Abstract
This chapter highlights that the number and structure of eating establishments in smaller cities and towns is consistent with the hierarchical relationship predicted by central place theory. It also highlights other factors that affect the development of gastronomy in smaller cities and towns. One is the tourist function, which is shaped by different types of tourism; others include the city’s location, its history and contemporary development. This chapter seeks to explore, among other things, the popularity of ethnic cuisines, vegan and vegetarian food, and eating establishments in redeveloped buildings. It looks at the culinary landscape in some smaller Polish cities and towns and discusses the creation of culinary trails as a way to promote sightseeing in the city.
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The report Polska na talerzu deals with the culinary customs of Poles. It has been prepared on the basis of a survey conducted in March 2015 by IQS on behalf of MAKRO Cash & Carry using the CAWI methodology, using a sample of 1000 Polish web and internet users above 15 years of age.
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The tourist function in Kazimierz Dolny began to develop in the late nineteenth century, when the town became a favourite summer resort visited by people from Warsaw, Lublin and other Polish cities. Nowadays, Kazimierz, with its reconstructed historic heritage, is regarded as an architectural gem, a Mecca for artists and an attractive tourist centre (Historia 2017).
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It is worth adding that vegetarian food as a fashion is a key episode in the culinary history of Gdynia. The main advocate and promoter of this phenomenon was the Green Way chain of bars, founded in 1997 in Gdynia. One of the first establishments was opened in Abraham street and it is still in business today (http://www.kulinarnagdynia.pl/historia-szlaku/lata-90, accessed 30 Nov 2017).
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Independent of their location with respect to the city centre, they are easily accessible by public and private transport.
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Antoni Abraham (1869–1923) was a well-known Kashubian social activist, nicknamed the ‘King of the Kashubian people’, and an advocate of the Polish character of Pomerania. The house at 30 Starowiejska street in Gdynia was never owned by him, but he and his family lived there during the last three years of his life. In 1936, a commemorative plaque was installed on the building (Fryc 2016).
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The present study deals only with the spatio-functional aspects of revitalisation.
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This is the second culinary trail in Poland after Gdynia.
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http://www.podlaskieit.pl/index.php (Accessed 12 Oct 2017).
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Tykocin is a small town in Podlasie with a population of almost 5000. Its rich history is forever related to the Jewish minority.
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Świdnica (Lat. Svidnica, Ger. Schweidnitz, Czech Svídnice) is a town in Lower Silesia with a population of 60,000, which was known in the Middle Ages for brewing beer. In cities such as Prague, Wroclaw, Heidelberg and Kraków Swidnica caves are open, serving beer brewed in Świdnica. In the Middle Ages, the cellars of the local town hall housed an inn serving local beer.
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This is located in the cellars of the local town hall. To emphasise the historic ties, Świdnica beer and game dishes are still served (http://www.piwnicaratuszowa.pl, accessed 20 Dec 2017).
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Durydiwka, M. (2020). Eating Establishments in Smaller Cities and Towns in Poland (on Selected Examples). In: Kowalczyk, A., Derek, M. (eds) Gastronomy and Urban Space. The Urban Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34492-4_10
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