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Serving traditional rusyn, polish, czech, & lithuanian dishes just like granny used to do

PoLa Pickles & Pierogi was birthed from the crazy idea that certain traditions should be preserved--the most important one being really good scratch made food to stuff your face with whenever you have a deep desire to blow your diet and have zero regrets. So, when given the chance to bring Tali’s grandparent’s long used and adored pierogi recipes to the south, saying no was simply not an option.

Derek and Tali moved to New Orleans in 2018 and put their 3 year plan in motion. The goal was to get pierogi and other Eastern European dishes into the hands of anyone who was missing a taste of home or who were wanting to fall in love with a different kind of cuisine.

Here at PP & P , we do our best to source our ingredients and all the other things that we need to use in order to get our food into your mouth from the people who help make New Orleans special. Sometimes this works well and sometimes it doesn’t. Seasons, availability, the whole Covid thing, people who like us and want to give us things, people who don’t, and things of that unpredictable nature play the biggest roles. We try to make everything from scratch and when we can’t, we make sure to find the best local businesses who can make things for us. After all, sometimes it’s just not feasible to blow your own glass jars or make buttloads of homemade vinegar. That said, we try. Very hard.