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Kraków · Kazimierz

Cafés in Kazimierz

The old Jewish town: café-bars around Plac Nowy, Józefa and Bożego Ciała, a kosher café and a roastery.

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Kazimierz began as a separate town in 1335, when Casimir III declared two western suburbs of Kraków a new town under his own name, and it was incorporated into Kraków only in 1800.1 Its Jewish quarter became the main spiritual and cultural center of Polish Jewry, until the German occupiers forced Kraków's Jews into a ghetto across the river in Podgórze in 1941.1

Restoration of its historic sites gathered pace from 1993, the year Steven Spielberg filmed much of Schindler's List here, and the Jewish Culture Festival has been held every year since 1988.1 Plac Nowy is ringed by cafés and pubs, and more line Józefa, Bożego Ciała, Miodowa and Brzozowa.2

Local tip: Check the day before you go to Cafe Hafuch: it closes at 15:00 on Fridays and stays shut on Saturdays.4

At a glance

57Cafés listed
29With opening hours
07:30Earliest opening
00:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Poranki, from 07:30 (Mon 07:30–18:00 · Tue 08:00–18:00 · Wed–Fri 07:30–18:00 · Sat–Sun 08:00–18:00).
  • Closes latest: Artefakt Cafe, until 00:00 (Daily 12:00–00:00).
  • Most common features: vegetarian options (14%), outdoor seating (12%), indoor seating (12%).

Poranki

Poranki - Breakfast, coffee & cake

  • Plac Bawół 4
  • Mon 07:30–18:00 · Tue 08:00–18:00 · Wed–Fri 07:30–18:00 · Sat–Sun 08:00–18:00
  • Brunch
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Coffee chains in Kazimierz

Plac Nowy and the Okrąglak

The square took its present shape in plans of 1808 and 1844. In the middle stands the Okrąglak (the rotunda), a twelve-sided trading pavilion of 1900; from 1927 the Jewish community leased it as a ritual poultry slaughterhouse.2 Today it holds grocers, butchers and zapiekanki (open baguette toasts) stalls, and on weekdays the square works as a vegetable and antiques market.2

Les Couleurs Cafe at Estery 10 has outdoor tables. Artefakt Cafe on Dajwór opens at noon and stays open until 00:00, the same closing time as Kładka Cafe on Mostowa.

Józefa and Bożego Ciała

Cheder, at Józefa 36, is the café and club of the Jewish Culture Festival. The house held the Chewra Ner Tamid prayer house from 1890; the festival reopened it in 2008, the café followed in February 2009, and its specialty is coffee brewed in a finjan, an Israeli pot.3

At number 25, Cafe Hafuch is run by the Jewish Community Centre and is one of Kraków's few kosher-certified cafés; hafuch (inverted) is the Israeli milk-first cappuccino.4 The centre was opened in April 2008 by Charles III, then Prince of Wales.5

Further along, 2 Okna Cafe at Józefa 40 stays open until 23:00 Thursday to Saturday, and Massolit Cooks at number 44 opens daily 10:00–19:00. On Bożego Ciała, String Taste at number 10 shares its room with a boutique guitar shop and serves only specialty-grade coffee, roasted for its espresso at its own Tens Coffee Roasters.6

Karma's roastery on Świętego Wawrzyńca

Karma Coffee Roasters roasts at Świętego Wawrzyńca 9. The company says it bought a roaster after two years of serving beans from Union Hand-Roasted in London, prefers fruity coffees, and buys green beans through Nordic Approach in Oslo and Trabocca in Amsterdam.7 It uses the roastery for cuppings and barista training.7 Knitted Coffee is further along at number 19, and Cukiernia Starowicz at number 32.

Early, late and over the footbridge

Finca brunch on Kupa opens at 07:30 every day and Poranki on plac Bawół at 07:30 on most weekdays, while Lajkonik at Miodowa 2 opens at 07:00 every day. Cytat cafe at Miodowa 23 stays open to 23:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, and Kółeczko Cafe on Brzozowa to 22:00 most nights.

Mostowa runs south to the Father Bernatek footbridge, opened on 30 September 2010, which crosses the Vistula on the line of the old route between plac Wolnica and Rynek Podgórski, with one deck for walkers and one for cyclists.8 Lokator, at Mostowa 1, and Kładka Cafe at number 12 are on the way.

Sources

  1. Kazimierz, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Plac Nowy w Krakowie, Wikipedia (Polish), accessed October 2026
  3. Cheder: kawiarnia i klub Festiwalu Kultury Żydowskiej, Festiwal Kultury Żydowskiej, accessed October 2026
  4. Cafe Hafuch, In Your Pocket Kraków, accessed October 2026
  5. A Jewish future in Krakow, Friends of JCC Krakow, accessed October 2026
  6. String Taste: Vegetarian Breakfast, Specialty Coffee & Guitars (drinks menu), String Taste, accessed October 2026
  7. Kawa, Karma Coffee Roasters, accessed October 2026
  8. Kładka Ojca Bernatka, Wikipedia (Polish), accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Kazimierz cafés: questions

What is a hafuch at Cafe Hafuch in Kraków's Kazimierz?

Hafuch means inverted: it is the Israeli way of making a cappuccino with the milk poured first. Cafe Hafuch at Józefa 25 is run by the Jewish Community Centre, which opened in April 2008, and it is one of Kraków's few kosher-certified cafés.

What is the Okrąglak on Plac Nowy in Kazimierz, Kraków?

The Okrąglak is the twelve-sided pavilion in the middle of Plac Nowy, built in 1900 as a trading hall. From 1927 the Jewish community leased it for ritual poultry slaughter. It now holds grocers, butchers and zapiekanki stalls, and the square around it is a market on weekdays, ringed by cafés and pubs.

How do you walk from Kazimierz to Podgórze in Kraków?

Follow Mostowa south to the Father Bernatek footbridge, which opened on 30 September 2010 and has separate decks for walkers and cyclists. It crosses the Vistula on the line of the old route between plac Wolnica and Rynek Podgórski. Lokator and Kładka Cafe are on Mostowa.

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