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Mmmm, I really miss my grandma's cooking. I love kluski with my sausage. And Polish horseradish :-)

Is krysticki the bow ties? I tried my hand at them last Christmas and they really went over well! My family would have Plum Pierogi for dessert for holidays. Mmmmmmm... You can't buy a good pierog, they HAVE to be made by Buscia :-)

Even though the food wasn't remarkable, I miss the old Warsaw Inn in the Chicago suburbs. Not many Polish restaurants out there!

My extended family lives/lived in the Blue Island/Cal City area. Blue Island was a typical (ha!) Polish/Italian neighborhood. ALL Catholics, one Polish parish, and one Italian parish. The St. Donatus carnival every August was a summer highlight, especially the dago sausages! Yummmm!

Is krysticki the bow ties?

Yes.

There is actually a Polish bakery/deli in my new neighborhood (despite the fact that the population is largely Irish/Norwegian/Lebanese). I know many other Polish places in New York/New Jersey and I lived in Chicago for two years, so I know the places on Milwaukee (esp. between Belmont and Lawrence) well.