which recently opened in Reading Terminal Market, might be unfamiliar to some Philadelphians, particularly those who don’t frequent the Northeast Philadelphia restaurants that offer the cuisines of the former Soviet republics.
Michael Kolodesh, 34, was 5 when his parents immigrated to the United States, and settled in Philadelphia’s Bustleton section. His sister, Donna, 29, was born soon after . For Donna, the trip to Georgia was an eye-opener. “I finally get it, the way my family is,” she said. From then on, “I could not stop researching. I wanted to know about Georgia. Finally, I could start understanding myself and my culture. It made me so much more confident about who I am, and made me connect more to Philadelphia .”
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