Bar Kawowy Piotruś

Bar Kawowy Piotruś is a café-bar and eatery located at Nowy Świat 18/20 in central Warsaw, Poland. It was founded in 1958 and occupies the ground floor of the Feliks Łaszewski tenement house, a building connected to the northern wing of the Branicki Palace. The venue serves Polish home-style cuisine — pierogi, breakfasts, lunches and dinners — alongside coffee, beer, hot tea and drinks, and it also functions as a bar with a lively evening atmosphere. It offers indoor seating, a relaxing garden area, a smoking zone and free Wi-Fi, and it takes reservations online as well as takeaway orders. It is open daily, from 08:00 to midnight on weekdays and Saturdays and from 10:00 to midnight on Sundays, and accepts cash, contactless payments, Mastercard and Visa. Since around 1985–1986 the bar has been run by Irena Dańkowska-Jarząbek, who won a competition held by the PSS "Społem" cooperative for the lease (ajencja) of the premises. Under her stewardship Piotruś became a well-known meeting place for Warsaw's artistic and literary circles and for the gay community. Regular guests have included the writer Marek Nowakowski, the journalist and songwriter Marek Gaszyński, and the musician Czesław Niemen. A display case in the bar commemorates Nowakowski, while the original manuscript of the lyrics to the song "Sen o Warszawie", gifted by Gaszyński, hangs on the wall. The bar hosts artistic events such as literary evenings and exhibitions, and it has appeared in Polish culture: Dorota Masłowska devoted a column to it in "Tygodnik Powszechny", later published as a chapter of her book "Mam tak samo jak ty"; it features in Marcin Świetlicki's literary work and in Marcin Sendecki's 2002 poem "Oranżada" and a 2011 song by the band Pablopavo. It has been a laureate of the "Orły Gastronomii" plebiscite, and anthropologists Ewa Klekot and Hanna Schreiber described Piotruś as one of the places forming Warsaw's "sphere of intangible culinary heritage". The bar remains an active, independently owned Warsaw institution.

Bar Kawowy Piotruś was founded in 1958 and is located at Nowy Świat 18/20 in Warsaw, on the ground floor of the Feliks Łaszewski tenement house, a building connected to the northern wing of the Branicki Palace and assigned to its number. For its first decades it operated as a café-bar in the heart of the city's main thoroughfare. A turning point came around 1985–1986, when Irena Dańkowska-Jarząbek won a competition organized by the PSS "Społem" cooperative for the lease (ajencja) of the premises and took over its running. Under her management the bar developed a distinctive character as a meeting place for Warsaw's artistic, literary and gay communities. Regular guests included the writer Marek Nowakowski, who met the characters of his stories at Piotruś; the journalist and songwriter Marek Gaszyński; and the musician Czesław Niemen. A display case in the bar is dedicated to Nowakowski's memory, and the original manuscript of the lyrics to "Sen o Warszawie", given by Gaszyński, hangs on the wall. Over the decades the bar became part of Warsaw's cultural landscape. It hosts artistic events including literary evenings and exhibitions. Dorota Masłowska wrote a column about the venue in "Tygodnik Powszechny", later published as a chapter of her book "Mam tak samo jak ty". The bar also appears in the work of Marcin Świetlicki (the character "Mistrz" spent time there), in Marcin Sendecki's 2002 poem "Oranżada" from the volume "Szkoci dół", and in a 2011 song by the band Pablopavo. It has been a laureate of the "Orły Gastronomii" plebiscite, and anthropologists Ewa Klekot and Hanna Schreiber described Piotruś as one of the places belonging to Warsaw's "sphere of intangible culinary heritage". In the present day the bar continues to operate daily, serving Polish home-style cuisine, coffee, beer and drinks, with indoor and garden seating, a smoking area, free Wi-Fi, online reservations and takeaway. It accepts cash, contactless payments, Mastercard and Visa. It remains an independently run, privately owned Warsaw institution.

• 2011

  The bar is mentioned in a song by the band Pablopavo from the album "10 piosenek".

• 2002

  The bar is mentioned in Marcin Sendecki's poem "Oranżada" from the volume "Szkoci dół".

• 1985

  Irena Dańkowska-Jarząbek wins the PSS "Społem" competition for the lease of the bar and takes over its running (c. 1985–1986).

• 1958

  Bar Kawowy Piotruś is founded in Warsaw.

A historic, artist-frequented café-bar and eatery in central Warsaw, known for Polish home-style food, a relaxed atmosphere and its place in the city's cultural life.

• Polish home-style cuisine

  Original and varied Polish dishes served for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

• Pierogi

  Exceptionally tasty pierogi highlighted on the menu.

• Coffee, beer, hot tea and drinks

  Refreshing drinks, beer and hot tea served in a bar atmosphere.

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