Pierogies Plus

Overall Rating : 3.6 out of 5
Filling Options : 4.0
Accessories : 2.5
Taste : 4.0
(filling + accessories + (taste x 2))/4

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342 Island Avenue, McKees Rocks, PA 15136
(412) 331-2224
Monday: 11 am – 6 p.m.
Tuesday – Friday: 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh’s most famous pierogi establishment, Pierogies Plus also claims to be pittsburgh’s largest manufacture of the doughy delight.  You can find their pierogies in grocery stores and the Bloomfield Bridge Tavern.  When you walk in, you are greeted with a thick accent from Eastern Europe giving this place sense of authenticity.  Pierogies Plus opened in 1991 in an old gas station in McKees Rocks. There are no seats for customers, so I figure its take out only.

Filling Options
Four varieties are always available; Potato & Cheese, Sauerkraut & Potato, Cottage Cheese & Chives, and Meat, with 26 special order pierogies with a two day notice.  The prices are high for the four staples ($8.00) and really steep for the special order pierogies ($9.25).  Several desert varieties are available special order, which are always tasty.  But alas, I’m always looking for the perfect Meat & Spinach pierogi, and so far it doesn’t exist in pittsburgh. They lose a point for the prices.

Accessories
Several non-pierogi Polish favorites are offered, including haluski, golumpki (stuff cabbage), and pulled-pork.  Why does these polish places always offer some random american dish, or maybe pulled-pork is Polish.  I did not sample any of the non-pierogi dishes.  Pierogies plus is take out only, so I cooked them up my usual way of a quick pan fry with onions and a small amount of butter.  I’m always a bit disappointed when its take out only.

Taste
Their dough has a nice, chewy quality similar to St. George’s, which I like.  The fillings were good, but did not stand out.  They are made fresh daily, and you can tell in the taste.  Overall, these were very good pierogies, not quite as good as St. George’s, but better than Rosie’s.