St. Petersburg

You want Russian? This place is real Russian (or as Russian as you can get in the old Robbinsdale American Legion building.) Russian owners, Russian cooks, Russian wait staff, Russian décor, Russian music, Russian customers, Russian food, Russian vodka. Lots of Russian food. Lots of Russian vodka. We’ve been there three times now and have 10 pounds and three headaches to show for it. It starts with the appetizers. Get the smoked fish plate (serves three) and the pickled vegetables. The fish plate comes with salmon, sturgeon and, as you’d expect, caviar. Good bread with lots of sweet butter under the fish gets you going. You cut those nutritious Omega 3 fatty acids with hot pickled tomatoes, spicy carrot slaw and cabbage. Wash it down with the signature St. Petersburg martini, which they should call the Chernobyl, and then proceed to the Chicken Kiev or the Bolshevik sirloin. Or even better, just order another fish plate and martini. Have a salad tomorrow.