Many of Baba & Pop’s loyal customers now have a freezer full of handmade pierogi.
The Polish restaurant at 9945 E. Colfax Ave. in Aurora closed up shop on Jan. 4 after selling off its leftover stock of frozen pierogi packages.
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Jeremy and Katherine Yurek of Baba & Pop’s Pierogi. (Provided by Baba & Pop’s Pierogi_
“We are packing up our pierogi-making gear and leaving Colorado to open our new production kitchen in Florence, South Carolina,” owners Jeremy and Katherine Yurek wrote on Instagram.
The couple opened Baba & Pop’s in 2017 after running a farmers market business and a Polish cuisine food truck for five years. Jeremy grew up making pierogi with his family, and named the restaurant after his Polish immigrant great-grandparents, who were affectionately known as Baba and Pop.
Baba & Pop’s sold the frozen homemade Polish dumplings by the dozen at farmers markets around the state, online and to local stores, like Leever’s Locavore and The Local. The shop was known for its modern twist on the classic pierogi with flavors like chile relleno, pulled pork and tomato, mozzarella and basil.
Denverites can still get their Baba and Pop’s frozen pierogi fix by ordering a dozen or more online.