Restaurants · East Village and the Lower East Side
Veselka
Veselka is a Ukrainian diner on Second Avenue in Manhattan's East Village, opened in 1954 and open around the clock for much of its history.
Why it matters
Included for its role in the East Village's Ukrainian quarter, which the surrounding institutions - a church, a museum and a credit union - still mark on the same few blocks.
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