NEIGHBORHOOD POLISH RESTAURANT CHRISTINA’S IS FOR SALE After 30 years in business, owner of Christina's (853 Manhattan Ave) Krystyna Dura is ready to pass along her beloved restaurant to someone who can "continue to run the same type of restaurant" rooted in Greenpoint's Polish heritage and cuisine. Over the years, multiple publications, and even television stations, have covered Christina’s. New York Magazine included the iconic restaurant in a list of the city’s best latkes, alongside places like Sarge’s Deli and Essex in Manhattan. Celebrities have been regulars. Most notably, Mariusz Kwiecień, a Polish opera singer who is recognized as one of the world’s leading baritones, introduced Christina’s to his circle of friends from the Metropolitan Opera, arguably putting the neighborhood restaurant on the map. But after three decades and countless stories, Krystyna Dura is selling her (slightly altered) namesake. The owner will be sad, but said, “One day you have to say enough and take a break.” We sat down with Dura and her life partner Jerzy Switkowski at Christina’s. The charismatic pair have been together for 17 years, after meeting on a blind date. Dura and Switkowski reminisced about the restaurant’s beginnings, their most cherished memories, and their hopes for the future of Christina’s. "When I came to the United States, my first job was as waitress. I worked in Manhattan on Second Avenue at a Polish restaurant that used to be called Bruno’s. The owner of Bruno’s was in the same position I am now, selling his business. He asked me many times to buy the business. Bruno saw that I could run a restaurant. But at that time, I was not ready. It was only my second year in the United States. But the seed had been planted in my head. I thought about it for the future. And years later, I took over this restaurant in Greenpoint. " Read the rest of the story on Greenpointers.com. Interested in buying the restaurant? Email [email protected] #greenpointbrooklyn #greenpointers #littlepoland #supportlocalbusiness #greenpointhistory