The sweet, stuffed pastries known as paczki were once cooked as a way to get rid of any extra eggs, sugar and lard ahead of Lent. They’ve become a decadent tradition throughout Polish communities, and you should go out of your way to seek some out. These local bakeries are celebrating Fat Thursday and Fat Tuesday by serving up a mix of classic and novel spins on the treat. At the city’s most popular and longest-running bakeries, preorders often sell out and walk-ins can involve waiting in lines that snake around the block. It’s best to pick your paczki well in advance from this list of 20 spots. Tap on our bio link to read more. —— Photo 1: Employees keep busy as customers flock to Weber’s Bakery on Archer Avenue in Chicago, to pick up their boxes of Paczki for Fat Tuesday on Feb. 13, 2024. Photo 2: Paczki at Daisies. Photo 3: Paczki from Firecakes. Photo 4: Stan’s Donuts chocolate pastry cream paczki. ? Samantha Nelson / for the Chicago Tribune ? Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune / @apereztribune ? MADN Agency, Philip Dembinski and Hannah Hornacek
February 28, 2025
The sweet, stuffed pastries known as paczki were once cooked as a way to get rid of any extra eggs, sugar and lard ahead of Lent. They’ve become a decadent tradition throughout Polish communities, and you should go out of your way to seek some out.
These local bakeries are celebrating Fat Thursday and Fat Tuesday by serving up a mix of classic and novel spins on the treat. At the city’s most popular and longest-running bakeries, preorders often sell out and walk-ins can involve waiting in lines that snake around the block. It’s best to pick your paczki well in advance from this list of 20 spots.
Tap on our bio link to read more.
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Photo 1: Employees keep busy as customers flock to Weber’s Bakery on Archer Avenue in Chicago, to pick up their boxes of Paczki for Fat Tuesday on Feb. 13, 2024.
Photo 2: Paczki at Daisies.
Photo 3: Paczki from Firecakes.
Photo 4: Stan’s Donuts chocolate pastry cream paczki.
? Samantha Nelson / for the Chicago Tribune
? Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune / @apereztribune
? MADN Agency, Philip Dembinski and Hannah Hornacek
These local bakeries are celebrating Fat Thursday and Fat Tuesday by serving up a mix of classic and novel spins on the treat. At the city’s most popular and longest-running bakeries, preorders often sell out and walk-ins can involve waiting in lines that snake around the block. It’s best to pick your paczki well in advance from this list of 20 spots.
Tap on our bio link to read more.
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Photo 1: Employees keep busy as customers flock to Weber’s Bakery on Archer Avenue in Chicago, to pick up their boxes of Paczki for Fat Tuesday on Feb. 13, 2024.
Photo 2: Paczki at Daisies.
Photo 3: Paczki from Firecakes.
Photo 4: Stan’s Donuts chocolate pastry cream paczki.
? Samantha Nelson / for the Chicago Tribune
? Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune / @apereztribune
? MADN Agency, Philip Dembinski and Hannah Hornacek
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