Cracovia Polish-American Restaurant

Ate at Cracovia Polish-American restaurant in Denver’s most-misspelled suburb, Westminster. It was delicious.

I heartily recommend the smoked kielbasa.

The onions were sauteed with bacon, I think, and the sausages were crispy and savory, coarse ground. They reminded me of the “mennonite sausage” my grandmother in Kansas used to make, but smokier. The sauerkraut tasted like it was home-made. Lots of caraway and not as much tang as store bought kraut.

The pierogis were also really good, savory and well-cooked. I thought the mushroom and sauerkraut pierogis were uniquely tasty.

We got to the restaurant at about 11:45am on a Sunday morning. The place filled up pretty rapidly after we sat down. The other diners didn’t look a whole lot like an after-church crowd. The restaurant is in an aging strip mall anchored by a dentist’s office, and including a liquor store, a mexican joint and a bar & grill that did their sign in the same font Iron Maiden used to use. Almost cyberpunk.

The interior of Cracovia is a little shop worn, but cared for, and the background music was polkas. Very savory aroma on opening the door!

We had a plum-jelly paczek pastry for dessert. It seemed like they just deep-fried it. It was hot and yeasty and not too sweet.

You should go eat at Cracovia.