Polish Vodkas for American Pub

After months and months of Red tape my business partner and I received our liquor license from the city of Chicago.
Were planning to be open by the end of the month, if all goes well.
I have contacted the Okocim and Zywiec beer distributors and getting piwo is not a problem.

What I was wondering what Polish Vodkas should I stock?

Zambrowka...Im already going to buy this:)

I`ll have Sterling, Grey goose, ketel one, Absoult, the basics of course.

What other Polish wodka should I get?

Anything in Poland I can probably get here in Chicago, they sell spyritus here:)

Belvedere and Chopin. Do we get an invite?

Sobieski, Pan Tadeusz, Wyborowa and Luksusowa would be sure bets.

Zambrowka?? Never heard of it. Do you mean Żubrówka?

wisnowka always goes down well with the females ;)

Ive heard of these before..thanks
I might go to a Polish club tonight and see whats happening:)


Sure come to Chicago, I have an Ice cold Piwo waiting you:)

dtaylor wisnowka always goes down well with the females ;)

I was planning on that one also, Ive drank it once, isnt there 2 different kinds?
One is really high in alcohol:)

Go with dtaylor's suggestion too. The sweet vodkas go down well with them. Poland tends to have clear vodkas, unlike Finlandia and Absolut.

Good luck Sledz :)

Theres so many new vodka`s out there.
The big thing here now are, Grapebombs,,,,,grape vodka with redbull...ick lol


Dziekuje:)

No worries. If you ever meet a girl called Ania Topolska, please say hi to her from me. She's the bar going type. I worked with her here.

Infuse your own vodka. It's easy to do: just put the ingredient you want to infuse into the vodka bottle and leave it for a week or two. Good ones to start with include vanilla, pepper, chilli, ginger and rose.

A bar here in Warsaw has 115 types of vodka in stock year round plus another 20 or so seasonal infusions.

There was a vodka bar in my home city of Aberdeen over a decade ago. It went under but it was relatively popular and I guarantee that it'd be a hit now.

It had standard vodka in all manner of flavours, ranging from Mars Bar vodka to Red Kola vodka. There were always ladies there waiting to experiment with the huge selection.

Sledz, you should have a sampling night. That'd peak people's interest and, though expensive initially, would make you money in the long run.

Revolution?

You are thinking of Stalin, LOL. No, it was just called The Wodka Bar. Wodka being with English pronunciation.

That sounds really exciting ! Good Luck with it and fingers crossed it all goes well for you and your partner <just be sure not to drink all the profits j/k >

:)

Liquor? You bet I did ;) Nah, seriously, any operational losses won't last. You are in the best city in America to have a Polish bar. Some say that Chicago is the 2nd Polish city behind Warsaw. It's a running joke here.

Vodka, even if you hiked the prices up a wee bittie, will be drunk because the Poles miss it. Although the copious amounts are overstated, you do miss stuff from home when away. I missed whisky in Japan and was lucky enough to find Suntory Zen, cheap and very good for the price. A total revelation!!

What's your pub's name, Sledz?

My friends mother makes her own spyritus, too bad but I cant legally sell it;(

We not going to be a strictly Martini bar, I want to have a good supply of Polish vodka though, were also going to have Guinness and German beers plus domestics.

Has anybody heard of Pan Deuesz wodka?
I seen Chopin and Dębowa today at the liquor store.


thank you, Im sure Ill have some good stories for you guys:)


Dont have one yet,,,,,ideas anyone???

Describe the bar and what it looks like <interior and exterior > then we could think of some names.....maybe start a new thread perhaps sledz ?

Would be fun I think.......

:)

It would be good if it had a Polish connection and some allusion to vodka. Vodka can make you big bucks, Sledz.

I dunno, Vodkania?? Something along those lines

So, Sledz...when is the 'parapetówa'? Ask your polish friend what it means :)

It is Pan Tadeusz, like the epic story. Quite good.


How about "Pan Tadeusz" Something close to the hearts of Poles, historic and incidentally, a very good Wodka. You could have all the ladies serving dressed as the beautiful Zosia in her little white peasant blouse like the one in the Polonez scene.

Yum, Guinness and Chopin Vodka - my two drinks. I will definitely stop by when I am in Chicago.

like an 1980`s bad hair day..
All I need is a Miami vice jacket..lol


His wodka is expensive, Hes like the Ricardo Montalban of wodka:)


I just did, she doesnt know,,Blondynka????
So tell me:)


Kewl, Any PF member gets a drink on the house:)

FINALLY!!! :)

Does it mean that when i come to TOP this year, the place in the bar will be ready for me??? ;)


i think, it's reserved when you move to a new apartment/house not a bar ;)


that's a good name for a bar!
haha!
;)

Tak,,I know ive been talking about it for awhile, but its finally gonna happen:)


Hmmm its kinda catchy:)


Ok , I try to figure it out later???

Dobranoc:):)

i'm glad that you got the wheel finally running.... good luck with all your projects... if you need some help you know where to find me ;)


haha...cheesy stuff... ;P

Hey there pgtx, good to see you back :)

Sledz, Vodkania ia a cool name. Like a mix of vodka and spotkania. It's quite short and catchy. I'd go to a pub named that no problem.

Pan Tadeusz, yes, perhaps the best vodka I have tasted here. Very smooth compared to the harshness of others.

Where, approximately, in Chicago will the bar be located?

Kewl, more reason to go then, and of course, to meet the proprietors. :)

Name the bar KRYSIA...lol ;)

For Christ's sake, don't let Seanus name it. That will be bad luck, lol.

Krystyna`s Pub has a nice ring to it,,,,:)


Belmont/Cirero area


And were PF friendly:)