Chicago south side - best Polish food?

looking for the best Polish food on the south side

Bobaks 5275 S. Archer is the only one I know on the Southside,

Most the good Polish restaurants are on the Northside

lol. thanks sledz.. i knew i drove by one down that way not too long ago... couldn't remember where the darn place was. awesome..

They do have some great food!

Theres probably some other ones but I dont get down to the Southside that much

a buddy of mine lives further south and he works somewhere down there too; he told me there is Bobaks by his work.. i'll find out and post up if it's a different one. i've never been inside one.. i normally shop in jackowo or near by.

I was there a few years ago, they have a website..... bobaks.com



thats not too far from me..Pulaski/Milwaukee or Central/ Belmont area

yeah man. wallys, used to at andy;s (endy's) pasieka, avondale, czerwone jaluszko...

I was just at Czerwone Jalbusko last Sunday for brunch :)
Theres this place called Angelica`s 3744 N. Milwaukee its awesome.
Wallys is good so is Rich`s on Harlem and Lawrence

where is the pierogi factory? i forget every time and have to look for it. is that alexandra"s?

sometimes i go up to stanislawki's too. a little more expensive.

will have to try angelica's next time i'm around.

Yeah Alexandras pierogi factory thats all they sell there
on Central about a block North of Belmont..good stuff

The Jolly Inn on Irving has a great buffet also

thanks for both.. i don't think i've been to the jolly inn... i like the name, for sure. :D

Mabenka on Cicero, south of Midway is a great place to eat. It's not a buffett, unlike Bobaks. It's Polish owned, and the food is great. On Archer, there are few restaraunts, most notably the Polish Highlanders club.

I'm eating some kraut & mushroom now from there...Very good. But the meat are better so far.

try the fruit ones. yum.

Those are my favs so far... I`m going to try the Spinach and cheese later



I seen that the sell Blueberry

they also have strawberry, plum and others.

bobaks on archer

http://www.polishforums.com/chicago_south_side_best_polish-28_13190_0. html#msg232341

There is a Bobak's in Orland Park on 159th. Have not been there, only drove past.

159th and what?

159th a

159th and wolf Road. It's no longer a Bobak's. It's a Frank's, which is a brother of the Bobak's on Archer. I'm not sure who owns the other two former Bobak's in Naperville and Burr Ridge resectively. There was a falling out in the family, and the locations were split up, and I believe two were sold to someone outside of the family. In my opinion, the food at the Orland Park location is not as good as the Midway location. I'm sure there are people who will say the opposite, or they can't tell a difference. I have not been to the other locations since the change in ownership.
On Archer, just east of Bobak's, is Gilmart. It's very good, but doesn't have near the selection that the Bobak's has.

cool, thanks region

man i need to visit the chi town

i know a polish guy from 'diego who makes the drive for the food and the beer. lol

haha who?


I'm in diego too. I need to make that drive someday.

i don't think he is on this forum.

it was quite a decent place rite across from the U of Chicago business school building

I've hit Joe and Frank's a couple of times over the past month. Everything is good. They're located on Harlem and Archer, in Oak Lawn. The service is outstanding.
Bobak's on Archer has remodeled. The old large buffett is gone. They still offer hot food, but not as many choices and with very limited seating. The store doesn't seem as busy anymore. I think Gilmart has picked up a lot of their customers.