Cleveland's defining sandwich: a grilled kielbasa link in a bun, piled with hand-cut french fries, sweet coleslaw and a slap of barbecue sauce.
The Polish Boy was popularized at Virgil Whitmore's Bar-B-Q in Mount Pleasant in the late 1960s and 1970s. Whitmore, a Texas migrant, combined Southern barbecue with the local Polish kielbasa to make a stacked sandwich that became Cleveland's unofficial signature.
3 editor picks for Polish Boy in Cleveland, ranked by editorial score. All Cleveland signature dishes · Polish Boy across every city.
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.
Mt Pleasant Bar-B-Q ★ 4.5
mt-pleasant · 12725 Kinsman Rd, Cleveland, OH 44120
Mt Pleasant Bar-B-Q on Kinsman Road in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood, a family-run sit-down rib house and Polish Boy counter, runs the city's archetypal sandwich on the same block that originated it.
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.