Krakow's defining street meal: thick smoked kielbasa grilled over wood charcoal in a battered blue Nysa van parked nightly on plac Hala Targowa, served on a fresh bun with mustard and a slice of rye.
The Niebieska Nyska (Blue Nysa) van has fired up its charcoal grill on plac Hala Targowa since the 1970s, when entrepreneur Krzysztof Cuber started selling grilled kielbasa from an old Polish Nysa milk van after the official market closed. The van is open only after sundown (typically 21:00-03:00), and the queue regularly reaches an hour on weekend nights.
3 editor picks for Kiełbaska z Niebieskiej Nyski (Blue Van Sausage) in Kraków, ranked by editorial score. All Kraków signature dishes · Kiełbaska z Niebieskiej Nyski (Blue Van Sausage) across every city.
Kiełbaski z Niebieskiej Nyski (Blue Van) ★ 4.8
ul. Grzegórzecka 5, 31-532 Kraków
The blue Nysa van outside Hala Targowa in Kraków has grilled kielbasa off the wood-fired grill since the 1990s. From 20:00, the queue runs past midnight.
Bar Mleczny Pod Temidą ★ 4.5
stare-miasto · ul. Grodzka 43, 31-001 Kraków
Bar Mleczny Pod Temidą on Kraków's Grodzka is the city's most editorial surviving milk bar: laminated menu, queue-and-pay-first, full meals for 15 to 25 zl.
Stara Zajezdnia ★ 4.0
kazimierz · ul. Świętego Wawrzyńca 12, 31-060 Kraków
Stara Zajezdnia in Kraków's Kazimierz is an enormous on-site brewery and Polish-grill hall in a former tram depot. Kitchen leans brewery and polish grill.