Café Adria

Café Adria was founded in 1930 at Moniuszki Street 10 by entrepreneur Franciszek Moszkowicz and its restaurant opened in February 1931.

It occupied the basement and ground floor of a large office building that had been built in 1928 for the Italian insurance company Riunione Adriatica di Sicurtà [it], which presumably inspired the café's name.

The dance floor included a rubberised disc that revolved like a phonograph turntable and its live band was led by many performers, such as Artur Gold.

It has appeared in many films, such as the 1933 movie His Excellency, The Shop Assistant,[3] or the 1934 Polish musical comedy Co mój mąż robi w nocy (What Is My Husband Doing Tonight?

In May 1943, there was a shootout when Jan Kryst sought revenge for the torture of Polish prisoners by shooting members of the Gestapo who were there for the cabaret.

The façade of the building which housed the café. It was built in 1928 for the Italian insurance company, Riunione Adriatica di Sicurtà [ it ] .
A press ball at the café in 1934. The group includes Zofia Kajzerówna [ pl ] , Janina Martini , Konrad Tom , Aleksander Żabczyński , Alina Żeliska [ pl ] and Fryderyk Jarosy [ pl ] .
The 60 cm shell from a Karl-Gerät siege mortar that penetrated the building on 18 August 1944