That square has changed a lot since I was first there in 1991. It was cold and gray with foul air (brown heating coal) and very limited dining options back then. No kebab! Student food and stuffy state run restaurants only. Most Poles spoke no English at that time. Or maybe the girls just didn’t like me. Ha ha.
I got one of the last tourist visas to Poland. While I was there they dropped that requirement for American tourists.
Nothing like a good old “Bar Mleczny”, I went to one in Warsaw a few years ago, and I mean it was the real deal, it was on the Praga side, and it was like stepping into a time warp.
But Warsaw has changed so much, I think it’s quickly becoming one of the best cities in Europe to visit.