City Winery Wine On Tap Available At Veselka East Village Until War Ends With 100% Of Proceeds Helping To Feed Ukraine
New York, NY (June 2023) — City Winery and Veselka continue their support for Ukraine each making a $10,000 donation to World Central Kitchen, a not-for-profit non-governmental organization founded by José Andrés devoted to providing meals in the wake of natural disasters. The businesses teamed up in December 2022 with a painted barrel serving City Winery wine on tap donating 100% of proceeds, and will keep the wine flowing at Veselka until the war ends.
Located in Veselka’s East Village restaurant, coined as “Ukrainian Village,” each glass of wine costs $10 and all proceeds go directly to the people of Ukraine to help keep them fed. Veselka is located at 144 2nd Avenue and is open Monday – Saturday from 8am to 12am, and 8am and 11pm on Sundays.
About City Winery
City Winery, founded in 2008 by Michael Dorf, delivers a unique culinary and cultural experience to urban wine enthusiasts passionate about music. Each City Winery offers intimate concerts, upscale dining, private event spaces, and a fully functioning winery. To date, City Winery has locations in New York, Chicago, Nashville, Atlanta, Boston, Philadelphia, St. Louis and Pittsburgh. In 2020, City Winery opened Hudson Valley, a hydro-powered winery, vineyard, restaurant, outdoor concert venue and private events space at the historic Montgomery Mills. Other concepts run by the company include City Winery in Grand Central Terminal, City Vineyard at Pier 26, City Winery at Rockefeller Center, and City Winery Chicago at the Riverwalk. Michael Dorf explains his success and outlines his career in his book, Indulge Your Senses: Scaling Intimacy in a Digital World. See www.citywinery.com for details.
About Veselka
Veselka, which means rainbow in Ukrainian, was founded by Volodymyr and Olha Darmochwal in 1954. Volodymyr and his wife were Ukrainian refugees in the late 1940s and found a home in the Little Ukraine neighborhood of the lower east side of Manhattan. Ever since then, Veselka has grown from a small newsstand into a 24 hour gathering place, serving up Ukrainian soul food with traditional dishes like Pierogi/Varenyky, Stuffed Cabbage, Potato Pancakes, Blintzes and Goulash to the delight of locals and visitors alike. The restaurant, now owned and operated by Volodymyr’s grandson, Jason Birchard, was owned and operated by Tom Birchard for many years, the son in law of the original founders. Throughout the restaurant’s 69 year history, it has been expanded several times, been featured in many prominent films (such as Ocean’s 8, Trainwreck and Juno) along with numerous features in local and national publications. Veselka is, put simply, an institution of New York City. Beyond the acclaim and popularity amongst it’s customers, Veselka continues to be a pillar in the local Ukrainian community. Ukrainians mostly comprise it’s staff and the ownership remain very active in the local community, supporting the Ukrainian National Institute, Razom for Ukraine, and local St. George’s Church via food and monetary donations on a regular basis.
