Everything is bigger in Big D. Dallas is the largest city in the enormous Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, and one of the largest cities in both Texas and in the United States. Dallas is a center of business and technology, but the city also has a number of the finer things in life, such as museums, theaters, galleries and live music venues. You can find many kinds of restaurants in the DFW area. Fans of Russian food can not only find several restaurants, but Russian gifts and groceries as well.
Euro Deli has two locations near Dallas, one on Coit Road in the nearby Dallas suburb of Richardson, and the other in Plano, named Euro Deli Too. Euro Deli offers traditional Russian food and groceries imported from Russia, Europe and the former Soviet republics. The deli has no set menu but makes fresh sandwiches to order while you wait. Customers can then take home Russian frozen foods, baked goods, dairy, beverages and meats.
Euro Deli
670 Coit Road
Richardson, TX 75080
972-234-8052
Euro Deli Too
6832 Coit Road
Plano, TX 75023
972-312-0244
Russian Banya is located close to Dallas in Carrollton. Russian Banya opened in Dallas in 2006 and is owned and operated by Anatoly Goldschmid and his family. The restaurant has dine-in, banquet and take-out menus featuring traditional Russian dishes like borscht, pickled herring, dumplings and home-style pork stew. Russian Banya is unique in that it also features spa facilities, with a steam room, sauna and cold plunge pool. As of 2010, the Russian Banya spa held special promotions such as weekly Ladies Days, when women are admitted at discounted rates, and Children's Days, when children under 12 are free.
Russian Banya
2515 E. Rosemeade, Suite 401
Carrollton, TX 75007
214-483-5050
russianbanyaofdallas.com
Taste of Europe is located just outside Dallas in Arlington. Taste of Europe has a full-service restaurant as well as European groceries and gifts. Guests can order appetizers like crepes with red caviar, pickled vegetables or a sausage sampler, and them move on to cabbage rolls, Siberian dumplings, pirogues, meat blintzes and beef stroganoff. Customers can then finish off their meals with Russian cookies, cakes, crepes topped with Russian preserves or Russian chocolate candies. Taste of Europe is only open until 5 p.m. on Sundays and is closed on Mondays, but serves both lunch and dinner every other day of the week.
Taste of Europe
1901 W. Pioneer Parkway
Arlington, TX 76013
817-275-5530
tasteofeuropetx.com