APTEKA

"CRAPTEKA REVIEW!!! It was my roommate's birthday on Monday and after I sang the praises of Apteka, she wanted to go, so I took her for her birthday. Upon looking up the menu, we found out about the burger joint event, and were cautiously thrilled for a different experience. The wait was longer, but we waited as they opened to be put on a list, so we were able to go home and come back an hour later. CRAPTEKA'S service is incredibly fast, all of our food came within 10 minutes of us sitting down other than our desserts, but the bottom line is that these meals were ridiculously good. It's incredibly flavor forward, and every menu item had us shocked that it was vegan/vegetarian. We got the kebab, the swamp burger, and the yuba BBQ, along with two orders of fries (very generous servings) with fantasy mayo (amazing). We drank a hurricane and a whiskey sour, which were great. Dessert was the cake and the shake, both were divine, but that cake was uniquely amazing. If you can make it out before CRAPTEKA is done for the year, you'll have an incredible experience. //I've been hoping to go to Apteka for quite some time, and finally I was able to go last week. We showed up a little before open, and there was a short line. An employee came out, gave us menus, and explained that we order at the bar and then are seated. We got the choice to sit inside or outside (we chose outside), and were able to keep our menus. The wait was very short, and gave us plenty of time to peruse the menu. I was glad we chose to sit outside, the tables were further away from the tables inside, the heat lamps kept it warm, and the atmosphere was spectacular. We joked that we felt like we were drafting up military movements. To drink, we got the nasza gorzka and the gin drink with orange wine I believe, which were delicious. We took a while to drink them, and they were delicious all the way down, never felt like they got watered down. For the appetizer, we got the placinta, which was lovely, a great and filling appetizer, but the real show came with our entrees. We had the smazone pierogi and the pierogi z ziemniakami. The smazone had two types of fried pierogi, and they were absolutely delicious; I'd recommend this for a first timer as it was very approachable. I really enjoyed the dandelion greens pierogi, it had so much umami flavor, but the sauerkraut one was also amazing. The ziemniakami was definitely something you have to slow down and enjoy. It's a very classic potato and cabbage pierogi with çwikla (beet and horseradish) and czarna salsa (like a salsa negra but the peppers are replaced with Zanzibar black peppercorns and mixed with smoked and black garlic and spices for days). The czarna salsa is absolutely what makes this dish, it's divine and unique to Apteka, and if you get a bite with everything and focus first on the peppercorn, you go through a beautiful exploration of these incredibly simple ingredients that truly is a gift. I recommend trying everything on a bite of the pierogi first, then breaking it all down and appreciating each bit. We finally had the smazone jablka w ciescie, which you have to let the waitstaff know you're ready for about 10 minutes in advance. This is an absolutely mind-blowing dessert. It is thinly sliced apples lightly battered and fried into indescribably delicious flat donuts. It's what you always wanted apple pastries or apple pie to taste like for every single bite. This is to die for. I was so grateful to have this experience, and I recommend everyone comes and takes their time with their food. This is an experience where if you take the time to get to know the flavors, you will be rewarded. I cannot wait to come back."

"We loved Apteka! The food was interesting and delicious. It satisfied my GF vegan preferences and my husband's omni tastes. The drinks were an extra special treat. The whole experience was one of a kind."

"My friends and I went there on Sunday night at around 7 without a reservation. We did not have to wait to be seated at the patio. The service at the restaurant is nice. We ordered an appetizer, three dishes and a dessert. The food is amazing and the price is really really good. The appetizer is Zakaski. It has several kinds of pickles and is served with 4 pieces of bread (2 pieces / kind). All the pickles taste good. The pierogi ziemniakami tastes good. I love the stuffing. It tastes good with the cream and the sauce. The Kluski Slaskie is the potato dumpling, which is quite different from the dumplings I had. The dumpling has no stuffing inside. It tastes like flour ball, but super chewy and the sauce is tasty. The Golabki uses the cabbage to wrap the rice and other stuff. It looks astonishing and tastes good. We ordered the peirnik for dessert. It tastes amazing. If I had not been so full, we would definitely order another one. In summary, I enjoy all the dishes we ordered and I am willing to go to the restaurant again and try out all these dishes again."

"Food was not particularly interesting or flavorful, but fun to try. Service was great and the atmosphere was unique. They were amazing with accommodating food allergies for one member of our group."

"Very nice to remember Eastern Europe through this healthy tasty vegan food. Everything was delicious from the first bite to the last one. We tasted the cold summer soup, Silesian dumplings, fried pierogi and cherry pie with icecream. No more words to say, everything just super flavorful and you don't miss the animal part at all."