Since Zhivago's Cafe closed on Broadway earlier this year, we have been searching for a piroshki purveyor that did not necessitate a long distance walk to Pike Place Market. So, it was with relief that we stumbled on Piroshki on Madison last week. For under $5, the salmon and cream cheese piroshikis prove satisfying for breakfast and/or lunch. Piroshki on Madison offers all of the fillings that their corporate sibling Piroshki on Broadway used to offer before they closed in 2008: various combinations of potato, cabbage, cheese, vegetables and meat. As well, they offer borscht and pierogis. Pair a piroshki with some of the Verite Coffee dispensed here and you're full of enough warmth to brave the sometime chilly and rainy Seattle spring .
Piroshki on Madison is located at 1219 Madison Street and is open Sun - Thurs from 7 am to 5 pm and on Fridays from 7 am to 4:30 pm.
The only down side of this place is that for those of us who work outside of capitol hill we can't ever go here since they are only open M-F and close at 5pm! Still sometimes I find the need to wake up early and crawl in for an egg, spinich and cheese piroshki.