This cozy eatery serves hearty Polish classics with a rustic vibe, complete with traditional dress waitresses and generous portions that promise a satisfying meal.
"Greenpoint is full of Polish markets where you can pick up kielbasa to make at home, but Karczma is our favorite place in the neighborhood to eat kielbasa that someone else cooked for us. Their pierogies are the best in Greenpoint, and the kitschy space (it’s decorated like a barn) is a great place to gather a group of friends for a feast, especially in the dead of winter. Ordering a Hunter’s Stew just feels right when you’ve survived another Tuesday in February." - bryan kim, neha talreja, will hartman, molly fitzpatrick
"One of the remaining hold-outs from when Greenpoint was teeming with Polish food, Karczma serves up classics like white borscht in bread bowls, sausages with cabbage, and the lesser-seen creamy pickle soup. During the colder months, the old-fashioned dark-wood tavern dining room is especially cozy." - Eater Staff
"Greenpoint is full of Polish markets where you can pick up kielbasa to make at home, but Karczma is our favorite place in the neighborhood to eat kielbasa someone else made for us. Their pierogies are the best in Greenpoint, and the kitschy space (decorated like a barn) is a great place to gather a group of friends for an affordable feast. Especially an affordable feast in the dead of winter. Ordering a “Hunter’s Stew” just feels right when you’ve survived another Tuesday in February." - Katherine Lewin
"If you’re partial to something more traditional and overtly Slavic, head further north, to Karczma (“country tavern”), in the heart of Little Poland, where waitresses in folk dresses dole out bread bowls of white borscht and reflexively address locals in the language of their forebears." - David Kortava
