Anelya Menu (Update 2025)
Welcome to Anelya, a vibrant exploration of modern Ukrainian cuisine located at 3472 N Elston Ave, Chicago. Each dish tells a story, blending traditional flavors with contemporary flair, ensuring an unforgettable dining experience.
Highlights of the Menu:
- Borscht: Rich and comforting, it serves as a warm embrace on a plate.
- Varenyky: A nod to tradition, these dumplings are perfection wrapped in love.
- Vegetarian Tasting Menu: Thoughtfully crafted options that burst with flavor, showcasing the breadth of Ukrainian culinary artistry.
- Signature Cocktails: Unique offerings, like beet cocktails and horseradish-infused vodka, crafted by talented mixologists.
Every bite at Anelya reflects dedication and passion, making each meal not just a feast, but a celebration of Ukrainian heritage. Whether you're a novice or a connoisseur of Ukrainian dishes, Anelya promises to captivate and delight.
Dumplings/Noodles
Varenyky
Hand-made potato and cheese dumplings, topped with crispy cheese, summer truffle and onion flowers. 4 pieces in a portion. Allergies: allium, dairy, egg, gluten, nightshade, mushrooms
Poltava Halushki
Handmade Ukrainian springy dumplings made with cake flour, sunflower oil, kefir, and yeast. Stuffed with braised beef chuck roll. Creamy Chestnut mushroom sauce. Allergies: allium, poultry, dairy, soy
Lokshyna
Layers of homemade noodles with farmers cheese. Baked and served with a truffle cream sauce. Allergies: allium, eggs, dairy, gluten, mushroom.
Baked Apple
Medovik Honey Cake
Honey cake layers, sweetened whipped sour cram, cranberry jam. Allergies: dairy, eggs, gluten, honey.
Piana Vishnya Cake
Piana Vishnya cake, also known as drunken cherry cake. Made with, chocolate, flour, eggs, baking powder, cocoa, Piana Vishnya alcohol, sour cherries, walnuts allergies: alcohol, dairy, egg, gluten, nuts, chocolate
Dessert
Brunch Cocktails/Wine
GLS Brutler Sefu
GLS Krasna Hora Ruby
GLS Franjo "Aubiks"
Ukrainian Handshake
Father's Day Oldfashion
Garibaldi
Bloody Marusya
GLS Bajta Peet Nat Rose
GLS Matic "Sipon"
Beerlini
Mimosa
Espresso Martini
Beet Salad
Coffee braised beets, white wine braised pistachios, green chickpeas, shallot vinaigrette, shoestring fried Yukon potato, seasoned with dill pickle powder labne. Allergies: dairy, tree nut, allium Gluten free, Vegetarian
Vegetarian Holubtsi
Cabbage rolls with Enoki mushrooms, rice and seasoning, sour cherry sauce, walnut. Vegan, Gluten, Dairy free
Potato Pancakes
Shredded potato pancakes made with onion, gluten free flour, and garlic. Served with sheep milk feta and sea buckthorn jam. Allergies: allium, dairy, nightshade
Vegetables
Zakusky
Sprats On Toast
Borodinsky bread, farmer's cheese spread, marinated sprats, lemon. Allergies: fish, allium, dairy, gluten
Marinated Mushrooms
Baby button mushrooms marinated in champagne vinegar, garlic, sunflower oil, thyme, bay leaves, fresh chervil, onion. Ingredients: allium, soy, gluten
Fried Crimean Olives
Crimean style fried olives with lamb sausage and tartar sauce. A creative take on Crimean flavors, inspired by learning that Ukraine is now growing larger green olives. Fun fact Tartar Sauce originated from the Tatars who settled in Crimea, Ukraine. Allergies: allium, capsicum (nightshade), dairy, egg, gluten, meat.
Pickled Cauliflower
Bread
Assorted Publican Quality bread and seeded crackers Allergies: gluten, seeds
Marinated Peppers
Marinated mini-peppers with farmer's cheese filling, herbs, shallot vinaigrette and sour cream
Sunflower Seed Hummus
Sprouted sunflower hummus. Made with sprouted sunflower seeds, garlic, sunflower oil, salt/pepper, black garlic oil, toasted sunflower seeds, dusted w/pimenton *note: does not come with bread Allergies: allium, capsicum (nightshade), seed
Korean Carrots
Carrots, marinated with sunflower seed oil, vinegar,sal, pepper, sugar, coriander, garlic. Allergies: allium, sunflower seeds.
Egg Mayo
Frillman Farm eggs with tarragon mayo and marinated anchovies. Allergies: allium, egg, seed, fish
Trout Roe
Pate brisee tart. Spanish trout roe, cream cheese whipped with sour cream, scallions. Wasabi Allergies: allium, dairy, egg, fish, gluten
Chicken Pashtet
Chicken liver pashtet, with onions, honey, eggs, cream, topped with clarified butter. *note: does not come with bread Allergies: allium, dairy, eggs, honey.
Chicken Shashlik
Kefir marinated smoked Slagel chicken thighs, braised nettles, red adjika. Allergies: dairy, allium, nightshade
Krovyanka
Homemade sausage with pork shoulder (Slagel), pork blood, nitrates, buckwheat, paprika, and natural casing. Served with sauerkraut, frillman farm cabbage, caraway seeds, allspice, juniper ber Allergies: alcohol, allium, nitrates, pork
Sea Trout
Sea trout served on a bed of beluga lentils & wild bay leaf stock, snap peas, and sweet onion puree. Allergies: allium, fish, legume. GF, DF.
Rolled Pork Belly
Pork belly, the inside is filled with a green garlic puree & dried black currants. Served on a fennel & red pepper agrodolce, Allergies: allium, pork, nightshade. GF, DF.
Fish/Meat
Coffee/Tea
Hot Tea
Drip Coffee
Espresso
Cappuccino
Chai
Hot Choco
Latte
Iced Tea
Americano
Cold Brew
Kvass
Orange Juice
Sparkling Water
Bloody Marysya (V)
N/A
Breakfast
Smashburger
Breakfast Plate
Chicken Shawarma
Savory Syrnyky
Borsch Brunch
Borsch soup in Ukraine was added to Unesco endangered heritage list—There are many variations of Borscht. We’re making a style from Poltava, where residents smoked wild pears in a pich(clay stove) and integrate the fruit into the broth and using duck Allergies: allium, dairy (on the side), nightshade, poultry.
Fruit Bowl
Sweet Syrnyky
Pampushky Pudding
Pampushky
Pampushky are fluffy, soft Ukrainian garlic bread rolls. Ukraine was known as the “breadbasket” of the Soviet Union, and both garlic and bread are staples of the cuisine. These rolls are traditionally served alongside borsch; the garlic’s sharpness compliments the sweetness of borsch’s beets. Allergies: allium, dairy, egg, gluten
Kasha
Buckwheat kasha, vermicelli, toasted almonds, parsley, lemon juice, browned butter, shallots. Allergies: allium, dairy, gluten, nuts
Banosh
Carpathian grits made with locally grown corn, cooked in milk, sour cream and salt. mushrooms, carmelized onion, kilgus farm sour cream, and sheep milk cheese. Allergies: allium, dairy, mushroom
Side Sour Cream
Sides
Specialty Coffee
Cream Cheese Cold Brew
Beet Chai Latte
Pomegranate Cold Brew
Poppyseed Horchata Latte
KIDS Fruit Bowl
KIDS Breakfast Plate
KIDS Kasha
KIDS Chicken Sausage
KIDS Sweet Syrnyky
KIDS Breakfast Potatoes
Kids Menu
Pastries
Kyiv Cookie
Vatrushka
Poppy Pecan Roll
Potato Parm & Cabbage Hand Pie
Honey Lavender Cookie
Currant Scone
Chilled Kefir Soup
Borsch
Borsch soup in Ukraine was added to Unesco endangered heritage list—There are many variations of Borscht. We’re making a style from Poltava, where residents smoked wild pears in a pich(clay stove) and integrate the fruit into the broth and using duck Allergies: allium dairy (on the side) nightshade poultry
Broth
Beverage Togo
Sparkling Water
Tushpa Haghtanak
A big red from Armenia with dark fruits. Must be 21 to order and provide identification upon picking up order.
Ginger Beer
Bodrog Bormhuley Dry Tokaj
A crisp, fresh Hungarian white wine. Must be 21 to order and provide identification upon picking up order.