A Tribute

Hands-down, our favorite place to eat in Ukraine was Pyzata Hata, which is a cafeteria-style eatery with good, hearty food at cheap prices. Some people ate here two and three times a day. I tried to keep it to one.
There are sinks just inside the door so you can wash your hands. We never did catch on as to whether the custom was to wash them before or after, so I'm sure we offended someone.

The seating is at heavy wooden tables on hard wooden chairs.

And the ladies behind the counter serve up delicious dishes like borscht, perogies with sour cream, chicken kiev, potato salad with capers, fish, and tomato salad. On any given day, there are probably two dozen foods to choose from and I never spent more than five dollars.

It's a backpacker's dream.