common folk restaurant in Warsaw
 

Someone on this forum recommended a no frills cafeteria style place for lunch in Warsaw- they said it is frequented by the common working people of Poland and has good basic Polish food, inexpensive. I cannot see to locate the post. Does anyone know the name of this place and where it is located?

I have been informed that the places I am referring to are the "bar mleczny"...does anyone have experience with any of these places?? Thanks!

"Bar Mleczny" is slowly a thing of a past in Poland but still exists in few places... Food is cheap but mostly good and fresh - Polish is the only language spoken in those places and cash is the only way to pay for your meal... They serve breakfest / lunch / Diner ...
Here is a list of "Bar Mleczny" in Warsaw - which I got from Online yellow pages ... I can't recommand any of those since did not visited any of those ... although if I was going to try - I would Uniwersytecki - which seems (from address) to be next to Warsaw University - which means students - which also means someone else could help with translations ...

Bambino. tel. 0 22 625 16 95 ul.Krucza 21
Biedronka. tel. 0 22 822 64 17 ul.Grójecka 79
Familijny. tel. 0 22 826 45 79 Nowy Swiat 39
Gdanski. tel. 0 22 831 29 62 gen. Andersa 33
Malwa. tel. 0 22 663 21 85 Conrada 11
Marymont. tel. 0 22 834 19 01 Marymoncka 49
Pod Barbakanem. tel/fax. 0 22 831 47 37 Mostowa 27/29
Prasowy. tel. 0 22 628 44 27 Marszalkowska 10/16
Rusalka. tel. 0 22 619 52 00 Florianska 14
Srednicowy. tel. 0 22 621 35 62 Al. Jerozolimskie 49
Uniwersytecki. Galazka L. tel/fax. 0 22 826 07 93 Krakowskie Przedmiescie 20/22
Wilanowski. tel. 0 22 841 13 05 Belwederska 2
Zlota Kurka. tel. 0 22 621 32 80 Marszalkowska 55/73

Found a site for one of the "Bar Mleczny" from Warsaw to give you an idea ... - http://barmalwa.webpark.pl/index.html

Thanks so much!! We are definitely going to try to scout one out - I will let you know things go.

Pick up the Lonely Planet to Poland -- they list a few central "bar mleczny"s in Warsaw and Krakow.

Thanks!! - my husband and sister-in-law are both fluent in Polish, so the translation will not be an issue. This is their first return to Poland and they are looking forward to some home-style cooking!