Chynów gets new eaterie!

At long last. After the sad closure of J&B Snacks, a Covid victim, in the summer of 2022, Chynów became a gastronomic desert for over two years. Nowhere to sit down and eat. Then, in November 2024, Luxor Kebab opened on ulica Parkowa, followed by Amigo Kebab (which doesn't offer eat-in dining) on ul. Wolska. Today saw the opening day of Loft Chynów, which I of course had to visit. I must also mention Zajazd u Latoszków round the corner in Nowe Grobice, by the TransOil petrol station, which opened late last year, and offers excellent value lunch menus during the week for 30 złotys (£6.11) for soup and main course.

Loft Chynów (below) occupies the last vacant space of the new retail development next to the Biały Dom ('white house') shopping centre, which was completed last year. 

The menu at opening is a cautious toe-dip into the tastes of local diners; though the logo outside says 'burgers', they are not (as yet) available. At present it's pizza and pasta, with one size of pizza, 40 centimetres (16 inches) – which is ample for three. Price-wise, excellent value at between 39 złotys (£7.94) for a basic Margherita and 56 złotys (£11.40) for the seafood version. A giant pizza being too much for one, I chose the most sophisticated option on the menu, the Tagliatelle sepia, loaded with prawns, and cherry tomatoes in a delicious garlic butter sauce. This was 45 złotys (£9.16), and it was truly delicious – I can recommend. (The bowl is looking a bit empty because I was halfway through it before I realised that my desire to tuck in had overcome the presence of mind to snap the meal as it arrived.)

Wine is available by the bottle only meant that a beer was in order, and as it was a hot and sunny afternoon, a half-litre of Królewskie, at 12 złotys (£2.40, yes London, you read that right), brewed eight miles away in Warka, was a good decision. 

More details and full menu on Loft Chynów's Facebook page, which reveals that there's also a lunch menu from 11:00 to 16:00, soup and main course for 29zł (£5.91).

I sincerely wish the very best of commercial success to the owners of Loft Chynów; may the menu soon expand (to include at least burgers and wine by the glass), and may the clientele grow in number.

From my motorbike trips around Poland, I can say that nothing defines a successful small town than its number of eateries. Sad places with nowhere to eat are just ride-throughs. No life, no vibrancy; people eating at home rather than partaking of social life and creating a sense of community. 

The opening of Loft Chynów reflects the rapid development of the village and surrounding district; a virtuous circle of investment public and private making Chynów a better and better place to live.

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