text: So I told my friends I was coming back to visit them in Madison but that is not exactly truennIt was really for the dumplingsnnAs a college SAFEwalker in the early oughts little holeinthewall Pel Meni served as my dinner often more than once per week for a heaping plate of dumplings sour cream rye bread and a soda was a ridiculous deal and getting to spin records on the regs did not hurt eithernnFast forward shady business takeoverboycottrestaurant closesnnNearly a decade later beloved original owner Paul reigns victorious Reopens cafe and eventually reopens right off State now at Henry GorhamnnIs it a little more expensive now Sure But it is still for over dumplings and if you buy them frozen with all the fixins and it is open til am genius I was so sad after my pel meni hajj when I finished savoring my final dumpling that I went ahead and bought a bonus frozen order to eat for breakfast the next daynnHalf and half The works If you do not get them spicy you are doin it wrongnnIve had pelmeni in NYC at Russian restaurants and bought them frozen from Russian groceries now here in my fair home of Boston but they are always a disappointment by comparison Listen up Paul if you ever open up shopa food truck in Boston I will dedicate my existence to ensuring your successnnBest meal of hands down Nothing tastes better than nostalgia especially when the product is even better than you rememberednnI will be back please please stay in business forever I cannot face a world without Pauls pel meni again