Things to do and places to eat in Odessa

[Jeff]

We are leaving for Odessa next week and I would like some suggestions from some fellow Americans on places to go, especially restaraunts.  We have a child, so we are on a budget, and my wife has no idea where the good, reasonably priced restaraunts are.  If you have price ranges and addresses, please post them.  Thanks a lot!

[Lynn]

... in response to Things to do and places to eat in Odessa, posted by Jeff on Oct 26, 2002

Red Lobster, no I'm not joking, this place is a restaraunt/bar apparently owned and ran by a former sea captain. I haven't been there in the past two years, but the food was always good, fresh and the prices reasonable. I still remember the last thing I ate there; it was wild mushrooms saute'd in white wine sauce served inside crepes with a side salad (or grass, for those who don't know, "grass" is one of those ism's often used to describe anything green and leafy, cooked or otherwise) and a glass of Ukrainian white wine. The name---well I suppose that comes from the dried/petrified lobsters in a fishing net hung from the ceiling. Sorry, I don't remember the street address, but any cab driver should know where it's at. There a lot of little family owned "hole in the wall cafe's in Odessa, I had my first dish of Siberian pelmeni (sp?) in one of these places-actually a cellar under a apartment building. I love that stuff, but I always taste it for to or three days afterward.

Did she actually live in Odessa or just the area around it?

regards,

Lynn

[Jeff]

... in response to Re: Things to do and places to eat in Od..., posted by Lynn on Oct 26, 2002

No, she lived right in Odessa, but I guess she didn't eat out much!

[Lynn]

... in response to Re: Re: Things to do and places to eat i..., posted by Jeff on Oct 26, 2002

This is not exactly the optimum time of the year to visit Odessa. The last time I was there in Oct./Nov. it varied from 65F at night down to the upper 20's the next night, with a strong wind off the plains that would cut right thru you. Make sure you carry proper clothes unless you plan on buying them there.

It's not a common thing to "eat out" there for locals anyway, unless of course one would be fortunate enough to have a job that included entertaining business clientele. As I learned on my first encounter with a RW back in "91", dinner out is more often than not a evening event, "the" evening event.

When I travel, I rarely eat out more than once a day usually dinner. I usually hit the market first thing and stock up.  

Does your wife cook?