Pierogi One is serving traditional Polish comfort food in Sand Lake, with a menu centered on potato dishes, dumplings and familiar Central European flavors.
Owners Iwona Wawer and Pawel Redestowicz, longtime friends originally from Poland, opened the restaurant after Wawer moved from New York to Orlando and found fewer local options for the European ingredients and foods she knew. Their aim, according to Orlando Weekly, is to offer traditional Polish cooking made with traditional Polish products.
The menu includes borscht with onions, beans and potatoes for $8.50; pork schnitzel with cucumber salad and potato salad for $21.50; and stuffed cabbage, or gołąbki, filled with beef, pork and rice in tomato sauce for $18.50.
A kielbasa platter costs $21 and comes with pickles, mustard, a potato pancake and pierogi. The restaurant’s pierogi can be ordered boiled or pan-seared. Savory varieties include mushroom and sauerkraut and spinach and feta, priced at $11.50 for six; they are served with sour cream and caramelized onions. Sweet pierogi, including blueberry, are also on the menu.
Pierogi One is at 8865 Commodity Circle in Sand Lake. Its dining room is described by Orlando Weekly as intimate, with homemade apple cake and strawberry kompot among the offerings.
