Greater Poland potato pancakes made from grated raw potato bound with egg and flour, fried in lard and served with mushroom sauce, soured cream or apple sauce.
Plendze are the Greater Poland answer to the eastern placki ziemniaczane; the dialect word reflects the German-influenced Prussian-partition vocabulary that survived in Poznań kitchens. The dish is plainer than the eastern versions, focused on the texture of the grated potato, with mushroom sauce as the canonical accompaniment. Every regional Wielkopolska room in the city lists plendze alongside pyry z gzikiem as the two everyday plates.
3 editor picks for Plendze in Poznań, ranked by editorial score. All Poznań signature dishes · Plendze across every city.
Hyćka ★ 4.4
srodka · Rynek Śródecki 17, 60-653 Poznań
Hyćka in Śródka, Poznań cooks the regional Wielkopolska canon: pyry z gzikiem, czernina, szagówki and szare kluchy, with bread baked on the premises on sourdough since 2017.
Pyra Bar ★ 4.0
stary-rynek · ul. Strzelecka 13, 61-845 Poznań
Pyra Bar in Poznań is a potato-focused canteen born in 2009 out of love for pyry, with pyry z gzikiem, plendze and stuffed pyzy at fast-casual prices in the Old Town.
Podkoziołek ★ 3.9
stary-rynek · Stary Rynek, 61-772 Poznań
Podkoziołek on Stary Rynek in Poznań is a Wielkopolska restaurant opposite the Koziołki, with handmade pierogi, plendze, czernina and golonka in a vaulted dining room with regular live music.