Ela and I went to Christina’s in Greenpoint, Brooklyn last night. We haven’t been to Christina’s in over a year while we go to Greenpoint about every month or so to stock up on Polish supplies. Christina’s used to be our regular place to eat for many years, but the last couple of times we went the food hasn’t been very good. We found that the quality of the food went down after the establishment was remodeled from being a diner to a restaurant. After giving the remodeled Christina’s a couple of tries, Ela and I started to go to other restaurants in the Greenpoint area instead. There are two other Polish restaurants, Lomzynianka and Krolewskie Jadlo, that are good further down Manhattan Ave. At Krolewskie Jadlo, it looked like all the old Christina’s waitresses went to work there after the remodeling.
We decided to give Christina’s another chance since we hadn’t been there is a while and parked right near by. We were quite pleasantly surprised that the food was much better than the last time we were there. Ela and I had breaded pork cutlet that were very big and cooked just right – not too dry. Ela had pan-roasted potatoes and I had fried kopytka. Both were very good. Each entree comes with two salad options. I had the beet salad and coleslaw. The salads were perfect. The coleslaw had the right about of vinegar and the beet salad had a little tang to it. Ela just had the beet salad. We had Okocim beer with our dinners which we tend to like better than Zywiec. The ambiance to good. Ela and I discussed during our meal whether the wood beams running across the ceiling were plastic or not. Regardless, they looked good and add a nice homey touch.
If you are in Greenpoint and looking for a good Polish meal, I recommend giving Christina’s a try. Entrees ran about $7.50 to $8.50. Chrisinta’s contact information is:
853 Manhattan Ave
(between Milton St & Noble St)
Brooklyn, NY 11222
(718) 383-4382
