Join us for a Market walkthrough + Cooking demo, Saturday June 4th
This Saturday, join Sofia for a guided walk through the farmer's market at the Burlington County Agricultural Center, as she inspects and selects the ingredients for a delicious Greek dish (it's a surprise!).
Then follow her back to the special cooking station, and watch as she prepares it... and finally, join her in eating it!
It's a delicious way to spend your Saturday morning, and it's completely free.
See you there!
Burlington County Agricultural Center • 500 Centerton Rd. Moorestown, NJ 08057
Saturday June 4th • Walkthrough 9:00am, Cooking demo 10:00am-11:00am
Join us for another SJ Restaurant Week!
From March 20th through the 25th, come to Kuzina for a special 4-course menu of delicious creations you can't find anywhere else.
Make your reservations online here!
Those Early Birds are Clever Birds!
Early Bird dinners are back!
Visit us from 2:30-6:30pm every Sunday-Thursday and take advantage of our Early Bird Dinner specials: Delicious, Fresh 3-Course Dinners plus beverage, starting at $12.95 per person.
Eat In & Take Out!
Wine delivery now available!
Know that moment when you sit down at your favorite Greek BYOB and realize you forgot to B your OB?
Never again! We've partnered with Wine Works of Marlton to bring you the best idea since BYOs...
wine delivery to BYOs! Specifically, ours!
So next time you're at Kuzina, ask for our wine list from Wine Works. A quick phonecall, and they'll bring your selection right to your table, within minutes.
We are open Christmas Eve with a special menu and wonderful live music!
There are still reservations available for our beautiful Christmas Eve feast! In addition to our regular menu, Sofia has created a special prix-fixe menu to celebrate the festive night.
Enjoy your dinner while listening to the exquisite live music of traditional Greek violinist Nikos Hondros, accompanied by Adid on his traditional oud (Middle-Eastern Mandolin). It's a combination not to be missed!
View the menu here! (PDF)
4 courses • $35 per person • Reservations strongly recommended!
New Year's Eve at Kuzina will be a night to remember!
Join us for one of our 5-course prix-fixe seatings throughout the evening, or ring in the new year with us at our Mezze Dinner Party, seating at 10pm!
As a special treat, all night we'll be enjoying the romantic sounds of seasoned vocalists James Steel and Raffaele as they perform the music of the classic crooners, jazz greats, and American favorites!
We'll provide the party favors to celebrate the end of a great year. Bring a bottle of bubbly and make Kuzina part of your night!
View the menu here! (PDF)
5 courses • $45 per person • Reservations required!
New Year's Day at Kuzina
We will be open during our usual hours on New Year's Day.
Couldn't make it out for the festivities? Or did you come and taste something on the special menu that you just had to have again? You're in luck!
To start 2011 off on the right foot, come in for dinner on New Year's Day for an encore of the special festive menu from the evening before, and the wonderfully exotic live music of traditional Greek violinist Nikos Hondros and mandolin-player Adid.
5 courses • $45 per person • Reserve today!
The holiday party season is STILL upon us!
There's still time to bring the perfect combo from our vast, delicious array of catering options to your holiday party! Dinner party menus start at $16.95 per person!
Our Gift To You: When you cater with Kuzina, the organizer (that's you!) gets a $25 gift card for every $100 spent!
Our regular and holiday catering menus can be found on our site here; call us for more options!
Dinner delivery is here!
We're now offering delivery for dinner, from 4-9pm, 7 days a week.
To find out if your home is within our delivery radius (it probably is!) give us a call today!
You loved our Chef's Table, so we're extending it!
During our Anniversary Week, we offered a special Chef's Table of totally new, off-menu dishes that Sofia has been perfecting... and you loved it!!
So now, until Nov 18, you can keep enjoying delicious off-menu Chef's choices from Sofia's kitchen.
Come for Dinner!
Each meal includes soup and salad, a spread of appetizers, an entree for each diner, and dessert with coffee.
Sun-Thu only • Chef's Dinner $35 per person
Come for Lunch!
Each meal includes soup and salad, entree, and dessert with coffee.
Mon- Fri only • Chef's Lunch $17 per person
Reserve your Chef's Table and let Sofia surprise you tonight!
Reservations required!
 We're celebrating South Jersey's best local seafood!
All this week, Sofia will be cooking up a special menu highlighting the best and freshest of local New Jersey seafood.
Join us for three-course prix-fixe dinners that showcase the local catch in the tastiest, most decidedly Mediterranean ways, all week long!
Monday Sep. 13th - Friday Sep. 17th • 3 courses • $25 per person
Can't handle three courses? Don't let that stop you! Each delicious entree will be available a la carte, with soup or salad!
Way better than birthday cake...
Celebrating our third year of bringing the best of classic and innovative Greek cooking to South Jersey, Sofia has a week of something special in store!
Every weeknight of our Anniversary Week, we will be offering a special Chef's Table. Come in and sample a series of totally new, off-menu dishes that Sofia has been perfecting!
On top of that, all patrons that week are welcomed to enjoy free dessert and coffee with every meal, and you don't even have to bring your party hat!
It's our way of saying thanks for three amazing years, and cheers for many to come!
September 27th – October 1st • Chef's Table $35 per person
Reservations for Anniversary Week strongly recommended!
The Taste of South Jersey goes Greek... again!
Kuzina by Sofia participated for the third year in a row in the Camden County's Chamber of Commerce's "A Taste of South Jersey" event, where the best of the best of South Jersey's restaurants gather in style at the NJ State Aquarium to present their tastiest treats to foodies from all around the area.
This year, we featured two appetizers: our award-winning Shrimp stuffed with Red Roasted Pepper and Olive Tapenade and wrapped in kataifi, and our amazing Sesame Crusted Scallops. Both were served with a choice of hand-made mayonnaises – red roasted pepper or black olive. The crowd voted with their mouths again, clearing our table of every last bite!
We also brought with us two other members of the Kuzina family, Bill and John Koutsouros from our Kuzina Saturday Night Opa Band. It was great to have them and their beautiful bouzoukis there to create the perfect Geek ambiance!
South Jersey is celebrating fresh, local seafood June 22-25, and you're invited!
Come join the Kuzina team as we take part in SJ Off The Hook, a week of focus on – and celebration of – local fisheries and seafood! And where better to celebrate than at Kuzina?
June 22-25 • 4 courses, $30
View the Menu Here!
Reservations recommended!
Sofia will be cooking up a storm for
A Taste of South Jersey on June 15th!
Join Kuzina and over 20 other South Jersey restaurants!
The Cherry Hill Chamber of Commerce is once again sponsoring A Taste of South Jersey, at the Adventure Aquarium! Come sample the best that South Jersey has to offer. “Best of Show” presentation will be judged by Chef Bobby Chez “King of Crab Cakes.”
View the Official Flyer here!
Mother's Day at Kuzina is sure to please!
Kuzina takes part in the 6th Annual Dishes for Wishes event!
More details can be found on Make-A-Wish NJ's page here.
KUZINA BY SOFIA Celebrates with the Community and Press
Chef/Owner Sofia Karakasidou Demonstrated the Mezze Dinner on Oct. 28th
 Cherry Hill, NJ, October 30, 2008 – Kuzina by Sofia, a must visit destination for food lovers, enthralled customers and the media on Tuesday evening at a Mezze demonstration of their authentic Greek and Mediterranean cooking.
The local community, press and food connoisseurs attended the Mezze demonstration to watch how these delectable dishes are assembled and served in the traditional Greek style. For the unheard of 50 Plate Mezze dinner prix-fixe special, Sofia selects from Kuzina’s wide-ranging menu of main courses, hors d’ouevres and tappas.
"I was delighted to be a part of this Mezze tasting and walked away fully satiated from the authentic Greek cuisine," Brian Greenberg, host of “GREENBERG NEWS” ON WNJC-AM. “I’ve traveled to Greece and love the country’s food; Sofia’s dishes surpassed my expectations. I will most definitely recommend the restaurant to others."
  The Mezze is a wide range of mouthwatering hot and cold appetizers. The sampling dinner included haloumi psito, seasoned beef meatballs, homemade sausage, fried calamari, grilled octopus, grilled shrimp kebobs and spicy feta cheese spread. Vegetarian dishes included dolmades, eggplant salad and feta cheese with tomato and hot peppers.
This prix-fixe menu stays true to its Mediterranean origin. The Mezze dinner is available Monday through Thursday evening for only $35 per person; people can sample up to 50 portions of authentic Greek food.
“I was so happy to present my dishes to local customers and the media. My mother’s and grandmother’s cooking inspired my menu,” said owner Sofia Karakasidou. “For diners looking for quality Greek food in a comfortable setting, Kuzina by Sofia is the place to visit.”
“Demonstrations help our customers sample and learn how our array of dishes is prepared and served in true Greek form. It also gives me a chance to interact with my customers and learn what they enjoyed the most,” said Sofia.
The restaurant is located in the Sawmill Village Shopping Center, 404 Route 70 West in Cherry Hill.
 Kuzina by Sofia offers food excellence and enjoyment in Southern New Jersey; http://www.kuzinabysofia.com has complete lunch and dinner menu options. This is Greek Cuisine at its very best, the highest level outside Greece, Manhattan and Chicago.
Chef/Owner Sofia Karakasidou was born and raised in Thessaloniki, known as the “Queen City of the North”. She recently relocated to the United States, bringing with her a culinary expertise in Greek and Mediterranean dishes. Thessaloniki, Greece’s second largest city and known for its exceptional cuisine and eateries, is at Greece’s crossroad of culinary ideas and trends. Sofia’s family heritage is deeply rooted in that area and her cooking style is a careful blend of Eastern Mediterranean flavors.
The Mediterranean basin—of which Greece is a dominant country—is a complex blend of related flavors and traditions that satisfy all your senses. This is the essence of Kuzina. Sofia brings to fruition a sampling of the traditional and modern tastes of Greece. Dishes are expertly delivered in a light and comfortable café restaurant setting.
Kuzina (simply "kitchen" when translated to English) utilizes the freshest local ingredients to design innovative and traditional Greek cuisine. Every day, guests can enjoy a complete dinner of Authentic Greek dishes, or dine for lunch.
At Kuzina, authentic Greek food is harmonized with the simplicity of the environment it was conceived in. The inspired mixture of modern and Greek traditional elements at absolutely accessible prices sets them apart from other Greek eateries.
50 Plate Mezze Dinner Demonstration
Chef/Owner Sofia Karakasidou invites you to her demonstration
of Kuzina's extravagant small plate tasting dinner!
Kuzina by Sofia, a must visit destination for people who appreciate the beauty and simplicity of authentic Greek and Mediterranean cooking, is offering an unheard of 50 Plate Mezze dinner prix-fixe special. Guests can select unlimited portions of whatever they want from our daily changing menu of hors d’ouevres and tappas. Food lovers, curious consumers and the media are invited later this month for a demonstration of the Mezze dishes, to watch how these delectable dishes are assembled and served in the traditional Greek style.
This prix-fixe menu is inventive yet approachable, and stays true to its Mediterranean origin. The Mezze dinner is available Monday through Thursday evening for only $35 per person; people can sample up to 50 portions of authentic Greek food.
The Mezze is a wide range of mouthwatering hot and cold appetizers. These include seasoned beef meatballs, cubed pork cuts, homemade sausage and herb links, fried calamari, grilled octopus, grilled shrimp kebobs and spicy feta cheese spread. Vegetarian dishes include eggplant salad, grilled peppers with haloumi cheese, grilled vegetable sampler, and feta and olives.
“No other restaurant in the greater Philadelphia area serves this unique combination of dishes and taste that are as pleasing to the pallet as they are to the eye. The food reminds me of my mother’s and grandmother’s cooking,” said owner Sofia Karakasidou. “I have added the lightness of the vegetarian dishes and beauty of the presentation to make it more appealing to today’s distinguishing restaurant clients.”
The Mezze demonstration for customers and the media will be held on Tuesday, October 28th from 6 to 8 p.m. at the restaurant, located in the Sawmill Village Shopping Center, 404 Route 70 West in Cherry Hill.
Sofia will introduce the family of dishes as they are served, and will demonstrate the preparation of such traditional favorites like Souvlaki, lamb skewers, dolmades and baklava. Reservations are strongly encouraged. Our wait staff will provide a variety of Mezze appetizers for you to choose from.
“Demonstrations like this one helps our customers to test, experience and engage in the way this delectable line up of dishes is prepared and served. Once our customers taste and understand the Kuzina by Sofia menu, they keep coming back for more. The Mezze is a great way to experience the ultimate Greek dishes, right here in Cherry Hill, NJ,” said Sofia.
We welcome print, TV, web and radio media to cover the Mezze event and sample Sofia’s extraordinary authentic Greek cooking. Media can RSVP by calling Erin Flynn Jay at 215-772-3048 or e-mailing her at erin.flynn@xtraglobex.com. Customers are encouraged to reserve tables by calling Kuzina or making a reservation online.
Review - The Camden County Trend News Publication
August 27, 2008
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Kuzina by sofia participated on Monday June 23, 2008 at the 14th Annual Cherry Hill Chamber of Commerce “A Taste of South
Jersey.” This year the event was held at The Camden Adventure Aquarium.
Owner Chef Sofia Karakasidou Khoury with
employee Joe Marle behind their exhibit
Owner Chef Sofia Karakasidou Khoury and her
Husband and Partner Assad Khoury
On Sunday April 27, 2008 Kuzina by sofia Celebrated Greek Orthodox Easter by holding our First Annual Greek Festival and Agora. Despite and not so warm and dry Spring Day, Sofia Assad and their Staff transformed the parking lot at Saw Mill Village into a mini outdoor Greek Festival and traditional Greek Village Square Celebration and Agora.
Pictures show Sofia Karakasidou Khoury and her Staff with Friend and Cherry Hill Salon Owner Mrs Teri Baroody during the Greek Easter Celebration and Festival.
Kuzina by Sofia
In many ways, Cherry Hill's Saw Mill Village Shopping Center looks like a thousand other small, brick strip malls. But this international bazaar has bragging rights to a Korean, Japanese and now a Greek restaurant again (as well as a Saladworks and a coffee beanery). It's quite the culinary lineup.
The latest addition, Kuzina by Sofia, opened in September in the location of the former Athens Café. The menu offers traditional and modern Greek dishes inspired by Chef Sofia Karakasidou's native city,
Thessaloniki.
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The South Beach Diet says,
"EAT GREEK!"
"When it comes to eating out at Greek and Middle Eastern restaurants, try kebabs made with lean grilled meat (like lamb, sirloin, and skinless chicken breast) or seafood (such as shrimp, scallops, and salmon). Consider vegetables, whole-grain dishes such as couscous and bulgur, and dips such as hummus (made from chickpeas) and tzatziki (a blend of cucumber, garlic, and yogurt) served with whole-grain pita bread (if available) or vegetable dippers. These cuisines also employ plenty of fresh herbs and seasonings, so eating right is delicious and satisfying."
Dr Gary Brownstein and his wife Sidney, are amongst the first returning Patrons of the former Athens Cafe who have been enjoying Kuzina's excellent fare and atmosphere. Pictured here are Dr &
Mrs Brownstein on the first day of business for Kuzina by
sofia.
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