SHOULD WE GO, OR SHOULD WE STAY

From time to time you come across people and places which make whatever choices in life, or places you choose to lay your hat, more than worthwhile regardless of the consequences...

Behind the bar of Jazz Pub for example, stands the owner of the establishment with her hands, arms, and upper torso active in the kind of animation which you can't help but recognise as one of unconditional welcome!

Wisia, an ex-model from the world stage of the 60s, remains to this day a super-model in stature along with a combined nounce and savvy which ranks without doubt with that of sage and the indispensable nurse she clearly is to all who cross her threshold.

We came across the place by accident a couple of months ago when we were on our way back across The Wisła from a sortie to check out a gallery in Saska Kepa. Lying next to one of the archers of Poniatowskiego Bridge the bar resembles a concrete bunker on the outside, a bordello within and boasts a mixture of characters to match both features. It has quickly established a place in our hearts and minds alike with ease like no other bar in Warsaw has managed to-date! But be warned - if you're ever passing and are tempted to pop in to wet your whistle then you may just never want, or be capable of ever leaving – Not, that is, until you've told Wisia every detail of your life's story, she's put your future to rights, and after she's switched on the PA System, handed you the mike for you to sing with true passion your most essential favourite song in the world ever -



– this is obligatory to any new visitor given the honour of the chairman's stool at the bar for the first time... If you can imagine a combination of a day in the life of Rodney (from Only Fools and Horses) and the film Cabaret then you've got it! This...