I read a lot of bad news, but sometimes a sentence can still bum me out. Like this one: “On Sunday, July 19, the place will serve its last plate of potato pierogies with sour cream and applesauce.” A Farewell to Odessa, the Counter-Culture Classic Closing This Week in the East Village. I was always a Veselka guy. But a loss of any pierogi is a loss for all of us.