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Old 03-01-2011, 08:12 PM
 
Location: Mequon, WI
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Just looking for some stores, deli's and any other kind of shops that sell Polish related things such movies, food, clothes, Stoneware, Jewelry, pictures and books, basically anything and everything. I have done several online searches and have found some but I know I am probably missing some. Some stores that don't have websites or don't come up easy on google. Also restaurants and bars and nightclubs. So if anyone has any Polish Chicago suggestions whatever it may be it would be much appreciated. After all Chicago is home to more than a million polish people and polish decent so I am sure I am missing some of Polonia in Chicago.

Here are some of the links I have found already

Poles in Chicago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Poles

Polonia in Chicago - PolskiInternet.com

Polish, Polonia

Polish American Association

I know we have all seen this place before

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Old 03-01-2011, 08:24 PM
 
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the best place to start exploring Polish community is intersection of Milwaukee/Pulaski/Belmont. However, Polish community seems spread all over the city and suburbs like Niles on the north part of Chicago. On the south side of Chicago Intersection of Archer/Harlem, this part is dominated by Polish Highlanders. Definitely you can find here polish stores, but as I said Polish community spreaded all over the suburbs.

Meetup.com has Polish meetings so you can try to reach more polish people. I hope I helped, I am Polish by the way.
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Old 03-01-2011, 08:27 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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Sadly, Andy's Deli in Gladstone Park burned a couple of weeks ago. I hear they are going to rebuild though and will reopen asap

http://www.andysdeli.net/

http://www.yelp.com/biz/andys-deli-chicago-2
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Old 03-01-2011, 08:37 PM
 
Location: Mequon, WI
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Sadly, Andy's Deli in Gladstone Park burned a couple of weeks ago. I hear they are going to rebuild though and will reopen asap

E-store

Andy's Deli - CLOSED - Jefferson Park - Chicago, IL

Really! I did not know that. I hope they do rebuild soon!
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Old 03-01-2011, 08:48 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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Belmont anywhere west of central.
I see movie rental stores and small buisnessess in polish
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Old 03-02-2011, 04:57 AM
 
Location: Charlotte, NC
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Logan Square still has a large Polish concentration. Milwaukee Ave. is the best bet...going north from the Milwaukee/Diversey intersection. Can't remember the cross street now, but, across from that pet store that used to have a lion in it...there is a nice deli. There are other stores within that area..dotted between other places...

Way up Milwaukee Ave...past the Jefferson Park terminal and just after Central is a little grocery that I bought some (excellent) fresh pierogis at. There is a Polish funeral home up there, too..and, I think a newspaper store.
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Old 03-02-2011, 08:15 AM
 
Location: Nort Seid
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Logan Square still has a large Polish concentration. Milwaukee Ave. is the best bet...going north from the Milwaukee/Diversey intersection.
yep - I live right here, and it seems to be moving north slowly, the strip of Milwaukee between Central Park and Pulaski seems to be the real concentration now.

this is great:

Holiday in Avondale | Forgotten Chicago | History, Architecture, and Infrastructure

also good:

Northwest Chicago Historical Society - Avondale
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Old 03-02-2011, 09:52 AM
 
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belmont between harlem and milwaukee?
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Old 03-02-2011, 10:35 AM
 
Location: Chicago
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Yeah most of belmont from milwuakee west. I see polish buisnesses and people upt about cumberland
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Old 03-02-2011, 11:20 AM
 
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I've been to this place a couple times. Don't know what to call it exactly, or what anyone was saying, but I liked it:


John's Liquor & Deli/Bristol Lounge
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