Çka Ka Qëllue

118 E 31st St, New York
(212) 213-2082

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Mixed Meat Combination Lamb Veal Chicken Shish Qubap
Tradita Mixed Grill Platter
Roasted Pepper Mazë
Freshly Baked Bread
Fresh Baked Bread
Albanian Trileçe
Albanian Trilece
Stuffed Peppers
Grilled Octopus
Cottage Cheese

Menu

Appetizers
Pickled Pepper
Albanian traditional style.
Cheese Pickled Pepper
Creamy texture cheese stuffed pickled pepper.
Roasted Pepper
Pepper Dip
Salty, creamy sauteed peppers.
Sausage Dip
Classic traditional Albanian veal sausage dip.
Tarator
Chilled yogurt blend with minced cucumber, and garlic drizzled with parsley.
Ajvar
A piquant red roasted pepper spread.
Cheese
Traditional feta cheese.
Baked Cheese
Kajmak
Mixed Olives

Salad
Mediterranean Salad
Cranberry, walnuts, apple, red beets, arugula, goat cheese, and cka ka qellu dressing.
Shop Salad
Chopped cucumber, tomatoes, red pepper, shredded feta cheese in olive oil and vinegar.
Village Salad
Green salad, tomato, cucumber, pepper, onion, olives, and feta cheese.
Cabbage Salad
Savory salad with a leafy cruciferous vegetable base.

Brumat

Fli
Layers of crepe-like baked savory.
Mantia
Veal stuffed dumplings.
Lecenik
Cornbread with spinach and cottage cheese.

Tava
Tava Dheut
Liver, onions, garlic, red pepper, hot pepper, and cheese served in tava dish.
Tava Kosi
Lamb and rice baked with a mixture of yogurt and eggs added to a roux.
Roasted Pepper Maze
Sausage Tava
Classic traditional sausage served in tava dish.
Fasul
Beans. Soup-style traditional dish with simmering white beans, onions, slowly cooked in meat. Add protein for an additional charge.
Sarma
Cabbage leaves stuffed with ground veal, rice, vegetables and seasoning.
Stuffed Peppers
Stuffed with rice, vegetables and seasoning.
Mantia
Albanian traditional baked veal dumplings served in Tava dish.
Kacamak
Cream with polenta.
Tasqebap
Onions, italian pepper chopped, tomatoes, and veal meat served with mashed potatoes.
Veal Muscles
Goulash.

Grill
Qebapa
Finger size skinless sausages prepared with ground veal, onions, garlic, and seasoning.
Qofte
Traditional Albanian meatballs made with ground veal, onions, crushed red pepper and herbs.
Qofte Shari
Traditional Albanian ground veal stuffed with kashkaval and kacamak.
Suxhuk
Classic traditional veal sausage.
Kapuc
Grilled chicken with vegetables.
Grilled Chicken
Mixed Grill Platter
Combination of qebapa, qofte and sausage.
Tradita Mixed Grill Platter
Combination of qebapa, qofte, sausage, chicken and liver.
Shish Qebap
Skenderbeg
A roll of smoked meat, stuffed with cheese, breaded and fried, doused with a white creamy dressing.
Lamb Meat
Veal Meat
Berxolle Dukagjini
Pounded veal, kashkaval cheese topped with mushroom gravy.
Mixed Meat Combination
Lamb, veal, chicken, shish qebap.

Seafood
Grilled Branzino
Served with mixed sauteed veggies.
Grilled Octopus

Homemade Desserts
Baklava
Albanian Trilece

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Recent Reviews

My husband and I really enjoyed our dinner here! The atmosphere is cozy and the service makes you feel like you're a guest in someone's home. It was our first time eating Albanian food, and the mixed grill platter, the sesame baked cheese and the Fasule were standouts for us! We can't wait for our next time at Çka Ka Qellue.
June 2025
It was interesting trying Albanian cuisine for the first time. The food was a bit salty for my taste but generally good. What made it a poor experience was how hot and stuffy it felt inside. We thought the whole restaurant was like that until I walked through the other rooms on my way to the restroom. I guess we just got unlucky with our seat. It was terrible eating piping hot food while sweat was dripping down our face like in a sauna.
June 2025
I was home. It felt like the food I grew up with, and served so beautifully. I didn't feel like I was at a restaurant, but at a friend's house eating the food our families had prepared for generations. Can't wait to come back.
May 2025

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Çka Ka Qëllue

118 E 31st St, New York, NY 10016
(212) 213-2082