Tumblr Guy Finds Out Too Late That His Favorite Pierogi Restaurant Is A Front For The Mafia

Some restaurant stories are memorable for the food, and some are memorable because the place turns out to be hiding something far stranger. This one starts with a plate of pierogies and ends with a mafia front, which is not exactly the kind of dinner surprise anyone expects.

In a Tumblr post from user prokopetz, a regular at a Ukrainian restaurant kept going back for the food, only to learn months later that the owners had been arrested and the place was tied to organized crime. Once people saw that story, they started sharing their own run-ins with businesses that seemed ordinary on the outside but were anything but.

It gets even weirder from there.

His full recount of how he found out can be read below:

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We suspect OP is not the Nancy Drew-type based on his story above.

moonbelowsea

He found out when he went back for a taste of his favorite pierogies and saw that the restaurant had been shut down.

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This is what we really want to know.

andersonsallpurpose

Too bad it got shut down because the food is right up our alley.

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Exactly how many crime front restaurants have you been in?

toloveviceforitself

Yes, indeed.

onewit-torulethem-all

Riiiight, 'import/export.' That is not suspicious at all.

toloveviceforitself toloveviceforitself

You're in danger, girl.

toloveviceforitself

This is like the AITA cousin feud over hiding Grandma’s lasagna from the cousins’ restaurant.

Family Recipe Dilemma: AITA for Keeping Grandmas Secret Lasagna Recipe from Cousins Restaurant?

This would be a good section on Yelp: restaurants that are actually a front for the mafia.

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Some are an open secret in their very own neighborhood.

cat--77

People choose to look the other way if the crime lord looks out for them.

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They can't stay in one place for too long.

friendlytroll

We're going international and talking about the Japanese Yakuza.

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Could have dated him long enough to find out the omurice recipe.

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Then this story came along straight out of the most exciting suburb of rural Canada.

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A large Korean family moved there and built a martial arts studio where kids were taught hapkido.

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Nothing fishy in this studio at all.

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The Korean family managed to successfully assimilate into the tightly-knit community.

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Until one day, while the kids' hapkido class was ongoing and the parents were watching, the police burst in with their guns drawn and yelling.

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The teacher immediately bolted as soon as the officer came in. Later, the community found out that the studio was a front to smuggle drugs from Korea.

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The teacher was not a fugitive for long, as the authorities caught him quickly.

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OP's street cred was boosted thanks to his ties to the mafia.

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Had he kept the job long enough, there was a possibility OP would have been recruited into the ring.

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This is quite possibly one of the most interesting sub-genres of businesses we've seen. Sure, it's illegal to launder cash, but the stories are certainly interesting.

One pierogi restaurant story snowballed into people sharing their own experiences with front-for-the-mafia businesses. Aren't you a little curious if one of your local spots fits this description? Don't go around asking, though!

Before you judge the “import/export” front, read the siblings fighting over a secret lasagna.

Family Drama: Should I Share Our Secret Lasagna Recipe for Profit?