Polka Restaurant

Restaurant
Los Angeles, CA

A Polish restaurant offering traditional hot meals served with potatoes & vegetables.

Number of spaces

2 event spaces

Cuisine Type

Eastern European

Food & Beverage

In-house catering
In-house beverage service

Spaces

About

In 1994 Katrina and Andrew Dabrowski move into their house in Eagle Rock Hills. They discover and unit for lease in the nearby small shopping plaza. The unit was previously used as a restaurant. Since Katrina had a Big Heart for cooking, especially Polish food, they decided to give it a try and open a Polish Restaurant. That year in June „Polka Restaurant” open its first door for dinners. Through the years Polka got very popular among locals in Eagle Rock and Glassel Park. In the future years Polka was invited to be on tv shows like „Dinner Drives and Dives” with famous Guy Fieri, also has been on local KCET show called „California Golds” with Huell Howser. The publicity was making Polka very busy. Sometimes people even waited for 2+ hrs to get the table. In 2011 Katrina and her husband made decision to retire and move to Warsaw, Poland to be closer to their roots and family. They decided to teach Katrina's cousin, Mike how to operate Polka and how to cook all their dishes. In June 2011 Polka became Mikes venture.Mike, was born and raised in the fabulously beautiful lakes (2000 of them) region of Mazury in Poland. Ever since his youth, his desire was to become independent. This must have come with his genes, since his Dad, an owner of a magnificent Castle Hotel in Mazury, is a highly successful self-made man. This also must be one of the reasons why Mike wanted to get his higher education in the United States. In 2009 Mike, as his first name changed in America, graduated from


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