russian restaurants

Lutzina Bar & Lounge Opens On Bath Avenue

Will Bath Avenue be the new place to go for some after work drinks? Lutzina Bar & Lounge hopes so. The watering hole opened at 2031 Bath Avenue in July, promising drinks, music, dance and food. The place has a full lunch and dinner menu, as well as hookah. We’

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Back To USSR: Duck Confit – The Bite

THE BITE: Comrades! Today we admire Soviet kitsch in a Soviet kitchen: Back to USSR, at 2817 Coney Island Avenue off of Avenue Z. Here you’ll find an oversized bronze monument of Lenin in the main dining room, and walls emblazoned with waving hammer-and-sickle flags in the side room.

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Zair Cafe, New Russian Restaurant, Coming To Avenue X And East 23rd Street

Zair Cafe, a new restaurant serving “Russian & Eastern food,” is set to open soon at 2223 Avenue X, the corner of East 23rd Street. The new restaurant replaces an Eastern European luncheonette and food mart. We’re not sure when it closed down, or if it’s the same

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USSR Invades Sheepshead Bay!

With a headline like that, I’m sure plenty of Sheepshead Bay old-timers are groaning, “Duu-uh! Old news.” But we’re not talking about the influx of immigrants from the former Soviet Union. We’re talking about a new bar and restaurant at 2817 Coney Island Avenue called USSR. Or,