Just look at that beauty of a building!
Here's Milan in 2011, when the next-door Smolen Bar & Grill was about to turn into Mary's
and here's Smolen in '09 when it was still a functioning bar.
The White Eagle Tavern left Fifth well before Smolen, & last summer word spread that Eagle Provisions was up for sale, but there's no change of ownership, or any sign of the place being on the market today. Things look much the same there, & the Zawisny brothers are still running the show, but farther north, at the more recent Jubilat, business is decidedly brisker. You can still buy provisions, thank goodness - I served a cold-weather kasha varnishkes with kielbasa and pirogis last week - but there's no sit-down spot around here for some Slavic soul food. Now that's a shame.
A Milan review: Slovakian Fare Hearty Enough to Chase a Chill (NY Times, 1998)
Earlier links:
Real Estate Monday: Eagle for Sale
St. Mary's Chapel
24th
25th
Real Estate Monday (Eagle Tavern) & Stop Order (more Eagle)
And some more of those old Czechoslovakian customs...
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