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It wasn't until the second half of the 19th century that the first restaurants began to open in Cracow. Some of them have had their ups and downs, but still operate under the same names and at the same addresses as over a hundred years ago. Hawełka, Wentzl, the hotel restaurants at Pod Różą, Pollera, Grand…
[[File:Jan Matejko - Uczta u Wierzynka 1877.jpg|thumb|upright|left|This is how Jan Matejko, in 1877, imagined guests arriving at the banquet at Wierzynek's -- on the opposite side of the Grand Square to where the restuarant restaurant bearing his name is now located.]]What about Wierzynek? Well, the history of this restaurant establishment dates back all the way to… 1947. This is when Kazimierz Książek opened the restaurant in the Morsztyn House at no. 16, Grand Square (Rynek Główny 16). It's said that it was from Dr. Jerzy Dobrzycki, head of the Cracow History Museum, that he got the idea to name the restuarant "Pod Wierzynkiem" ("At Wierzynek's").<ref>{{Cyt
| tytuł = Styl.pl
| nazwisko r = Leśnicki
| wydawca = Interia
| miejsce = Kraków
}}</ref> Did Książek open his restaurant business in the same house where Wirsing had held his the famous banquet, as he wanted his patrons to believe? Nobody knows for sure; it's generally assumed that the feast took place in one of the houses on the Grand Square, but Nikolaus Wirsing Junior owned real estate in various parts of Cracow and it's hard to guess which of his many properties he entertained the visiting monarchs in.<ref>{{Cyt
| tytuł = Res Gestae
| nazwisko r = Rajman