St. Andrew Ukrainian Kitchen

The food is absolutely wonderful. Will conttinue to visit. BUT THIS IS NOT A RESTAURANT, so why is it included here?

I have been here several times now and I am never disappointed. I have had both the cheese and sauerkraut pierogi and both are excellent however, the sauerkraut are my favorite! I have also had the cabbage rolls, rye bread and kolacky. All are exceptional, homemade and yummy! Prices did go up late last year and pierogi are now $ 7.50/dozen but in my opinion, well worth the price. Be sure to ask for the grilled onions with your pierogi. You won’t be disappointed!

Pricing is not what I’ve read from other posts.
Pierogi were $ 7.50 Doz. Cabbage Rolls $ 2 each,
Little Disappointed in that when we called at 8:30 am to place an order we were told
they didn’t make Klotchi the weekend we went 1÷23÷16 so I can’t advise of their prices.
We tried the cheese and the potato pierogi and some cabbage rolls all were very fresh and good!

I have been here a few times over the last few months. Pierogis are stellar. Kolacky are good. Haven’t been lucky enough to get rye bread. It’s definitely worth the trip!

Oh my! Well since my grandma lives in Poland, this is the next best thing for home made pierogi and gołąbki. I think I ate half a dozen of pierogis on the way home and all 3 dozen were gone by the end of the day… Will definitely visit more often and get this for friends who may need a comfort polish food care package…

The pierogi is very good. I order it for Christmas Eve dinner instead of making pierogi now. Love the cabbage rolls too. Cash only and only open on Saturdays. I suggest calling ahead for your order to avoid the wait. This is not a restaurant — everything is to go.

This place is absolutely amazing. Stop looking at reviews — just go there. The only thing more impressive than the food is the people.

This place makes me sad … in a good way! I come from a small Romanian/​Ukrainian town in Alberta Canada, and never thought I’d find anything or anyone who resembles home in Chicago. Until I stumbled across this place. The perogy varieties are wonderful. I even got my husband (who grew up here) hooked on them! Just like home, like my Ukrainian grandma makes! I try stop by when ever I can, just to get a taste of home. I usually pick up a couple dozen of potato and cheese and they’re always yummy and fresh. No frozen, bland perogies here! Nothing but the best.

I went here for the first time on Saturday and fell in love! I bought a half dozen of the sauerkraut Pierogi, 2 cherry Kolachki and 2 apricot Kolachki. I was helped by a very nice women at the counter and was in and out in less than 2 minuets. I pulled up to the door, placed my order, payed in cash and was on my way. The pierogi are cooked, but not hot when you get them, that didn’t stop me. The sauerkraut was calling my name and I had to try «just one» before I got home. However, none of my six pierogi made it home, down the hatch they went! So Delicious! I will definitely go back!

omg this place rocks my world. I love coming here on the weekend mornings with my mom for some pierogis and cabbage rolls. Cant forget the kolakys too! YUM

I was here last Saturday. As usual the people in the kitchen area are always polite. the Pierogi’s are delicious. Around the holidays they sell a better selection of goods including bread, Kolachkis and other sweets.

The menu is small but if you want the very best HOME MADE stuffed cabbage rolls, this is the place to go.
The cabbage rolls are big, fat and stuffed with the most delicious rice and meat mixture, topped with a delicately yummy tomato sauce. The cost is minimal for the labor and love that goes into making these. They are packed tight with a lot of the filling and look elegant in presentation. I would be proud to bring these to a pot luck.
The pierogi are out of this world as are the cookies.
The staff are very warm and nice people.
We bring our own container, a big Rubber Maid plastic cake pan with lid other wise they will gladly put your yummies into a Styrofoam container.
Get there early, we were there last weekend at ten and we were told, they were almost out. We get about a dozen so I can freeze some for the work week and give some to our sons who live near by.
These taste home made, fresh and with quality ingredients.
They are open only on Saturdays from 8 am to 2 pm.
If you decide to get a lot of Cabbage Rolls for either Easter or Christmas Dinner, you need to call two weeks in advance and place a order.
If you want some home made comfort food, you can’t go wrong here. Whoever makes the food at St. Andrew’s Kitchen, really knows the art of fine cooking.
Lastly I believe this is carry out only, no dining in and they only accept cash. Very reasonably priced.

I can keep this short and sweet. I’ve tried pierogi from dozens of Polish delis in and around Chicago. My mom used to make her own and I have tried my hand at it. While everything these Ukrainian ladies and gentlemen make is quite good, they are the only ones who have come close to rivaling Busia’s sauerkraut peirogi. That is about the biggest compliment I can give.

Best pierogis, especially the cheese ones.

Having grown up in a Polish Ukranian household, pierogis were always a special treat since they were so time consuming to make. Now I can drive over on most Saturday’s and be in pierogi heaven! The potato are pure delight. We buy 8 dozen and eat 2 dozen on the way home. The rest we savor with sour cream until our next trip. We’ve also bought them frozen in case we have a pierogi craving on those few weekends that the kitchen is closed. Nothing better!

All right, Unilocalers in the know, know that I give my mom shout out’s for her Filipino cooking and compare Filipino restaurants to my mom’s cooking all the time.
What about my Mother in Law? Can St. Andrew meet the pierogi high bar set by my her? I love her home made pierogi, but she only makes them for Holidays or special occasions. So you can imagine how that weekly Saturday sign at St Andrew always beckons me to come by and order up some Pierogi to take home.
The verdict? St. Andrew’s Pierogi rocks. It’s not as good as my MIL’s, but it’s still delicious. As are the other goodies I purchased to bring home.
Potato Pierogi, Cheese Pierogi. Both very good. they were a bit doughy for my personal taste, but still very good! (tip from Ericka A – Stop for some sour cream before you get home!)
Smoked sausage – basically what I can get at one of the Eastern European delis around here, but it’s nice to be able to pick them up while I’m here.
Stuffed Cabbage *whispers* I hope my MIL doesn’t find out I’m saying this, but these were delicious and honestly rivals her home made stuffed cabbage rolls. I don’t know what St. Andrew’s kitchen did to them, but the cabbage didn’t have a lot of bitter flavor and the stuffing was really really good. It could have used more tomato sauce, but still quite delicious.
Best tip I’ve gotten from the reviews (ahem Osi V)? Call your order in! I called in at 845 am (before my workout) and told them I’d pick it up about 1015. While I was putting my change away, the gent behind me wanted to order some cabbage rolls but was told there were only 2 left! 1015 in the AM folks! They close at 2!

I must admit I was a little hesitant to just drive up to a church to buy some food but there was a sign on the street inviting the public to come on in and do exactly that. There was also a sign on the door of the building directly across from the beautiful church building indicating where to enter for pierogies. Upon entering, there is a small counter displaying the short menu and pastries complete with an ATM in case you forgot to bring the only form of currency accepted here – cash.
We ordered a little bit of almost everything including, potato, cheese, and sauerkraut pierogies, cabbage rolls, and kielbasa. I wanted to dig right in but there isn’t a place you can just sit down and do this so we took our wonderful smelling food home and picked up some sour cream on the way.
All the pierogies were fantastic and some of the best I’ve had. I’m far from a pierogie expert but I really enjoyed the fresh, delicate, chewy dough and flavorful fillings. This was the first time we’ve ever had cabbage rolls and we enjoyed them although I was slightly reminded of that canned Chef Boyardee tomato sauce smell and taste on the rolls. After I grilled up the kielbasa on my grill just enough to get the casing a little crisp for that snap, we dug in and really enjoyed the fresh smokey flavors and were thrilled to find that the kielbasa was not overly salty like the store bought variety.
It was a lot of food and it set me back $ 27 but it was more than enough for two meals between two hungry people. Quantity AND quality both being present, I’m sure I’ll be back for more in the future.

Imagine a world in which religions interact with the non-​religious not via political coercion and judgmental attitudes…
but rather!
…in the form of neighborhood kitchens offering, to all, unconditional love in the form of delicious homemade food and the most incredibly hospitable service.
This is what it all should be about: having a bite of love-​dumpling while gazing at grand old gleaming architecture.
I ordered a dozen cheese pierogi and some kolachky, while Wolf R. requested sausages. It was past noon and they were out of sausages – they suggested we call ahead to preorder next time. The amazingly sweet lady behind the counter didn’t want Wolf to go empty-​handed, however, so she brought out a half-​dozen potato pierogi for him for free! Amazing!
It was all delicious, especially the potato pierogi. We didn’t receive the onion topping mentioned in another review. Perhaps they were out, but definitely asking about that next time!

I just want to let every one know that this place inspired me to come up with the best pierogi recipe EVER and no, I’m not polish, if you couldn’t tell. ;)
Random Saturday morning, the only thing on my mind is getting to the Ukranian Church before 2 pm. These ladies got their ish together and know how to make things that sell! For $ 5 you can get a dozen pierogi and they will be some of the best you’ve ever had. I get two dozen… dinner for a week, holla!
They have Kolachky, polish sausage and cabbage rolls. For full descriptive details see Ericka A’s review… Oh yea. You can call your order ahead or wait about 10 minutes in line. Worth it though.
Don’t front, you know you want to get your butt over there and get some of that deliciousness.

I love all things Eastern European, especially the food. I spent a large chunk of my college years trekking through the Balkans, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, all the way to Poland and Ukraine. In some countries I had a better grasp of the languages than in others, but every single place spoke my language loud and clear. I’m not talking English — I’m talking ethnic cuisine, particularly carbs and meat. Furthermore, the culinary art of combining the two.
Pierogi are my weakness (Please note that they are spelled pierogi and not pierogis with an S. Pierogi is already plural. Don’t make me pull out my red grading pen!). I was eating them almost daily when I was in Poland and Ukraine. They are a staple there and I never found a bad one. My favorite are filled with meat, but I also like potato and cheese when done properly. I even continued to eat them here in the US because Chicago has such a huge population of Eastern Europeans that you can pretty much pick up a rock, chuck it in any direction and you’re likely to hit a store that sells this food (but I don’t encourage vandalizing). I have found it’s a little harder to locate these shops in the suburbs, but it’s not completely hopeless.
A couple friends raved about the St. Andrew Ukrainian Kitchen and I live relatively close to the Orthodox Church. I pass it a couple times a week and always marvel at how beautiful it is. I had no idea that they also prepared and sold food, so I did a little research — Everything is prepared by the St. Sophia Sisterhood and the St. Andrew Brotherhood. Food is sold out of the Kitchen (the common building to the right when you enter the grounds) on Saturdays from 8am until 2pm, but you will want to arrive early or pre-​order to guarantee you get what you want. I arrived around 11am and nabbed the last 8 pastries.
Their menu isn’t huge, but there is a decent assortment and it makes ordering very simple. They offer 1 Dozen Pierogi/​Varenyky/​Pelmeni in Potato, Cheese or Sauerkraut for $ 5. You can also order 2 Kielbasa links for $ 8 or Stuffed Cabbage Rolls/​Holubtsi/​vGolabki/​Golubtsy/​Sarma for $ 2. Kolachky are 50c each and come in different flavors (Cherry is quite good). They also make fresh White Bread and Rye Bread and sell Honey from a farm. There are specialty items (Smoked Bacon, European-​style cakes, etc) on sale for holiday events.
I spent about 15 – 20 minutes standing in line, placing my order and patiently waiting for my Styrofoam take-​out containers of goodness (I hear lines can be out the door in nicer weather). Everything was hot enough to eat as soon as I got it, but I stopped at the local Jewel-​Osco to get Sour Cream for the Pierogi (Do this!). By the time I got home the food was still pretty warm, but I placed it in the microwave for a couple minutes and it was good to go. It blew my mind! If «The Old Country» had a taste then this would be it, and I was able to feed 3 people for $ 20. This is the real deal, so you HAVE to stop in on a Saturday and see what’s cookin’.
CASH ONLY
TAKE-​OUT ONLY