Taste of Home, LLC

Whose «home» cooking are you tasting here anyways?
I own a Soviet era cookbook, published in Moscow in 1955; it contains recipes from every corner of the former Soviet empire. The inside cover includes an imprimatur from Joseph Stalin. Loosely translated it reads: «Our revolution gave us not only freedom and material wealth — but also the opportunity to assimilate many foods and many cultures into our prosperous lives.» Eerily enough, you might say the same about NYC these days — especially when it comes to food!
It is a misnomer to call the TOH menu Russian — because it offers tastes from many of the 15 constituent cultures that made up the former Soviet Union, including many traditions from central Asia.
I call it Eurasian fusion…
But first and foremost this is comfort food — Soviet style — endorsed by Uncle Joe — both reasonably priced and delicious! I have been taking out from TOH for years and the quality remains as good as ever.
Recently the staff has taken on a strong central asian flavor, although the Russian language remains ubiquitous — and the younger staff speaks English quite well. This evolution is reflected in an emphasis on central asian offerings like samsa, plov, cheburek, chachapuri and many variations of eggplant salad seasoned with walnuts and pomegranate. These are very authentic preparations and their quality reminds me not to waste my time driving to Brighton Beach whenever I have the need for an Uzbekh or Georgian food fix.
I come mostly for the very well prepared Central European foods like the siberski pelmeny, sour cherry filled varrennyky, kotletky, blintzes, chicken kiev, all sorts of goulash in gravy with mushrooms, stuffed cabbage, various buckwheat preparations — and the list goes on and on.
Their decadent desserts are like a cholesterol IV — rich, creamy, sweet and hard to put down. They look impressive too.
Perhaps the best thing about TOH is that they are an active catering business and for a very reasonable price, they will have the mamsa’s in the back hand make the food fresh — to your order. A great show at a small plate party — makes it look like you spent a week cooking exotic stuff for your guests.
Top tip: If you like lamb — Make sure to ask the ladies to substitute lamb for beef in the dumplings and samsa — it makes all the difference!

Amazing spot!
1) I will recommend getting the samsa, cheburek, golubtzi, zrazi, blintzes with chicken, and grechaniki. Next time, I will get lullah and pelmeni.
2) I loved the Russian honey cake and Napoleon pastry for dessert.
3) Price is very reasonable.

Fantastic food that gave me a sense of nostalgia. I’ve been coming back ever since, just to try something else I haven’t had in years. Also introduced some of my friends to real Russian food — excellent place.
p. s.: The location marker has been fixed, so the directions should be accurate now. It’s right across the street from the Chase Bank parking lot.

Talking about grandmas home cooking!
Awesome food, very cheap!
The «cheese patties» are the best I’ve had in years, and the home made dumplings are worth to buy and freeze at home for a late night craving. Try them with soy sauce!

Best actually home style cooked food around!
There are three Russian/​Ethnic stores in my immediate area, and hands down this is the place with the best cooked food. It’s also the most expensive for cooked food, but it’s worth it.
It really is home style cooking, the salads, the meats, the pelmeni… just like you would cook at home, but without the cleanup.
Highly recommend giving them a shot, and I’m tempted to stop by after work to pick up dinner. If there is anything in particular you want to try, give them a call and place and order. On weeks when I’m busy I often order food to last 3 – 4 days, and save myself the trouble of cooking.

Forgot to note, in terms of packaged desserts, I mean the ones on the counter, in terms of the Napoleon or the cherry cake, or honey cake, or anything similar, it’s excellent.
They added a full menu in English as well (as well as a proper one in Russian.)
I’d recommend almost everything except for some of the packaged desserts (which are from various other bakeries)
They also sell Tamek, a delicious sour cherry juice, for pretty low prices.
The main people working there now also speak english mostly fluently so there shouldn’t be a problem anymore.

This was the greatest dinner I have ever had. Taste of home is a Russian deli With fresh salads and homemade food. Try to top this: Chicken with vegetables, pierogies, beef patties and fresh salads. It was as if you grandmother spent 3 weeks Cooking it. Sooooooo good.
Please try, no tables just take out.

Excellent quality, and a fantastic variety of interesting prepared foods. A real find.