Anelya

This Avondale restaurant’s fantastic Ukrainian food and fun space will charm you into eating as slowly as possible just to stay a little longer. Colorful lights, low-volume drum and bass, and decorative Ukrainian pottery all exist harmoniously. Waitstaff push around sparkling zakusky carts, and people break into flaky Napoleons while servers hype up dishes like they’re blind dates they want you to meet. And you’ll want to eat everything on the menu—from the rich potato and pork jowl varenyky to kovbasa with apricot and blueberry sauerkraut.

photo credit: Garrett Baumer