Skovorodka

HopStop

View on Large Map
Get Directions

Be the first of your friends to review this location.

+ Add Photos

00000 - 00000 of 00000

+ Add A Photo

00,000 of 00,000

615 Brighton Beach Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11235

718-615-3096

Be the first to review Write A Review

Critics'
Pick
Best Russian
Award Winner 2011

Cuisine(s): Georgian, Russian

Hours: Daily 12pm-10pm

Price: $$$
Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards

Features: Wheelchair Accessible

Serving: Dinner, Lunch
Alcohol: Full bar

Reservations: Accepted

Parking: Street

Description

Skovorodka ("The Skillet") is one of the new, family-style Russian restaurants that eschews the glitzy, Casio-driven floorshow that's standard in the old-guard places of Brighton Beach. The menu takes a pan-post-Soviet approach, with Russian, Georgian, Azerbaijani, Uzbek, and even Turkish and Israeli dishes on the menu. The whole smoked mackerel makes a wonderful cheap starter, and so does katchapouri (here spelled "hatchapouri"), a Georgian flatbread oozing white cheese. For mains, go for the chicken tabaka (an entire fried bird paved with crushed garlic) or kupati (a pork sausage laced with pomegranate syrup, and not all that sweet). And don't miss the dull-sounding "potato with mushrooms."

2011 | Best Russian

If you're tired of the Casio-thumping Russian restaurants of Brighton Beach and their ilk, where how much you're tipping commands more attention than the ditzy floor show, drop by Skovorodka ("the Skillet"), a Russian restaurant where the menu becomes the center of attention. That bill of fare is a compendium of post-Soviet cuisine, including Russian, Georgian, Azerbaijani, Uzbek, and even Turkish selections. 615 Brighton Beach Avenue, Brooklyn, 718-615-3096 (11235) More »
2010 | Best Chicken Tabaka

Brighton Beach is home to a slew of Russian restaurants, many of them founded on the Vegas nightclub model. But under the Q tracks lurks Skovorodka ("The Skillet"), a family-style restaurant that eschews the Casio-pounding, sequins-wearing floor shows of the other spots, offering instead home-style fare of the former Soviet republics, including the Georgian standard, chicken tabaka--a pullet flattened like a pancake, bones and all, fried to a deep brown, and paved with crushed garlic.... More »

Even the Watermelon Gets Pickled at Skovorodka

By Robert Sietsema | Tue, March 16, 2010

The mix of Russian restaurants in Brighton Beach has changed profoundly in the past few years. While the typical establishment was once a giant nightclubby place like the National, where Casio-pounding entertainers in sequins regaled tables of vod... More »

Main Menu

Entrées
Spoon’s 5 Course Tasting Menu 65/Person (Requires Participation of Entire Table) Complete the Experience with Sommelier-Paired Wines 35/Person

$19.00

“chicken + Dumplings”
kennedy’s farm chicken breast, ricotta gnocchi, spring onions, fava beans, forest mushrooms, lemon + tarragon essence

$34.00

*Grilled Filet + Braised Beef Short Ribs
garlic + creme fraiche whipped potatoes, baby arugula + bleu cheese salad, roasted baby vegetables, natural reduction

$28.00

Crispy Skin Striped Bass
artichoke + spinach + goat cheese ravioli, haricot verts, saffron + shellfish essence, gremolata aioli

$28.00

*Miso Glazed Alaskan Black Cod
prawn + pork potstickers, hot + sour mushroom broth, sesame broccolini, braised diakon, orange + chili glaze, sweet soy reduction, micro-cilantro

$19.00

Vegetarian “tasting”
chickpea + tomato + artichoke stew, garlic + roasted pepper coulis, three grain salad, potato + pea samosa

$21.00

“meat + Potatoes”:
marinated hanger steak, grilled housemade chorizo, duck fat fried potatoes, chimichurr

$26.00
Add Foie Gras $26.00

Pan-Seared Wild Alaskan Halibut:
short rib “cannellonis”, tomato fondue, asparagus, sweet onion puree, choron sauce

$14.00

*Spoon Burger
8 oz. kobe beef, aged white cheddar cheese, parmesan + herb fries, challah bun

$26.00

Day Boat Scallops + Grilled Prawns
summer rissotto, fava beans, asparagus, lemon buerre blanc

$19.00

Fresh Made Pappardelle Pasta
braised lamb, oven roasted tomatoes, english peas, pickled pearl onions, feta cheese, pea shoots, natural jus

$6.00

Roasted Baby Vegetables:

$7.00

Grilled Asparagus

$4.00

Garlic + Creme Fraiche Whipped Potatoes

$5.00

Sesame Broccolini

Hot + Cold Appetizers

$8.00

Lobster Bisque + “cblt”
crispy chicken skin, pork belly, heirloom tomato + arugula b.l.t., spicy mayo

$7.00
With Grilled Chicken $12.00
With White Anchovies $10.00

Classic Caesar
romaine hearts, shaved parmesan, garlic croutons

$9.00

Gorgonzola Blue Cheese Soufflé
stone fruit salad, candied walnuts, gorgonzola cheese, baby arugula, honey + white balsamic vinaigrette

$14.00

Duo of Sashimi
yellowtail, ahi, sesame + soy vinaigrette, wasabi aioli, seaweed salad

$6.00

“fried Chicken”
crispy chicken thighs, housemade kimchi, mac + cheese, go chu jang

$7.00

Deconstructed Bahn Mi
shrimp + pork meatballs, country terrine, pickled carrots + diakon + jalapenos, baquette, edamame + wasabi puree, spicy hoisin glaze

$10.00

Prime New York Carpaccio
whole grain mustard + horseradish vinaigrette, haricots verts, baby greens, sunny side up quail egg

$9.00

Crispy Duck Confit
pickled rhubarb, potato moussiline, strawberry compote

$8.00

Garden Vegetable Baby Mix Green Salad
golden harvest farm baby mix greens, fresh garden vegetables, champagne vinaigrette

$7.00

*“bacon + Eggs”
cunningham farms crispy pork belly, 5-minute poached egg, asparagus, hollandaise

Looking for another city?

Skovorodka

615 Brighton Beach Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11235

718-615-3096

Description

2011 | Best Russian

2010 | Best Chicken Tabaka

Even the Watermelon Gets Pickled at Skovorodka

By Robert Sietsema | Tue, March 16, 2010

Voice Places

VOICE Daily Deals

Best Of...

My Voice Nation

Happy Hour