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Babushka's Kitchen
Category: Restaurants Polish Polish [Edit]
9199 Olde Eight RdSte D
Northfield Center, OH 44067
(330) 468-0402
- Hours:
Tue-Thu, Sat 11:30 am - 7 pm
Fri 11:30 am - 8 pm
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Price Range:
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$
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Alcohol:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Has TV:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Dogs Allowed:
- No
8 reviews for Babushka's Kitchen
8 reviews in English
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Review from Juan S.
Willoughby Hills, OH
9/9/2011 1 Check-in Here
This is one of the best polish food I have tried. You can't get anymore homemade authentic polish food. I was greedy and tried the Hunter's Platter. It's like a sample platter of almost everything. The food is really good. I didn't know the platter was so big. It's a very casual dinning place and great hole in the wall place.
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Review from Slick W.
Independence, OH
8/11/2011
People slough skin all the time. All the time! It's true with the people who make your food, too. So, I was not out of line when I asked if the people cooking in the back wore full-arm sheathing as opposed to those little hand gloves. I was not out of line.
If the person making my messy pierogi kielbasa onion butter slice of bread lunch was scritch scratching their tattoo'd arm while preparing my food, well, guess what? Go ahead, guess. Skin cells dry-raining down on everything like parmesan cheese. I'm not saying it did happen. I'm asking and that's not out of line.
Also, is it okay for me to drink some of this grease off my plate because this expensive lunch didn't put my raging appetite to bed properly? Apparently not. Apparently I am not supposed to drink plate grease.
The food was slippery on my plate and I struggled with it. I ground away at the kielbasa and just fork-stabbed the pierogi, wolfed a chew off of it and then watched as it broke free and slapped back down into my plate. I used the rye bread to soak up what I could and ate it with my hand which was a relief since the silverware wasn't up to snuff.
My plastic cup of fountain soda was streaked with my hand-filth and there was a slick of meat fat/butter oil on the surface of the drink. It all goes down the same hatch though and I left nothing for them to eat or drink in the back room.
The experience was better than if I had ate in some yucky fast food place down in Macedopia but it cost more than a taco bell or what not.
My eight dollar plate of Polish food was worth eating but maybe not worth eight bucks or the dry-cleaning tab or the shame or the cholesterol or the sense that I would never get that twelve minutes back and that in the end we all just fade to nothing and all the dumplings and smoked meat in Northfield can't save us or our civilization or the inevitability of death. It takes beer to do that and they don't sell beer at Bab's Kitchen. -
Review from Justin H.
This is the best polish food I have had in the area. The perogies are number 1 for a reason.
The interior is not large and not made for comfort.
The pastries are very delicate and tasty. I am glad I work near this place. It will be a regular lunch location.
Recommend: Kielbasa sausage sandwich, stuffed cabbage, and ladylocks. -
Review from Matthew M.
Cleveland, OH
Culture and ethnicity are rare in the land of suburbia. Instead, these residential areas are overrun with chains and monotony. Variety is scarce. In these areas, places like Babushka's typically don't exist. That to me is what I find most inspiring and refreshing.
Places like these are important in building a sense of community. They are locally run and very personal. Babushka's prides themselves on homestyle cooking that's specific to their Eastern European homeland -- Pierogi's, Kielbasa, Golabki's, Paprikash, Pork & Kraut, Meatloaf, Potato Pancakes, Kolachki's and more.
Through a lot of cultures, food is the ultimate uniter. It's one of the few events where family come together throughout their busy daily lives and share a moment. That vibe and experience is accomplished at Babushka's. The dining room feels like Grandma's kitchen. It's no frills, but serves the purpose as a gathering place to scarf comforting Polish eats while Frankie Yankovic's oom-pah-pah tunes serenade the crowd.
Babushka's is warm, inviting, comforting and a rather unique experience for the area to say the least.1 Previous Review: Show all »
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7/27/2009 First to Review
If you haven't been to Babuska's and love Polish food, it's only because you have never heard of it… Read more »
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Review from Kev J.
Cleveland, OH
7/11/2011
Its always busy. Food is average. But others just love it. Tastes are not very sophisticated in Cleveland, where "Polish food" is practically nothing more than kielbasa, usually smoked like Eckrich brand, and pierogi and sauerkraut and stuffed cabbage. People here don't seem to grasp that Polish food is much more diverse and interesting than the handful of dishes found at 'Polish' restaurants here. I didn't think the food was anything special and the restaurant is cramped. But it does a lot of business for sure. And I hate their motto "Polish heritage foods." And "Babushka" is Russian for grandmother, its not a Polish word. So much for Polish heritage.
Comment from David A. of Babushka's Kitchen 7/31/2011
Hi Kev J. thanks for taking the time to write about our… More » -
Review from Kevin B.
Benton Harbor, MI
6/28/2011
Great Polish eats! This small hole in the wall place kicks out so amazing homemade food.
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Review from Jeanie S.
Stow, OH
11/17/2010 1 Check-in Here
Awesome!!
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Review from Susan P.
Monongalia, WV
1/22/2011
Awesome awesome awesome. The stuffed cabbage is just and I mean just like my aunt made growing up. Pierogi is huge but tender dough, flavorful filling. Their tomato dumpling soup is to die for--I seriously wish I could have a gallon to take home. I think it's cool that they serve entrees with fresh rye bread and butter--it really DOES make you think you are back at your Baba's house for dinner. Polkas repeat like every 20 minutes so that's a bit annoying (the first time I heard "Who stole the kishka?" it was nostalgic, by the third time I was afraid I would NEVER get it out of my head!). Only thing that wasn't up to par was the potato pancake--tough, tough even though the flavor was okay. Can't wait to take my whole family there when we're in the area--so my kids can taste what my Sunday family dinners were like growing up.....they also have apple pierogi desserts (?) which may be worth trying...their kolacky looked great, but they are pricey....
