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By UACC, November 16, 2011 12:27 am

Friday at 6:00pm – Saturday at 2:00am

Listen to the soft rustle of the bronze colored leaves. See the morning mist float over the river at daybreak. Yes, its time to harvest the holubtsi. (Holubtsi is the Ukrainian name for stuffed cabbage rolls)

On Friday, November 18, come to the Ukrainian Social Club for an event celebrating old world charm and the dreamy golden days of autumn: Holubtsi Harvest. Try holubtsi, an essential dish of traditional Ukrainian cookery. Resident chef, Mrs. H will have the windows of Buffalo’s oldest Ukrainian social club steamed up from 5:30 to 11 pm, serving handmade holubtsi dinners, along with other Ukrainian food like pierogi with carmelized onions and peppery traditional borscht. DJ Ihor will compliment the evening with obscure No Wave and indie rock created during the days of glasnost.

Lounge around at the club’s chic full-service bar, which features an array of heady Ukrainian beers by Obolon, along with European and American beer and liquor. As if that wasn’t enough, enjoy an exhibition of paintings inspired by Ukrainian heritage, by Lila Krehbiel.

Menu:

Holubtsi (cabbage rolls) – rice, meat & mushroom stuffed, with tomato sauce. Served with a classic Ukrainian lettuce salad, with onion (oil & vinegar) $4

Pierogi Dinner (six) – boiled dumplings with carmelized onion.
Choice of stuffings: potato, sauerkraut, or farmer’s cheese filling. $6

Combination Plate – Three pierogies and one cabbage roll $5

Ukrainian borscht with dumplings and mushrooms (cup) $2

Frozen pierogies to go (12) $8

To place your order for food at the Club, grab a menu from a table or the bar. You place your order at the door in the rear and somebody carries a tray to where you’re sitting or standing. Kitchen and bar is cash only.

Free admission. No credit cards. Family-friendly, but bar open to 21+ only with required ID.

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By UACC, August 17, 2011 12:00 am

Twenty years ago

On August 24, it will be the 20th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence from the former USSR.  While this is definitely something to celebrate, it’s been a rough road for an independent Ukraine.  UK’s Guardian news website breaks down how Ukraine and the former Soviet countries are doing, 20 years on.  Click here to read the article and see the infographic.

Enough of politics!  Come to club this Thursday or Friday and celebrate an independent Ukraine.  Yuri H will be your host bartender both nights and he’ll be offering “Independence Pub Night Specials” and Ukrainian trivia questions. On Friday night starting at 5:30 pm, it’s your last chance to enjoy authentic homemade Mexican food prepared by Chef Aaron.  If you haven’t tried our summer Mexican kitchen yet, we promise you that it’s the best Mexican food available in Buffalo.  Hands down. And not too spicy.

Upcoming Events:

August 21
Ukrainian American Day Festival at Dnipro Cultural Center

September 10
DJ’s from Outer Space at Dnipro Cultural Center

September 24
Oktoberfest celebration featuring live music by the Auslanders

October 15
UACC Pig Roast* (note the change of date)

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By UACC, July 14, 2011 12:46 pm

We’re okay!

Dear Friends:

Our Black Rock neighborhood had quite the scare yesterday with the Niagara Lubricants fire.

But our beautiful and historic club is thankfully unscathed. Come share your fire stories with other club members tonight or tomorrow night at the Club…

Kitchen News
Surprise your friends with Mexican food at a Ukrainian Club!  Aaron’s Cocina Mexicana at the Club is amazing.  The cocina will be open every Friday evening through August 19 (except next Friday, July 22..see below).  After you place your food order in the kitchen, Aaron brings you complimentary tortillas and homemade fresh salsa, while you wait for your meal.  He’s offering four types of dinners, all priced at $9.  All dinners come with refried beans, Mexican rice, salsa and your choice of corn or flour tortilla.

Club Schedule:

Tonight (Thursday, July 14) your host bartender will be Steve K.  Tomorrow, Friday (July 15), Danusia and Steve will be hosting. Come visit them!!!!

Upcoming Events:

Spaghetti Night – Like Mama Used to Make!
Next week (Friday, July 22)
Experience Mama’s delicious spaghetti dinners, featuring her secret homemade sauce.  Dinners come with garden salad and garlic bread.  All for only $6.  Mama’s expecting you, so you better visit.

Just like Mama used to make.

We hope to see you soon!

-Your friends at the Club

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By UACC, July 6, 2011 12:00 pm

Straight out of Vancouver

Dear Friends:

Nash Holos (which means “our voice,” in Ukrainian) is a bilingual Ukrainian-themed radio program broadcasting straight out of Vancouver, BC Canada.

The program is like a variety show.  It’s broadcast in English (with some Ukrainian here and there).  Listen to contemporary and traditional Ukrainian music and stories about a wide range of topics from current news, to recipes, to stories about Ukrainian culture.

It’s free and available online!  You can also subscribe to it for free through your iTunes account. Enjoy!

Kitchen News
Are you looking for exceptional Mexican food?   Look no further than Aaron’s Cocina Mexicana at the Club, every Every Friday evening through
August 19 (except July 22).  Start your meal with complimentary tortillas and homemade fresh salsa.  Choose between four dinners (priced at $9):

Carnitas (pork)
Chile Colorado (beef)
Pollo Verde (chicken)
Pescado Frito (fish)

All dinners are served with refried beans, Mexican rice, salsa and your choice of corn or flour tortilla.  Sensitive stomach? Don’t worry, our chef spices the food perfectly and you won’t find it to be too hot.

Ukrainian Club Schedule:

Tomorrow (Thursday, July 7) your host bartender will be Yuri.  On Friday (July 8), Nadia will be hosting. Come by and say hi to them!!!!

Upcoming Events:

Spaghetti Dinner Night, Friday, July 22
It’s back!!!!  Come enjoy homemade sauce and delicious spaghetti dinners (for only $6) with your Uki Club friends.  More details will be available next week, but save the date!

We hope to see you soon!

-Your friends at the Club

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By UACC, June 29, 2011 12:00 pm

The Last Title

Dear Friends:

Years ago, two Ukrainian brothers promised their mother they would never fight one another.  Now, many years later, brothers Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko have become world-renowned heavyweight boxers – who own titles from every sanctioning body. Except one.

This Saturday night in Hamburg, Germany, Wladimir Klitschko and David Haye (current champion of WBA) will contend in what is arguably the most significant heavyweight bout since Lennox Lewis beat Mike Tyson in 2002.  If Klitschko wins, the brothers will realize their dream.

The Klitschkos shatter every American boxing stereotype. They both hold doctorates in sports science from the University of Kiev. They speak four languages (German, English, Ukrainian, and Russian) and are elite-level chess players. Catch the fight this Saturday (July 2) at 4:45PM on HBO.

We’re rooting for Klitschko if you haven’t guessed already!

Ukrainian Club Schedule:

Tomorrow (Thursday, June 30) your host bartender will be Prysh.  On Friday (July 1), Rocco will be hosting. Our summer Mexican kitchen will be open on Friday, serving your choice of four Mexican dinners ($9). It’s the only authentic Mexican food you’ll find in Buffalo (unless you’re visiting the home of a Mexican…seriously). To compliment your meal, we’ve added Pacifico, a Mexican pilsner-style beer to the cooler!  So, come on down and bring your family or friends!

Rediscover Amherst Street Festival Recap:
Did you know that the Ukrainian-American Civic Center created a float, and participated in the parade to celebrate the Rediscover Amherst Street Festival (on June 18)?  Thanks to our amazing volunteers, the UACC float made quite the impression. Check out the photos here.

We hope to see you soon!

-Your friends at the Club

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By UACC, June 8, 2011 1:00 am

Your last chance!

Dear Friends:

This Friday is your last chance to have Mrs. H’s (Pani H’s) home-made Ukrainian food….for a while.

As you may know, she’s traveling back home to Ukraine for an extended visit and will be back serving Ukrainian food at the Club on August 26th.  But in her absence we have something great lined up for Fridays: Aaron’s Cocina Mexicana!

We’ll send you our summer Mexican menu, schedule and more details in next week’s e-mail (or check our Facebook page).

Ukrainian Club Schedule:

Tonight, (Thursday, June 9) your host bartender will be Rocco.  On Friday (June 10), Aaron will be hosting.  Pani H’s kitchen will be open for the last time for several months! Family and friends of all ages welcome.

Rediscover Amherst Street / UACC Summer Picnic:
Next Saturday, June 18, the Ukrainian-American Civic Center invites you to join them for our Summer Picnic in conjunction with 14th Annual Rediscover Amherst Street festival, which celebrates our historic and rapidly developing neighborhood.  From trolley rides, to weiner-eating contest (yes, we’re serious), this unique (and free!) festival should not be missed.  From noon until 6 pm, the Uki club will be open for grilled food, drinks, friendship and ethnic music.  Please stop by and introduce your friends and family to Buffalo’s oldest Ukrainian social club.

UACC Summer Picnic
Saturday, June 18
Noon – 6 pm
• Hot Dogs • Hamburgers
• Home Made Potato Salad
• Ukrainian and European Beers
• Ethnic Music

We hope to see you soon!

-Your friends at the Club

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By UACC, June 3, 2011 7:23 pm

With the Bloodthirsty Vegans and Rational Animals

8pm. $5

by Eric Kendall of Artvoice (Vol 10, No 22)

Dearest reader, it’s with deep sadness that I inform you of the untimely demise of Buffalo’s doom and gloom epic-core devastators, Trystero. While the circumstance surrounding this unfortunate turn of events are a mystery, it’s entirely possible that someone finally tricked them into saying their names backwards and in turn, sent them back to their own dimension. Other reports describe the band as taking an indefinite hiatus from music in order to ready themselves to collectively fill in for one of the four horsemen in next year’s much anticipated apocalypse. Either way, this is your final opportunity to witness the punishing blast beats from these cello-crust pioneers and also to pick up their final LP release, the Cold Machines EP +B-Sides and Blueprints.

Be sure to make it to the Ukrainian-American Civic Center this Saturday (June 4) at 8pm to help properly send off Trystero into their much-deserved legendary status. The Bloodthirsty Vegans and Rochester punkers, Rational Animals open the show. There will be no survivors.

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By UACC, February 11, 2011 2:47 pm

Friday, February 18 at 5:30pm – February 19 at 1:30am

Perhaps it’s the very discomfort of the climate that makes Ukrainians delight in the outdoors. There’s nothing like a walk down the banks of the icy Dnieper River to make one crave the comfort of delicate pierogi.

On Friday, February 18 grab your ration cards, and head down to the Ukrainian Social Club for a ritual of late winter: Pierogi Love Night. Come eat the dumplings that are street foods in Ukraine and in the other countries of Eastern Europe. Resident chef, Mrs. H will have the windows of Buffalo’s oldest Ukrainian social club steamed up from 6 to 11 pm, serving handmade Ukrainian food like pierogi with carmelized onions, stuffed cabbage, and peppery traditional borscht. DJ Taras will be playing his Perestroika favorites – a mix of psych rock, old and new.

Lounge around at the club’s chic full-service bar, which features an array of heady Ukrainian beers by Obolon, along with European and American beer and liquor. As if that wasn’t enough, you can pose for obligatory photos with patriotic symbols, by artist and former plastynka (Ukrainian girl scout), Lukia Costello.

Menu:

Pierogi Dinner (six) – boiled dumplings with carmelized onion.
Choice of stuffings: potato, sauerkraut, or farmer’s cheese filling. $6

Holubtsi (cabbage rolls) – rice, meat & mushroom stuffed, with tomato sauce. Served with a classic Ukrainian lettuce salad, with onion (oil & vinegar) $4

Combination Plate – Three pierogies and one cabbage roll $5

Ukrainian borscht with dumplings and mushrooms (cup) $2

Frozen pierogies to go (12) $8

(pan-fried fish dinner and others stuff available too!)

To place your order for food at the Club, grab a menu from a table or the bar. You place your order at the door in the rear and somebody carries a tray to where you’re sitting or standing. Kitchen and bar is cash only.

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By UACC, February 9, 2011 12:00 am

Do It for Ditka!

Dear Friends,
Mike Ditka has done it all in his football career: All-State, All-American, All-Pro, Super Bowl winning coach, television commentator and Pro Football Hall of Famer.  Born Mike Dyzcko, his father was one of three brothers of a Ukrainian family in the coal mining and steel manufacturing area in Western Pennsylvania. Now a restaurant owner, he claims “You never know who or what you’ll see at my place.”  Funny, we feel the same way about the Ukrainian-American Civic Center.  Come on by and have a look!

Schedule:
Thursday, Orest will be bartending at the Club.  And on Friday, February 11, your guest bartender is Stevo.  As always, homemade Ukrainian food will be available on Friday, starting at 5 PM (eat-in, or to-go).

Pierogi Love Night is Friday Feb. 18
Yes the ritual of late winter is back: Pierogi Love Night! Come eat the dumplings that are street foods in Ukraine and in the other countries of Eastern Europe. Resident chef, Mrs. H will have the windows of Buffalo’s oldest Ukrainian social club steamed up from 5:30 to 11 pm, serving handmade Ukrainian food like pierogi with carmelized onions, stuffed cabbage, and peppery traditional borscht. DJ Taras will be playing his Perestroika favorites – a mix of psych rock, old and new.  And, as if that wasn’t enough, you can pose for obligatory photos with patriotic symbols, by artist and former plastynka (Ukrainian girl scout), Lukia Costello.

We hope to see you soon!

-Your friends at the Club

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By UACC, January 27, 2011 1:12 pm

Limburger cheese paradise

Dear Friends:

Schedule:
Tomorrow (Thursday), Orest will be bartending at the Club.  And on Friday, January 28, Tonjia will be your guest bartender, with hot, delicious Ukrainian food available at night (eat-in, or to-go).  Go ahead, impress your American friends – invite them to join you at the Club.

Shockingly Odorous Cheese
Clear your calendar folks, because next Saturday, Feb 5 is the “Drink and Stink Limburger Lunchtime” at the Club.  The festivities start at 2 p.m., with a $5 donation buying you all of the limburger sandwiches you care to eat.

We hope to see you soon!

-Your friends at the Club