Smoked Polish-style pork sausage, grilled or pan-fried; eaten in a roll with mustard or sliced into a pierogi-and-cabbage plate.
Polish and Slovak butchers in Slavic Village smoked kielbasa for the neighbourhood's mill-worker tables from the 1880s. The Slovenian and Polish parishes still run Easter blessing-of-the-baskets with kielbasa-and-eggs through Lent.
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West Side Market food stalls ★ 4.8
ohio-city · 1979 W 25th St, Cleveland, OH 44113
The West Side Market on West 25th Street since 1912, the 60-vendor public market in the Hubbel and Benes Hall, runs cheap-eat lunches from bratwurst, pierogi, gyros and tacos under one roof.
Seti's Polish Boys ★ 4.6
ohio-city · Cleveland, OH (mobile food truck across Northeast Ohio)
Seti's Polish Boys, Cleveland's longest-running Polish Boy food truck on the festival circuit, runs the canonical kielbasa-fries-slaw-BBQ stack of the city's signature sandwich.
Prosperity Social Club ★ 4.4
tremont · 1109 Starkweather Ave, Cleveland, OH 44113
Prosperity Social Club on Starkweather Avenue in Tremont, an Eastern European tavern in continuous operation since 1938, runs pierogi, stuffed cabbage and craft beer with karaoke nights.