by Geoff Cobb 
I suppose there are some Polish vegetarians, but not many. The Poles are largely a nation of carnivores and great butcher shops have defined Greenpoint for generations. No Polish butcher shop has been more popular than the West Nassau Meat Market located at 915 Manhattan Avenue, much more popularly known as Kiszka, but about three months ago it shut down without any explanation and no one seems to know much about its closure. The closure…
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They’re closed for construction. It will be back
Dzieki!
My heart just skipped a beat!
Greenpoint is looking its history and true culture and its being replaced by hippies, high priced condos, and a bunch of bullshit.. $16 dollars for a god damm roast beef sandwich that taste like shit?? no thanks!! I much rather have a $6 dollar plate of delicious polish food.. atleast its not a lottery – as with a lot of these new restaurants.. some of them are crap! high priced crap!
I heard the owner retired.
So I word has it that it has been sold. However to reopen under new ownership.
they are going to re-open but with different owner
Actually “Kiszka” means a specific type of polish sausage not an intestine!
Intestine in polish is “jelito”….your polish wife should proofread this article.
Do you know the word pedantic?
My young polish landlord from poland told me the mother of the family was getting up in yrs and her offspring did not want to get involved in it, so she closed it….but I would double check that…
Thanks for reporting on this!