Comments on: Xcena’s Perogies: A Divine Affair

By: The Hobbiest

The Hobbiest — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:18:13 +0000

My Gosh Len You are correct! The Open Table website honors our hours of operation, and A Divine Affair website will be getting an update and makeover quite soon.
We also have a phone number with a recorded greeting sharing all this info for you.
We feature our signature dishes of Ukrainain Style Perogi and Borscht which are always available.
Cheers!

By: Len

Len — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:26:16 +0000

The Devine Affair web site does NOT list the hours of operation.
Also, the web menu does not mention pierogi, which was the subject of the Bite Club article.
No point going to Healdsburg for a restaurant that may or may not be open and may or may not offer pierogi.
–len

By: the hobbiest

the hobbiest — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:33:24 +0000

Actually~ we remodeled for 6 weeks at the end of January and built our beautiful dining bar! Our Hours are 5:00 pm – 9:30 pm Wednesday – Sunday (Closed Mondays & Tuesdays)
Most restaurants in Healdsburg close between lunch and dinner service, and some do reserve a day or two during the week for human necessity! sorry to disappoint an obvious expert! Reservations and current hours of operation are available through our website or opentable! Cheers!

By: gratcon

gratcon — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:05:49 +0000

Devine Affair was closed for a short period of time and then reopen. Since then it’s hours seem to be very sporatic. Most restuarants in Healdsburg are open all day being that it is a tourist town but Devine is open on a more or less when the owner feels like it basis. Must be a hobby.

By: gratcon

gratcon — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:04:45 +0000

By: icysurfer USA

icysurfer USA — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:13:05 +0000

yum, sign me up…..

By: Wulfstan

Wulfstan — Mon, 18 May 2009 09:22:53 +0000

I love pirogi (or pierogi) and am glad to see an article about them and a place serving them. Being half Russian, I have grown up with their Russian equivalent (although the name differs – see below). I just want to point out a common error made above: regardless of which Slavic language from which the word is being derived, the singular is pirog (or pierog – it depends on which language from which you are translating – Polish, Russian, etc. – and how you transliterate it). Pirogi (or pierogi) is the plural. It is incorrect to add an “s” on the end, especially since it’s added to the end of the version that is already plural.
I also want to add that the dish exists in slight variations in several Slavic countries, particularly Poland, Russia, Byelorussia, and the Ukraine, but the name usage differs. The pierogi as typically known in the US are like the Polish version. Russians & Ukrainians have the same dish that Poles call pierogi, but they generally call them pelmeni or vareniki. In Russian, the word “pirogi” means a different food, much larger and more like a savory pie, not dumplings (if anyone has had pirozhki – again that is the plural, those are “small pirogi”).