The Paczki Day Party kicked off today with Polish treats and feasts at Eastern Market. Thousands of people attended the one-day event, which traditionally paves the way for Fat Tuesday. 45-year ...

This year, it falls on March 4. The day is used to indulge in the traditional Polish-style doughnuts. Many retailers, both local bakeries and chain grocery stores, offer paczki in various flavors ...

In Poland, paczki sales are the highest on “Fat Thursday,” marking the start of the final week of the pre-Lenten celebrations. In the United States, it is observed the day before Ash Wednesday.

The “Time to make the donuts” may first have been recognized in 1984, but the time to stuff the paczki for Schererville’s Carpathia Polish Deli’s paczki bacchanal started at 6 a.m. sharp ...

While some in Chicago will celebrate Fat Tuesday with King Cake and gumbo, many will mark the day by sinking their teeth into the soft and sweet Polish dessert known as paczki. Though the popular ...

The first paczki, I am told, were stuffed with bacon and pork fat. This was almost 1000 years ago. Take this morsel of history for what it's worth: it comes not from Miss Paczki, but from the ...

A steady stream of customers left with armfuls of boxes packed with paczkis. Fat Tuesday, the day before Lent, is Paczki Day, named after the Polish fried doughnut loaded with scrumptious fillings.

In 2024, paczki cost $36 per dozen, and this year she’s raised the prices to $39: “Really, I should have raised it by $5 but I feel bad,” Pietrzyk says. “It’s not like we have a huge ...

A week before Lent begins, Big Y World Class Market bakeries are busy pumping out paczki. The Polish pastry paczki, pronounced "PAWNCHI-ki" (also POONCH-ki or PUNCH-ki), is plural for paczek. The ...

On Tuesday from noon to 4 p.m., the clubs will hold its Paczki Day party with Polish music, Polish street food, a full bar and paczki for sale. Tickets are $5 in advance or $7 at the door.