Bohemian Spirit Restaurant Review

Bohemian Spirit Restaurant

321
East 73rd
Street New York, NY

Restaurant
Critique

Pamela
Goldman

Patch.com
Upper East Side

Photos
by Gerald Feldman

Situated in the neighborhood where years before Czech immigrants came

to bring their culture to the melting pot of New York City, is the delicious

cuisine of one man’s dream. Bohemian Spirit Restaurant began

four years ago by Vit Stuchl, a Czech descendant. As an amateur photographer

as well, the restaurant is designed with huge blown up photographs of
the late, enlightened poet and President of Czechoslavakia Vaclav Havel and another

Czech,the late great director Milos Forman. It also has photos of the
original architecture of the building and family gatherings of the old Czech neighborhood.

At this restaurant, the joy of old world tastes marries the contemporary
design floor to ceiling windows, brick walls and modern lighting fixtures. Vit greets

everyone at the door, unpretentious and soulful. His customers always return to the

man with a sparkle in his eye and the food that has been called, “better than the food

that is actually served in Prague.”

The food at Bohemian Spirit Restaurant is not ornate but like comfort
food you would find in an Eastern European kitchen, delicious to the core. The restaurant

has a feel of an old pub you would typically find in Europe. It has been called

“Skvely” which means “delicious” by a Czech patron.

As we dined, the food was an adventure into the soul of the Czech spirit. We started

with a hearty “stick to your ribs” potato soup filled with vegetables and wild mushrooms.

We couldn’t get enough of it’s divine flavor.

We also had the steak tartar with garlic bread, another fine choice, made with fresh Angus

beef, scallions, onions, Worcesterchire sauce and other goodies.

A
gourmand’s delight, urging us on, the main course of beef goulash won our hearts. The Angus beef in a heavenly sauce simply melted in your mouth served with bell peppers and onion.

Finally,Vit recommended a dessert that could only be authentically Czech.
Served hot, were fruit-filled dumplings in a wonderfully piquant sauce infused with dark beer foam. On top of that was crumbled gingerbread.

In this renovated 1896 building, there was magic. This was a touch of
modern excitement paying tribute to the old world of bygone days. Affordably enticing, do not miss this cuisine treasure.