Karczma
Polish restaurant · Greenpoint ·
Polish tavern serving hearty, traditional comfort food classics
Polish tavern serving hearty, traditional comfort food classics
"One of the remaining hold-outs from when Greenpoint was teeming with Polish food, Karczma serves up classics like white borscht in bread bowls, sausages with cabbage, and the lesser-seen creamy pickle soup. During the colder months, the old-fashioned dark-wood tavern dining room is especially cozy." - Emma Orlow
"Greenpoint is full of Polish markets where you can pick up kielbasa to make at home, but Karczma is our favorite place in the neighborhood to eat kielbasa that someone else cooked for us. Their pierogies are the best in Greenpoint, and the kitschy space (it’s decorated like a barn) is a great place to gather a group of friends for a feast, especially in the dead of winter. Ordering a Hunter’s Stew just feels right when you’ve survived another Tuesday in February." - bryan kim, neha talreja, will hartman, molly fitzpatrick
"I ducked into this longtime, rustic Polish staple for an affordable, hearty plate of specialties — pierogies, potato pancakes, stuffed cabbage in tomato sauce, grilled kielbasa, and hunter’s stew ($17) — and the standout was the snappy, assertively smoky kielbasa and the potato pierogi with crisp, golden shells and soft mashed potato interiors; all of it paired perfectly with tall glasses of cold Polish beer and makes me want to come back." - Eater Staff
"A Greenpoint Polish restaurant recommended for stuffed cabbage in tomato sauce, a traditional Eastern European comfort dish." - AFAR Editors
"As someone living in Greenpoint, I found Karczma to be the best Polish spot to end the weekend — always hearty, with a frosty mug of Zywiec and a plate of kielbasa." - Eater Staff