outside the door and on the wall inside. Most of the food ran about $5-7, if I remember right.

I had a big combination platter - kraut, kielbasa, stuffed cabbage and 3 pirogies for $7.50. (That was the most expensive thing on the menu, I think. Livin' large.)

They also had a cooler with some foods packed to go. I.e., you could stop in and pick up a little container of stuffed cabbage and then have an easy-to-reheat dinner when you get home.

There were also daily specials. Today was potato dumplings. And it looked like they kept refilling the trays with different foods. I really wanted to try everything. Eventually.

I really like potato and onion pierogis and wasn"t really happy with Sava's old place -- they were oily and microwaved rather than fresh boiled -- I really hope they do a better job now that they are downtown -- I hope they also carry more vegetarian kinds of pierogis -- mushroom, spinach, sweet potato, etc -- I also hope they have a few vegetarian soups -- I called their old number and wanted to order some take out but it just rings...

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On Grove between Newark Ave and Bay St. On the same block as La Conga Grocery and DJ's Chinese.

don't know where stanley's was, what is it near?

I went there on Thursday and loved the homemade food. Better than Tania's was on any day.

This deserves a post of it's own. Sava's - Polish Cafeteria has opened in what was formerly Stanleys on Grove St.

346 Grove Street Jersey City, NJ 07302
201-451-1901

They have a variety of hearty, delicious, Polish home cooked food, in serving trays, hot and ready to eat. It's cafeteria style , so no waiter to tip. I just ate there and I recommend it.