Eating Warsaw

Greetings, friend. If you're here, then you're curious about eating, drinking or noshing in Warsaw, Poland. Let me offer you my opinion.

Friday, July 2, 2010

Grill 15/16

Who should go here: visitors to Krakow who aren't afraid of shoving a little meat in their mouths.

Warsaw Expat Consumer gives it: three grilled man's things out of five.

Grill 15/16 is an easily overlooked place on the south side of the old market square in Krakow. Despite the deceptive name, they specialize in, *gasp*, grilled foods. So we're talking meat, people.

Their most unfortunately named dish, "meska sprawa," they have chosen to tranlate into English as "a man's thing." They perhaps do not realize the apprehension with which an English-speaking native might approach a dish with such a moniker, especially considering its depiction on the placard out front with a big sausage in the middle of the plate. Much to this eater's delight, the sausage is actually a sausage, and it is accompanied by grilled ham steak. Oh, and there's some beef loin as well, but Grill 15/16 carries on the grand Polish tradition of not being able to cook frigging beef.

I sound like I'm complaining, but this is a good place, with good food and a friendly wait staff.

You can find them at Rynek Glowny 16 in Krakow.