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| | Places to Eat guide for Poland by Hostelbookers |
 | | You'll still come across traditional drink bars – basic and functional, these are almost exclusively male terrain and generally best avoided: the haunt of wide boys and hardened alcoholics, they reflect the country's serious alcohol problems, caused in part by the traditional preference for spirits over beer or wine. |
 | | Among the younger generation, however, things are changing – not least as a result of a massive advertising campaign by the breweries – with beer rapidly replacing vodka as the tipple of choice. |
 | | The Poles can't compete with their Czech neighbours in the production and consumption of beer, but there are nevertheless a number of highly drinkable, and in a few cases really excellent, Polish brands. |
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