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Why locals love it: Wrzeszcz's best coffee roaster runs a four-table cafe with the roastery in back; almost every tourist drinks at Drukarnia instead and misses the source.

Tip: Ask what was roasted last week; the menu rotates faster than the printed list.

Location

Address: ul. Wajdeloty 3, 80-437 Gdańsk

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Restauracja Filharmonia ★ 4.2

Modern Polish$$

Restauracja Filharmonia is a modern polish room in Gdansk. Cross from Długie Pobrzeże; the dining-room view back to the Old Town is the trip.

Why locals love it: On Ołowianka Island opposite the Old Town, reached by a footbridge most visitors skip; the most committed Kashubian kitchen in the centre.

Tip: Cross from Długie Pobrzeże; the dining-room view back to the Old Town is the trip.

Witómë ★ 4.3

Modern Polish$$

Witómë on Piwna behind St Mary's is Gdańsk's centrally-located Kashubian dining room plating the regional fish soup and a 07:30 breakfast counter.

Why locals love it: The only centrally-located Kashubian dining room left, on Piwna behind St Mary's; visitors hunting regional fish soup walk past the Piwna door for the louder Długa rooms.

Tip: Order the Kashubian fish soup; the breakfast counter opens 07:30 and is the calmest service.

Lang.fuhr ★ 4.3

Modern Polish$$

Lang.fuhr in Gdansk: a wrzeszcz storefront cafe on aldony at the wajdeloty roundabout, in the european coffee trip guide but invisible to old town tourists.

Why locals love it: A Wrzeszcz storefront cafe on Aldony at the Wajdeloty roundabout, in the European Coffee Trip guide but invisible to Old Town tourists.

Tip: After 18:00 the format flips to bar mode; ask for the Polka beer from the Kashubian brewery.

Mała Sztuka ★ 4.4

Cocktail bar$$

Mała Sztuka on Powroźnicza near the Green Gate is the basement tiki rum bar with fifteen seats and the biggest rum-and-tiki menu in northern Poland.

Why locals love it: Basement rum bar near the Green Gate, fifteen seats and the biggest tiki menu in northern Poland; signed only by a small plaque at street level.

Tip: Arrive before 21:00 or expect to stand at the bar.

Cynamonka Bakery ★ 4.5

Bakery$$

Cynamonka Bakery is on grobla iii, a quiet block off długie pobrzeże; the city's most-named cinnamon-roll counter for those who know to walk one block north.

Why locals love it: On Grobla III, a quiet block off Długie Pobrzeże; the city's most-named cinnamon-roll counter for those who know to walk one block north.

Tip: Plain (sauté) cinnamon rolls sell first; cream-filled by mid-afternoon.

SEZON ★ 4.7

Wine bar$$Tue-Sat 11:00-23:00, Sun 11:00-18:00, closed Mon

SEZON is gdańsk's only proper natural-wine bar hides on grobla i behind st mary's, five tables and a six-bottle list locals keep to themselves.

Why locals love it: Gdańsk's only proper natural-wine bar hides on Grobla I behind St Mary's, five tables and a six-bottle list locals keep to themselves.

Tip: Arrive at 17:00 as the cafe flips to wine-bar mode; the orange-wine flight goes by 20:00.

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