PARMA, Ohio – Fat Tuesday started early at Rudy’s Strudel & Bakery in Parma, Northeast Ohio’s ground zero for celebratory paczki. Nearly two dozen people were in line at 4 a.m., waiting for ...

Michael “M.J.” Jones, center, plays the snare drum with M.J.’s Brass Boppers during the annual Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras parade in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, March 3, 2025.

Paczki Day, also known as Fat Tuesday, is being celebrated across Chicago March 4, 2025. Here are 25 bakeries to find the Polish treat.