EPHRAIM - If Door County diners think they've tried every kind of food to be had there Polish food is coming to the Peninsula when Krzysztof Krol opens his Prince of Pierogi restaurant on Water Street just off State 42 in Ephraim on May 26 The 29-year-old native of Siemianowice Slaskie a moderately sized city in the Katowice metropolitan area of southern Poland will be open for lunch and afternoon service (11 a.m daily) to be the only restaurant within a couple hundred miles to serve hearty Prince of Pierogi will have indoor and outdoor seating as well as take-out although the indoor option is on hold until Krol feels it's safe to open because of the current COVID-19 concerns Outdoor tables will be spaced for social distancing employees will wear masks and gloves and customers who come to the window to place or pick up orders will be required to wear masks The self-taught chef said his concept is to run a street food-type of restaurant with quick service along the lines of the foods and service found at small cafes or food trucks "Street food is becoming more popular because people are bored with regular food." "pierogi" is plural for the item while the one of them is a "pierog."  They're small dumplings usually made from a noodle-type dough stuffed with a variety of fillings and covered with a topping Traditional and popular fillings in Poland include meat/potato mixtures as well as dessert pierogi filled with fruit and sour cream or cream cheese a lot like empanadas or ravioli or pot stickers," Krol said "but they're formed and shaped differently and prepared differently Krol is offering seven kinds of pierogi entrees with a choice of five toppings and three dessert versions Four of the entree ones are traditional Polish recipes mushroom and kielbasa (Polish sausage) filling while three are filled with ingredient combinations more familiar to Americans The entree ones come in servings of six or 10 the dessert ones in servings of four or seven Also on the menu are other traditional Polish foods: two varieties of cabbage rolls (golabki) one with beef and one veggie; a kielbasa dog; and hunter's stew (bigos) Some cooks fry pierogi but Krol is boiling and steaming his for a healthier dish He's also using as many local food and ingredient suppliers as possible.  Krol said the traditional Polish dishes came from handwritten recipes from his mother and grandmother While he recognizes the need to offer nontraditional pierogi he said it's important to him to bring a taste of his homeland to the peninsula "I wanted to introduce some traditional Polish just like you would eat back home," Krol said It's especially important to him because finding Polish cuisine is difficult at best across Wisconsin a state with a healthy population of people of Polish descent The nearest Polish restaurants to Ephraim appear to be in the Milwaukee area and in Custer near Stevens Point Krol said he sees a need for a Polish restaurant locally especially for when tourists are able to flock as usual to the Door from places like Milwaukee and Chicago the latter of which has almost a million residents of Polish descent in its metro area Krol has worked for the past five years as a bartender at Bayside Tavern in Fish Creek — and continues to do so at night — and he said he's seen a lot of Polish last names come through the bar I wish we had a good Polish restaurant around here," Krol said The building housing Prince of Pierogi sat vacant for 19 years before Krol bought it with his savings and set about remodeling it what could I do to give back to the community?" Krol said Describing it as "really rundown" at the time of purchase relying on a lot of help from friends and supporters and input on the interior and exterior design from Ephraim's Historical Preservation Society they'll see Polish decor and hear traditional and pop Polish and American music "It'll be a fun beach-town atmosphere," Krol said Krol first came to Door County and the U.S working in a restaurant through the Work & Travel USA program sponsored by the CIEE — Council on International Educational Exchange The program allows for a month of travel at the end and Krol said he enjoyed this country so much working in restaurants in Florida and San Diego while completing his degree in international business and eventually traveling to 40 states and more than 30 countries But Krol said he liked Door County so much he decided to settle there.  Krol's travels across the country reinforced the idea that there's a market for Polish cuisine He said he's dined in Polish restaurants in Chicago and Milwaukee but also in less obvious metro areas like Denver and he feels he's getting in on a rising tide "I know that (Polish restaurants) are becoming trendy "I've been to many other Polish restaurants across the country (in my travels)." Polish lunch will take hold with Door County's residents and its many visitors I feel like I'm going to provide more diversity and complement other cuisines here very well "I know it's a good business to get into up here." Prince of Pierogi is in the Shorewood Village Shops at 9922 Water St 31; outdoor seating and carry-out will be available to start the season with indoor seating beginning once public health concerns from COVID-19 lessen call 920-421-8619 or visit princeofpierogi.com or the "Prince of Pierogi Restaurant" Facebook page Contact Christopher Clough at 920-741-7952, 920-562-8900 or cclough@doorcountyadvocate.com. Poland — Poland's Ministry of Defence has signed a contract to acquire 64 self-propelled 120mm RAK (Cancer) mortar vehicles and 32 artillery command vehicles The vehicles will come from a consortium led by local manufacturer Huta Stalowa Wola S.A The consortium was formed by HSW and local state-run defense manufacturer Rosomak S.A. the ministry's Armament Inspectorate said in a statement The latter company specializes in making the Rosomak armored modular vehicle (AMV) The eight-wheel drive AMV is produced at the company's plant in Siemianowice Slaskie under a license from Finland's Patria which is worth more than 968 million zloty (US $252 million) was signed in the presence of Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo under which deliveries are to be completed by 2019 is to enhance the artillery capability of the Polish land forces Warsaw has intensified efforts to purchase new weapons and military equipment following Russia's intervention in neighboring Ukraine HSW is controlled by the state-run Polish Armaments Group, which owns an 85.09 percent stake in the manufacturer. 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