Banschiki is a place where nostalgia of Russian food mixes with new and innovative cooking methods. All meat smoking, bread baking, vegetable pickling and pelmeni making is done in house. While some dishes stay true to their original recipes, other beloved classics get a new and exciting twist (think vareniki with suluguni cheese, cottage cheese and herbs or blini with venison and cowberry jam) from chef Stanislav Levokho. Natural materials and warm colors give the sense of being in a real Leningrad dacha without leaving the city center.