Monday: closed · Tuesday – Sunday: 12:00 – 20:00
Monday: closed · Tuesday – Sunday: 12:00 – 20:00
Polski
01 / 04 · 1947
Mrs Dawidowicz’s café. The first owner builds the house and runs a small café called “Grzybek”: brewed coffee, cheesecake, and raspberries and strawberries that guests pick from the bushes themselves, served with country cream.
02 / 04 · 15.07.1980
Grzybek becomes a local phenomenon almost overnight. For several years it is the only restaurant on the road from Kraków to Zakopane.
03 / 04 · 2004
The new Zakopianka expressway cuts Grzybek off behind noise barriers. The restaurant loses its passing trade and comes close to bankruptcy.
04 / 04 · Today
For more than 40 years the restaurant and its garden have served traditional Polish food with the hospitality it is known for.
The founder
Grzybek was founded by Grażyna Gorzelany in 1980. The location was no accident — sitting on the road to Zakopane has always suited a restaurant. We are known for our garden, which to this day is the founder’s kingdom and passion.
The first owner builds the house and runs a small café called “Grzybek”: brewed coffee, cheesecake, and raspberries and strawberries that guests pick from the bushes themselves, served with country cream.
Mrs Skrzywan takes over and adds simple hot dishes — tripe soup and liver. For the first time Grzybek resembles a restaurant.
The next owner runs no food business here, and the building slowly falls into disrepair.
Zygmunt Matoga buys the neglected property for his daughter, Grażyna Gorzelany. The renovation takes two years.
Grzybek becomes a local phenomenon almost overnight. For several years it is the only restaurant on the road from Kraków to Zakopane.
Running the restaurant becomes a daily struggle to find supplies.
The “new, bright Grzybek” is added — a room for parties of up to 30. The golden years begin.
The new Zakopianka expressway cuts Grzybek off behind noise barriers. The restaurant loses its passing trade and comes close to bankruptcy.
Work starts on a hall for large private events.
Another event room opens, together with 5 guest rooms.
Many restaurants close for good. Grzybek survives another crisis.
For more than 40 years the restaurant and its garden have served traditional Polish food with the hospitality it is known for.
„In the battle between heart and mind, the stomach wins in the end.”
— Stanisław Jerzy Lec