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116 Ave. C New York, NY 10009

212-353-8000 

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  • Serbian
    Sun 12pm-11pm, Mon-Thu 5pm-11pm, Fri 5pm-1am, Sat 12pm-1am
    $$$
  • All Major Credit Cards
    Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout
    Dinner, Snack Food
  • Full bar
    Accepted, Required for Large Parties
    No Parking
Description

Claiming to be the city's only Serbian restaurant, Kafana ("cafe;") serves food that overlaps about 80 percent with other Balkan restaurants in town, including several novel configurations of the burek which may make this East Village watering hole worth a visit on their own. Gibanica takes those elements; cheese, egg, and phyllo; and reassorts them so the result is gloriously like mac-and-cheese. The ground meat cevapi and pljeskavica (onion-laced sausages and patties, respectively) are memorable for their inclusion of pork in the mixture, in addition to the usual beef and lamb. Finally, there's zito, a heap of sweetened wheat berries that tastes positively medieval.







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  • 2011 | Best Serbian

    Kafana claims to be the city's only Serbian restaurant, and they might be right. Ensconced in a charming, wood-clad premises that resembles a cottage in a fairytale, the kitchen turns out the greatest hits of Balkan cooking, including finger-shaped skinless sausages called cevapi (here made with a combination of beef, lamb, and pork), vegetable-stuffed turnovers known as pites, and jagnjeca kapama--a fascinating stew of lamb and spinach. 116 Avenue C, 212-353-8000, kafananyc.com (10009) More »

  • 2008 | Serbian

    The city's first Serbian restaurant popped up on the rootin'-tootin' East Village frontier this year. The cevapi (skinless sausages) at Kafana are ground from a lamb, beef, and pork combo, and the mixed-mammal formula results in superior grilled flavor. More »

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  • Serbian Cuisine at Kafana: Fundamental Belgrade

    Serbian Cuisine at Kafana: Fundamental Belgrade

    By Robert Sietsema | Wed, July 09, 2008

    The mid-priced segment of the restaurant industry has been conquered by cooking-school graduates who create, plate, and garnish food in predictable ways, littering their menus with buzzwords, faddish ingredients, and ungainly combinations. I've as... More »

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    thevillagevoicebestof | New York, NY | 84 Reviews

    | Sun, May 10, 2009

    The city's first Serbian restaurant popped up on the rootin'-tootin' East Village frontier this year. The cevapi (skinless sausages) at Kafana are ground from a lamb, beef, and pork combo, and the mixed-mammal formula results in superior grilled flavor.

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Main Menu
Appetizers
$6.95
Soup Of The Day
$12.95
Meat Meze
assorted dried and smoked meat
$8.95
Cheese Meze
assorted cheeses
$5.95
Gibanica - Cheese Pie
traditional phyllo pastry pie with cow feta cheese
$5.95
Zeljanica - Spinach Pie
traditional phyllo pastry pie with spinach and cow feta cheese
$5.95
Add Smoked Meat $2.00
Lepinja Sa Kajmakom
traditional bread served warm with creamy spread
$9.95
Girice Sa Urnebes Sosom
fried spearing with urnebes souse
Salads
$7.95
Sopska
tomato, cucumber & onion with cow feta cheese
$5.95
Kupus
chopped cabbage, oil & vinegar
$5.95
Pecena Paprika
roasted red peppers, garlic, oil & vinegar
$7.95
Celer I Cvekla
celery root & beet salad
$5.95
Zelena
romaine hearts and scallions
Main Dishes
$14.95
Karadjordjeva
pan seared schnitzel rolled with ham & creamy spread
$13.95
Jagnjeca Kapama
lamb & spinach stew
$10.95
Prebranac
traditional baked beans
$13.95
Prebranac Sa Seljackom Kobasicom
traditional baked beans with peasant sausage
$13.95
Corbast Pasulj Sa Dimljenim Rebarcima
beans stew with smoked baby back ribs
From the Grill
$11.95
Cevapi
traditional grilled minced meat
$11.95
Seljacka Kobasica
peasant sausage
$12.95
Dimljena Vesalica
thinly sliced smoked pork loin
$11.95
Rolovane Suve Sljive I Dzigerica
prunes stuffed with walnuts & cheese rolled in bacon with chicken liver rolled in bacon
$14.95
Krmenadla
pork chop
$31.95
Mesano Meso
mixed grill - all of the above for two
$11.95
Pljeskavica
traditional serbian burger
 
Riba Na Zaru
fish of the day market price
$12.95
Pileci Raznj Ici
chicken kebabs
$2.00
Sa Kajmakom
additional creamy spread
Sides
$5.95
Pomfrit
fries
$5.95
Grilovano Povrce
grilled vegetables
$5.95
Pire Krompir
mashed potato
$5.95
Blitva
swiss chard w/boiled potato and garlic
Desserts
$5.95
Zito
wheat, sugar, nuts
$5.95
Pita Sa Visnjama
sour cherry pie
$5.95
Palacinke
crepes w/ jam or chocolate
$5.95
Reforma
chocolate and walnut cake

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