Pijalnia Wódki i Piwa

I loved the concept! I’d love this place in Chicago. Open all the time and cheap. The décor is also awesome and styled after the Communist era. Went to this location at the beginning of the night and to the Kazimierz location toward the end of it, or somewhere in the middle… it was definitely a long, epic night in Krakow. We did not try the food but I know I’d like it. Simple Polish standards that go well with drinking. All the food is 8 zl and all the drinks are 4 zl. We had shots only. Plain vodka, Vibovit, Polo-​cocta, and Borewicz. The shots were very sweet so we finished washing them down with just plain vodka. All the vodka was perfectly chilled. That was not the case at the Kazimierz location where they were warmer. Warm vodka is not good vodka, blah. The idea of this chain is awesome.

Cool polish diner, got the lard on toast, herring, vodkas, pickles. 50s style mainly locals good for first drink of the night, menu not big enough to eat there for dinner.

Very, very basic but so good. In the style of the old subsidised ‘milk bars’, they’ve got vodka, beer, basic food, much of it pickled, and it’s cheap. Not exactly date-​night material, but clean, friendly and fun.