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Since 2010, this Mesa restaurant has been the go-to spot for a wide variety of Eastern European comfort foods: pierogi, kvas, borscht and more, from Ukraine, Poland and other Slavic nations. Nataliya Koshalko, the Ukrainian-Polish owner of the store, uses recipes passed down from her grandmother and sees that all food is made from scratch and free of preservatives, artificial colors or artificial flavors. The thick, buttery dumplings come loaded with creative or classic fillings, and sausage and borscht accompany many of the dinner plates. Repeating last year's victory in the same category, All Pierogi is a staple for anyone seeking the rich meat-and-potato flavors of the Steppe.

All Pierogi Kitchen has long been one of the Valley's top destinations for Eastern European cuisine, but its very best feature might be that it seems to get better and better with each passing year. Owner Nataliya Koshalko serves the foods of her native Ukraine, along with regional specialties from neighboring Slavic countries, and her extensive menu is a celebration of hearty meat-and-potatoes fare. The namesake pierogi are here in abundance, served up hot in the restaurant or frozen to take home from the market next door. Boiled or pan-fried, they're hefty little lumps of tender dough stuffed with the likes of ground meat, sauerkraut, pork and cheese. Soups are a standout, including a hot beet borscht, a green borscht packed with herbs and a dynamite dill pickle soup, creamy and rich and loaded with potatoes and chunks of kielbasa. Smoked sausages snap, potato pancakes crunch and an exceptional chicken Kiev oozes a lake of butter when you tap into its piping-hot molten core. It's a no-misses kind of menu, and few Valley restaurants of any persuasion are so consistently delicious.