Russian restaurant in San Francisco helps Ukraine

2012

Michelin adds Russian restaurant in San Francisco, removes restaurants in Russia from its guide.

The owner of The Birch & Rye restaurant talks with Slavic Sacramento about her idea of authentic Russian food with Californian flavors and on the situation in Ukraine.

According to restaurant’s owner Anya El-Wattar, The Birch & Rye collected over $100,000 in donations for World Central Kitchen in Ukraine.