Well, I am disappointed for you. You had your hopes high and the experience didn’t pan out. For others considering Bar Vlaha I’d look at the menu beforehand, think about questions you have and ask away. Bland feta - that is possible depending on the feta used. Personally I had no idea who many different types there are until I was staring at the dairy case at Sophia’s Greek Pantry in Belmont - imported, domestic, goat, sheep, goat& sheep,…
I’m a little green with envy that you recently dined at Sarma. My #1 favorite never been disappointed there.
May your year ahead be filled with more pleasures than disappointments.
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Oh, I didn’t mean a re-do at Bar Vlaha, but a re-do at a much better restaurant for you! I, too, am envious of your Sarma meal. I haven’t been in way too many years. What did you get at Sarma?
And happy belated birthday!
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ah yes! Sarma made up for it - the best. I went with 2 friends who had never been! We ordered so so much but the highlights were the salmon, swordfish, cornbread, and fro yo.
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That cornbread is amazing. We got it several times for take out during the pandemic. Fro yo always was fantastic. I’m so glad you have a great meal there and introduced two friends to Sarma, and those friends must be blown away!
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Went back for my birthday & thoroughly enjoyed our meal! We asked the bartender for his recs & everything was delicious, so I’m a fan of this restaurant again 
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Bar Vlaha is amazing. Only had dinner there once but boy do I reminisce about it often. I still think about my cocktail - a Tzatziki Milk Punch - which was both insanely creative and insanely delicious. The Alevropita (thin feta pie) alongside everything else we ate was scrumptious and service was some of the best I’ve encountered. I recommend everything and don’t hesitate to ask the staff for guidance or help if you need it. They steered us right and treated us so well. A+
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Ernie, the Vlachs are an ethnic group from Macedonia province and maybe the Republic of Macedonia, and other parts of northern Greece, that has its own language. The insult comes from putting down those people. For other Greeks to use the term, it’s basically calling Vlachs hillbillies or hicks, because they’re rural ppl from the mountains.
The North is really proud of its pies, so it makes sense that this place has some less common pies on the menu.
If I see a restaurant is called Bar Vlaha, I figure it’s owned by descendants of Northerners or Vlachs, or focusing on northern Greek/ Greek Macedonian food.
I think Okie or Newfie has a similar kind of connotation when used in a derogatory manner.
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It sounds delicious.
I didn’t know that. I skimmed the Wikipedia article about them, and I was going to mention their eastern Romantic language in my reply here but I see that you edited your post to include it. It reminds me of the Greek origins of “barbarous”, people who didn’t speak Greek in ancient times.
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Nice menu, definitely can see the Northern influence!
