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Russian Samovar

256 W. 52nd St. (Broadway & Eighth Ave.) Send to Phone
New YorkNY 10019
212-757-0168
Come for the vodka; stay for the vodka.

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Dinner nightly

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If you speak Russian, you probably will feel especially at home in this rowdy haunt of New York's Russian-émigré elite. The décor has a few old-country touches, a pianist plays nightly and the menu features such Russian standbys as foie gras pâté, herring, and blinis with caviar for starters and entrées like the salmon troika (Norwegian salmon encrusted with smoked salmon and stuffed with salmon mousse) and the perennial favorite, chicken Kiev. For dessert, choose among an assortment of French pastries. The raison d'être here is the party atmosphere. After a few vodkas, you'll understand.

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