Pierogi & Pints

The Place

Pierogi & Pints sits at 17 West Cayuga Street in downtown Oswego, in a small storefront that owner Donnie Halczyn found through a Facebook Marketplace listing after running a food truck called Babcia’s Boyz for a year. The brick-and-mortar opened in early 2026. Every Google review so far has been five stars.

Halczyn is a Syracuse native who grew up around Polish food and wanted to bring traditional Polish cuisine to Oswego. The food truck continues to operate alongside the storefront, traveling to larger events through the summer while the West Cayuga location serves Oswego daily.

The Food

Every pierogi on the menu except the Buffalo Chicken is handmade in-house, often on the same day it’s sold. The lineup rotates: potato and cheddar, sweet cheese, spinach, and a few others depending on the day. Halczyn’s own pick is the potato and cheddar, which he describes as the kind of pierogi that “will knock your face off.” On a busy night, certain flavors run out by 8pm because they never make it to the freezer.

The signature dish is the Picnic Platter: three pierogis, one golabki (stuffed cabbage), one kielbasa with sauteed onions and sauerkraut, rye bread and butter, and a side of your choice. It’s the most ordered item on the menu and the one most reviewers tell their friends to get. An early Google reviewer who’d followed the food truck through the summer called the kielbasa “perfect and snappy.”

Desserts are made by Halczyn’s wife, Melissa Allard. The lineup rotates, but cream puffs and chocolate cake show up regularly.

Worth Knowing

A full liquor license was expected around June 2026, which will bring multiple Polish beers on draft and a selection of traditional Polish vodkas. The hours may extend once the license is in place — worth checking before a late arrival.