Alfred’s Deli Plus
Overall Rating : 2.6 out of 5
Filling Options : 3.5
Accessories : 2.0
Taste : 2.5
(filling + accessories + (taste x 2))/4
3041 Brereton Street
Polish Hill
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412) 682-3100
Tuesday – Friday: 10:30 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday: 10:30 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Monday: Closed
What a tease. This Polish grocery store was located only a couple of blocks from my house. Remember when there were two Polish grocery stores on Butler Street? Now there are none. Alfred’s moved back to Polish Hill from Lawrenceville. Polish Hill should have a Polish deli, so I guess I forgive them. I miss Mishka’s (grocery and deli) right next to my house in Chicago, so I was excited about the opportunity to sample Alfred’s. This is the second time I’ve had their store-made pierogies and my opinion remains the same.
Filling Options
There is a selection of about eight types of pierogies. I picked up a dozen Potato and a dozen Beef. Other fillings included Jalapeno, Cottage Cheese, Sauerkraut, Bacon and Cheese. The beef filling was the most interesting meat pierogi I’ve had so far. It didn’t match my all time favorite meat & spinach pierogi found in Chicago, but it came close. The potato was average.
You can purchase either cooked, which range form $8.00 – $9.50 per dozen, or uncooked, which hover around $6.00 for a dozen. These are expensive prices, so I was tempted to try the uncooked. My lack of experience with the uncooked led me to spend the extra to buy the cooked. All pierogies came frozen.
Accessories
Since Alfred’s is primarily a store, it has a very similar feel to Euro Greetings. I was a bit disappointed to find that the owner would not let me buy the glumpki because it was too old. However, I did appreciate the honesty. They sold other standard Polish dry goods and Happy Hippos, (my favorite European treat) but did not have a place to sit down and eat.
Taste
There was nothing special about these pierogies. They were slightly better than Mrs. T’s. I would not pay the higher prices to have them again.
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