Schizophrenia Café is a bar and club cafe that escapes simple categories. You won't find it in the city's promotional brochures, but almost certainly someone will recommend it to you if you ask for "a cool, non-obvious place to spend an evening close to downtown." Located at 42 Poplar St., barely a few minutes' walk from the Central Station, is a place you don't go to by accident - only by recommendation, curiosity or intuition.

It is a locale for those who value laid-back, independent, and no-frills atmosphere. Unassuming on the outside, surprisingly cozy on the inside. Dim lighting, recycled furniture, chalk slogans on the walls and posters of concerts that could have happened yesterday or 15 years ago. Or maybe they are yet to happen.

Schizophrenia Cafe: a place for music

In the evenings, Schizophrenia Café turns into a microformat scene. You won't find famous headliners or mass audiences here. Instead - jam sessions, open mic, guitar improvisations. Music is not an add-on here - it organic part of the premises. Spontaneous, imperfect, but true.

It's the perfect space to end the day - solo or in company. With a laptop, a book or a friend you just met. It's a place that doesn't try to be everything to everyone - but to its own it can be everything.

Kitchen out of necessity, not fashion

The menu at Schizophrenia Café is a tribute to the classics: oven casseroles, dumplings, nachos, snack boards, draught and bottled beer, simple drinks and hot brews. It's food that doesn't compete with the music or conversation - but supports them brilliantly. And if you've got more of an appetite for street food, we recommend jumping in later for a zapieks in the New Square - Casimir's classic.

Combine with other Cityglide attractions:

• The most interesting attractions in Krakow - Cityglide

• Dragon Trail in Krakow

• Linden Hall: the culinary heart of Zablocie

• Fala Restaurant - cuisine with character

Schizophrenia Cafe it's not just another place in the center - it's conscious escape from the standard. If Krakow happens to be too candy for you, this is where you will find its the less obvious, but very real face of.