Polish Boy appears as a signature dish in 1 United States cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Polish Boy · Cleveland
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. The format spread to lunch counters across the East Side; Freddie's Southern Style Rib House and Hot Sauce Williams now anchor the modern Polish Boy circuit.
Where to eat in Cleveland:
- Mt Pleasant Bar-B-Q
- Seti's Polish Boys
- Prosperity Social Club