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Georgian Bakery & Restaurant · Fair Lawn, New Jersey
Bread from the tone. Cheese from the old country.
Khachapuri, hand-rolled khinkali and clay-oven shoti, baked to order on River Road since 2018. A bakery first, a full Georgian kitchen ever since.
- შოთიShoticlay-oven bread
- ხაჭაპურიKhachapuricheese bread
- ხინკალიKhinkalisoup dumplings
- ფხალიPkhaliwalnut spreads
- ჩურჩხელაChurchkhelagrape-must sweets
“A perfect blend of tender veal chunks and tomato and herb flavors.”Bergen Magazine · on the chashushuli
Four Georgian women roll the khinkali by hand, and bless each batch as they finish.New Jersey Monthly · reported from the kitchen
The House
It started as a bakery. The neighborhood decided otherwise.
In November 2018, Lasha Sopromadze opened a small bread shop on River Road with one obsession: shoti made the way it's made in Georgia, slapped onto the hot inner wall of a tone, a clay oven older than any recipe ever written down. People kept coming, and kept asking for more than bread. So the bakery became a kitchen.
Now the ovens run all day: khachapuri pulled bubbling from the fire, khinkali pleated by hand in the back, skewers over charcoal, cakes from the family notebook. The walls carry the old country with them, from qvevri clay jugs and a wagon wheel to the long-table feast paintings of a supra. Ask the staff what to order. They were raised on this food, and they will be right.
- 2018opened as a bread shop
- BYOBbring your own bottle
- Hallbanquet room next door
Signatures
The dishes people cross the county for.
- 01 Shoti შოთი The namesake bread, pulled from the clay oven 3
- 02 Napoleon ნაპოლეონი Flaky layers and rich custard, the signature recipe 7.50
- 03 Khinkali ხინკალი Rolled and blessed by hand in the back. Five to an order 9 / 12.50
- 04 Eggplant Pkhali ბადრიჯანი Rolled with walnut paste, jeweled with pomegranate 9.50
- 05 Adjaruli აჭარული Boat-shaped pie, gooey cheese, poached egg, butter 11 / 14
- 06 Megruli მეგრული Cheese inside and out, under a golden cheese coat 12 / 18
- 07 Ojakhuri Sokoti ოჯახური Sautéed mushrooms & home fries under fresh dill 12.50
- 08 Chashushuli ჩაშუშული Slow-cooked veal stew, herbs & tomato, on clay 13.50
The Pantry
Take Georgia home with you.
The shelves along the wall are a small import market of pickled jonjoli, plum tkemali, adjika and Georgian preserves, and the fridge hums with Natakhtari, the cult Georgian lemonade in tarragon green, feijoa and cream. Ask what's new; the answer changes with the shipments.
Come browse the shelves
The Room
Stone, tin, rope light, and the smell of the tone.
Visit
The bread is in the oven.
A small brick storefront on River Road. Blink and you'll miss it; taste it and you never will. Walk-ins welcome, and call ahead for the big tables and the big orders.
Hours
- Mon · Wed · Sun
- 11a – 9p
- Thursday
- 11a – 8:30p
- Fri · Sat
- 11a – 10p
- Tuesday
- Closed
Big tables
The banquet hall next door hosts birthdays, supras and parties, and the kitchen caters trays of khachapuri, khinkali and grill for pickup.
Call to plan an event →