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San Francisco, CA

Remodeling and expanding a restaurant to enhance operations and customer reach.

• Authentic inspiration: Recipes rooted in family traditions and passed down through generations.
• Experienced leadership: Founded by Igor Teplitsky and Anna Flider, with backgrounds in food service and culinary ventures.
• Local partnerships: Collaborates with artisan bakeries and coffee roasters to deliver high-quality offerings.
• Proven concept: Originated with the popular Borsch Mobile food truck, a hit at Bay Area food events.
• Growth-oriented plan: Investment supports remodeling, marketing, and staffing to increase visibility and sales.

Iggy’s Place is a fast-casual restaurant concept rooted in Eastern European culinary traditions, offering scratch-made comfort foods such as borsch and matzo ball soup. The restaurant emphasizes quality, tradition, and transparency while collaborating with local artisan bakeries and independent coffee roasters to enhance its menu. Founded by Igor Teplitsky and Anna Flider, Iggy’s Place seeks to create a welcoming space that blends nostalgia with elevated flavors, connecting diners with recipes passed down through generations. The business has established strong repeat customer rates and consistent revenue growth since its launch, underscoring its role as a distinctive dining destination.

The fundraising effort is intended to support the restaurant’s next phase of development by providing working capital for a remodel, equipment purchases, staffing, and marketing initiatives. By updating its space and expanding visibility, Iggy’s Place aims to increase foot traffic and strengthen its community presence. The investment will enable the company to build upon its steady growth, improve the customer experience, and introduce Eastern European comfort food to a broader audience in the Bay Area. Ultimately, the funding supports the restaurant’s mission of offering a modern take on family-inspired traditions while sustaining long-term growth.

Company Info

Iggy’s Place is a San Francisco fast-casual restaurant serving made-from-scratch Eastern European comfort food.

Iggy’s Place is a San Francisco-based fast-casual restaurant specializing in Eastern European comfort food made from scratch. The menu is inspired by family recipes passed down through generations, featuring dishes such as borsch and matzo ball soup. The restaurant emphasizes quality, tradition, and transparency by using real ingredients without shortcuts and by collaborating with local artisan bakeries and independent coffee roasters to complement its offerings.

Founded by Igor Teplitsky and Anna Flider, Iggy’s Place builds on the success of Teplitsky’s earlier venture, Borsch Mobile, a food truck popular at Bay Area events. The restaurant extends that vision into a permanent space, providing convenient, nostalgic, and elevated flavors to its community. With a focus on creating personal connections through food, Iggy’s Place aims to blend authenticity with accessibility in a modern fast-casual format.