The restaurant operates in the Synerhiia City residential complex at 1V/14 Olhy Kobylianskoi Street. The cuisine is mixed: Ukrainian dishes sit alongside Georgian ones, and the style of service is closer to a family table than a restaurant hall.

Oleksandr Pashchynskyi, First Deputy Mayor of Irpin, reported his visit to the restaurant on his Telegram channel.

A dream postponed by the war

Fedir Samburskyi had long planned a business of his own, but first he went to the front. After a severe wound and lengthy treatment he returned to the idea — and in October 2025 received a business development grant from Irpin City Council.

The city's grant programme is designed for exactly such cases: a veteran receives start-up capital not as aid but as an investment in an enterprise that will go on to pay taxes in the community. ShoPoisty has already won over many visitors, and the team plans to expand the menu in line with guests' wishes.

"Thank you for the warm welcome, sincerity and resilience"

"Thank you to Fedir and his family for the warm welcome, sincerity and resilience. I wish the restaurant prosperity, grateful guests, new opportunities for growth and the realisation of every plan. I invite everyone to visit ShoPoisty, taste the food and support a veteran business," Oleksandr Pashchynskyi said.

Veteran entrepreneurship is not an isolated story for Irpin. The city is steadily building support programmes: from start-up grants to compensation for energy equipment received by veteran entrepreneurs in the community.

Why this works better than payments

For someone returning from the front after a wound, a business of their own often proves more effective than any benefit: it provides a routine, a circle of people and the sense that life is moving on. A restaurant with the family behind the counter is precisely the format where this shows fastest.

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