Robert’s Russian Cuisine

Since 1991, this strip mall restaurant has served a broad mix of Eastern European and Armenian cuisine. You’ll find more well-known staples of the latter like chicken lula and eggplant caviar, but more esoteric dishes like Ukrainian vareniki (half moons stuffed with potatoes and onions) and Georgian khinkali (spiced beef and onion dumpling resembling oversized xiaolongbao) are the reason to pay Robert’s a visit. More divisive dishes like red caviar (a.k.a. salmon eggs) and mayonnaise-heavy Olivier salad also make an appearance on the menu: all the better for anyone hoping for a traditional spread beloved by Russian-speaking immigrants from the former Soviet Union.