Chef Marina Studennikova created the recipes used for the eatery’s Eastern European menu.
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Tabaka ($18.99) is a pan-fried half Cornish hen served with potatoes, salad and pickles. (Photos by Karen Chaney/Community Impact Newspaper)
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Deluxe Restaurant and Banquet Hall Plano eatery features Eastern European menu A lbert v, owner of Deluxe Restaurant and Banquet Hall, said when rst time custom- ers walk through the doors of his business, chicken cubes for $18.99. The restaurant also has a lunch menu with main dishes for $11.99. Vardanian is Armenian, and he said he chose Plano as the location for his eatery because there were not any places nearby that served Armenian barbecue. BY KAREN CHANEY
MUST TRY LUNCH ITEMS Deluxe Restaurant and Banquet Hall sta picked a pair of essentials from the lunch menu. 1 The lunch special beef kabob ($11.99) is served with rice, tomato and salad. 2 The lunch special salmon ($11.99) is served with rice, tomato and salad.
they often express surprise over the elegant look of the restaurant. It is decorated with white table linens, feathery centerpieces and sparkling light xtures. Vardanian opened Deluxe Restaurant and Banquet Hall, formerly Deluxe Market and Grill, in April 2021. He said he recently changed the name of the business because it no longer has a market, and the space is also available to rent as a banquet hall. The restaurant’s chef, Marina Studennikova, is Russian and created the recipes for the Eastern European menu. Those include items, such as chebureki, which is deep-fried dough folded over and lled with ground beef or chicken for $12; koreyskaya, which is a carrot salad made with roasted carrots, garlic and koreyskaya spices for $10.99; and barbecue chicken, which consists of charbroiled skewered pieces of marinaded boneless
“To do tasty barbecue, it is Armenian; it is in our blood,” he said. “When I was a kid, we were always doing a barbecue. It is like a tradition—it is a traditional meal.” He said the restaurant’s clientele is comprised of many nationalities, such as Russian, Ukranian, Armenian and more. He credits a local Armenian church for helping him spread the word about the restaurant. Every Saturday night, a performer sings in Russian; however, she also takes requests. “The other day there were Persians here, like 12 people,” Vardanian said. “She said she could not sing in the Persian language, but she found the music on the internet and started to play Persian music just to make those people feel comfortable.”
Deluxe Restaurant and Banquet Hall 3291 Independence Parkway, Ste. 400 469-863-7050 www.facebook.com/deluxemarketgrill Hours: Mon.-Sun. noon-8 p.m.
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