Vis-à-Vis on Kraków's Rynek Główny is the long-running cafe-bar opened in 1978, with a Cloth Hall-facing terrace and ties to the Piwnica pod Baranami cabaret crowd.
Food program: Bar snacks and basic Polish dishes
Tip: The Cloth Hall terrace is the seat for people-watching; daily from morning to 23:00.
Address: Rynek Główny 29, 31-010 Kraków
Starka in Kraków's Kazimierz runs a cellar dining room with aged Starka vodka by the pour alongside Polish wines, paired with the traditional Polish kitchen above.
Signature pour: Starka 25-year vodka by the pour
Wine focus: Polish vodka and Central European wines
Food: Polish small plates
Tip: Aged Starka by the glass alongside the dining-room duck. Cellar room atmosphere.
Noworolski's room inside Kraków's Cloth Hall pours Central European wines and pastries under Józef Mehoffer's art-nouveau interiors, a Krakow institution since 1910.
Signature pour: Hungarian Tokaji by the glass
Wine focus: Habsburg-era Central European wines
Food: Polish small plates and pastry counter
Tip: Tokaji by the glass is the period-appropriate pour; the art-nouveau rooms are the photograph.
Winosfera on Kraków's Plac Szczepański is the stylish corner wine bar with Polish and international wines, and a terrace overlooking the square.
Signature pour: Slovenian orange wine by the glass
Wine focus: Old World by the glass, Polish and Slovenian growers
Food: Charcuterie and small Polish plates
Tip: Eight or so wines by the glass change regularly; the terrace is the summer seat.
