Boiled potatoes in their skins served with gzik, a Greater Poland curd cheese mixed with soured cream, onion, chives and parsley, eaten with a glass of buttermilk.
Pyry is the Greater Poland dialect word for potatoes; in Poznań it carries enough cultural weight that 'pyrlandia' is a colloquial name for the city itself. Gzik is the regional curd-cheese preparation, related to but distinct from the eastern-Polish twaróg. The dish is the canonical Greater Poland everyday lunch, served in milk bars, regional bistros and at Pyra Bar at fast-casual prices. The combination predates the partitions and is the city's clearest culinary link to its peasant Piast past.
3 editor picks for Pyry z gzikiem in Poznań, ranked by editorial score. All Poznań signature dishes · Pyry z gzikiem 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.