| Veselka | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 1954 |
| Owner(s) | Tom Birchard, Jason Birchard |
| Food type | Ukrainian, Eastern European, American comfort |
| Dress code | Casual |
| Street address | 144 Second Avenue |
| City | New York City |
| State | New York |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 10003 |
| Country | United States |
| Reservations | Not taken |
| Other locations | Veselka Essex and Veselka Grand Central |
| Other information | Family owned and operated |
| Website | www.veselka.com |
Veselka is a Ukrainian restaurant at 144 Second Avenue in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.[1] It was established in 1954 by Wolodymyr Darmochwal (Ukrainian: Володимир Дармохвал) and his wife, Olha Darmochwal (Ukrainian: Ольга Дармохвал), post–World War II Ukrainian refugees.[2] Veselka is one of the last of many Slavic restaurants that once proliferated in the neighborhood.[3] A cookbook, published in October 2009 by St. Martin's Press, highlights more than 120 of the restaurant's Eastern European recipes.[4]
Veselka had three other New York City locations, two of which are now closed. A sister restaurant, Veselka Essex, operated at Essex Crossing from 2019 to 2024. Another restaurant, on East 1st Street and Bowery, opened in November 2011 and closed in 2013. A third location opened in October 2023 at Grand Central Terminal.
- ^ Veselka | Manhattan | Restaurant Menus and Reviews. Zagat. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
- ^ "Cheap Ass Food.com". Cheap Ass Food.com. January 22, 2011. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
- ^ "Veselka". Serious Eats. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
- ^ "The Veselka Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from the..." Chapters Indigo. October 27, 2009. Retrieved May 5, 2011.