RESTAURANT PETRUSHKA
EASTERN EUROPEAN CUISINE
Phone 619-298-4007
Petrushka has merged with Pomegranate,
the restaurant that first gave birth to it,
in the large space in the middle of the block
at 2312 El Cajon Blvd., San Diego, CA 92104.
To see the merged menu, please visit the Pomegranate web site
This page was last updated: April 25, 2011
This site has been visited times since April 3, 2010.
My babushka was born in Slovakia, in the old Austro-Hungarian Empire, where her parents were engaged in the food trade. A dashing Hungarian hussar swept her off her feet with his Sachertorte, and he became my dedushka. They were stationed in Romania, but after several years of living and cooking there, she ran away with a handsome Polish lancer and his bigos. After he was cashiered, they settled in Serbia, where the family history is a trifle vague, but there are stories of special soups and Gypsy caravans. By no means am I implying that my granda was a whore, simply she was a culinary opportunist and explorer, and far ahead of her time in trying to stitch up the Balkans. Thank God she did not end up in Detroit.
