GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN
Karczma
Greenpoint's timber-walled Polish inn — pierogi, sour rye soup in a bread bowl, and a very full table.
A karczma is a country inn, and this one plays the part without apology: timber walls, farmhouse tools, servers in folk dress, and a crowd that is still, on most nights, a good part Polish. It has been feeding Greenpoint since 2007, long enough to outlast most of the neighborhood's newer arrivals.
Order pierogi first — boiled or fried, potato and cheese or meat — then żurek, the sour rye soup, served in a hollowed loaf of bread. After that it is a question of appetite: kielbasa off the grill, hunter's stew, potato pancakes under goulash. Portions are generous and the beer is cold. It is the clearest single answer to what Polish Greenpoint eats when it goes out.
Editor’s tip
Split a mixed plate of pierogi and the żurek in bread — then decide whether you have room for anything else.
Make an evening of it — beautiful stops nearby
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Editorial draft — core details last reviewed October 13, 2026. Confirm practical details with the official site before you go.