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20 Terrific Spots to Score Paczki in Chicago

Paczki Day 2020 is February 25

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Fat Tuesday in Chicago means it's time to get in line for an annual tradition: Paczki. These Polish doughnuts — traditionally fried with vodka and packing 400 or so calories — sweeten anyone's day, any time of the year. Chicagoans know that securing an adequate amount of paczki (pronounced "poonch-key") on its special day requires stratagems.

Be on the look out for online order forms and deadlines. Wake up early or carve out enough time during lunch hours to drop by a bakery near work to score a bag. Some bakeries may even deliver paczki. Many places also serve the sweet treats all year long. So check out the list below to find the best spots for these sweet treats this month, or anytime.

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1. Deerfields Bakery

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813 Waukegan Rd
Deerfield, IL 60015
(847) 520-0068
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Deerfields’s three locations are pulling out all the stops and creating 20 varieties of paczki. Try cookies and cream, mango, banana cream, salted caramel, and much more.

2. Bennison's Bakery

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1000 Davis St
Evanston, IL 60201
(847) 328-9434
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Bennison’s is offering seven regular varieties (prune, custard, apple) and three premium ones (praline chocolate mousse).

Why is strawberry whip cream paczki, our best seller? Simple, fresh fried paczki, fresh strawberries and sweetened, whipped, heavy cream, simple.... #paczki #fattuesday #realbread #localbakery #downtownevanston #shopevanston

Posted by Bennison's Bakery on Monday, February 17, 2020

3. Hewn

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810 Dempster St
Evanston, IL 60202
(847) 869-4396
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Customers can preorder Hewn's special raspberry paczki. They’re only available on Fat Tuesday and the deadline to reserve is February 22. There’s a limit of six per customer.

Happy #fattuesday from all of us at Hewn! Just a few #packzi remain...but lots of other items including #stickybuns and #monkeybread

Posted by Hewn on Tuesday, February 13, 2018

4. Sweet World Pastry

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5450 N Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL 60630
(773) 792-5566

The Jefferson Park bakery will feature a wide assorment of donuts for Fat Tuesday, most notably ones with rose hip jam filling.

5. Andy's Deli & Mikolajczyk Sausage Shop

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5442 N Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL 60630
(773) 631-7304
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Rose, marmalade, and custard are just some of flavors available at this Jefferson Park institution.

6. Delightful Pastries

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5927 W Lawrence Ave
Chicago, IL 60630
(773) 545-7215
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The popular bakery sells regular paczki year-round, but makes more than 50,000 for Fat Tuesday. This season’s gourmet choices include Jameson whiskey with chocolate custard, moonshine and lemon, and vodka and vanilla bean custard.

Only one week left until Paczki Day! Be sure to call ahead and order our famous paczki before it’s too late!

Posted by Delightful Pastries on Tuesday, February 18, 2020

7. Dinkel's Bakery

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3329 N Lincoln Ave
Chicago, IL 60657
(773) 281-7300
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The venerable North Side bakery is almost a century old and will have 12 paczki options for Fat Tuesday, including apple cinnamon, Parisian lemon, and chocolate silk as well as the traditional apricot and raspberry varieties.

Dinkel’s Paczki. Order. Now. Available starting tomorrow through Fat Tuesday. #fattuesday #scratchbaking #chicagobakery #paczki #realworkingbakery

Posted by Dinkel's Bakery on Wednesday, February 27, 2019

8. Cafe Vienna

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2523 N Clark St
Chicago, IL 60614
(773) 244-9922
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This Lincoln Park bakery offers apricot, custard, and raspberry flavors.

Count down to Paczki Day - 39 days! Once again on Tuesday February 25th we will open at 5 am so you can pick up your delicious apricot, raspberry, Nutella, custard, plum or strawberry whipped filled paczkis!

Posted by Cafe Vienna Chicago on Friday, January 17, 2020

9. Kolatek's Bakery & Deli

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2445 N Harlem Ave
Chicago, IL 60707
(773) 637-3772
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Stock up on a host of Polish and Eastern European goods at this West Side shop. Paczki range from standard flavors like raspberry and cherry to non-traditional fillings, such as tiramisu, chocolate chili, and caramel bacon.

10. Roeser's Bakery

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3216 W North Ave
Chicago, IL 60647
(773) 489-6900
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Located in Humboldt Park, this old school bakery sells thousands of its paczki every year for the Fat Tuesday season. Expect flavors such as caramel custard, guava, Nutella, and peanut butter and jelly.

11. Alliance Bakery

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1736 W Division St
Chicago, IL 60622
(773) 278-0366
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Alliance Bakery, under the direction of chef Peter Rios, will have six paczki flavors (vanilla bean ganache, salted caramel chocolate, apple cinnamon, and more) for sale.

HAPPY PACZKI DAY, CHICAGO! It’s our favorite Tuesday of the year! We have king cakes and 6 glorious #paczki flavors in...

Posted by Alliance Bakery on Tuesday, February 13, 2018

12. Firecakes Donuts

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68 W Hubbard St
Chicago, IL 60654
(312) 329-6500
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The doughnut shop’s four outposts are making several types of paczki for the occasion. They’ll be available between March 4 and March 6 and include raspberry blood orange jelly, chocolate malt custard, drunken plum jam, and Meyer lemon curd. The cost is $2.69 each or $26.95 for a dozen.

13. Do-Rite Donuts & Coffee

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50 W Randolph St
Chicago, IL 60601
(312) 488-2483
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Lemon blackberry and peanut butter chocolate are some of the flavors involved at Do-Rite's multiple locations. Guests can place their orders online.

14. Scafuri Bakery

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1337 W Taylor St
Chicago, IL 60607
(312) 733-8881
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The family-owned bakery opened in 1904 and serves 12 flavors of paczki: Coconut, strawberry and whipped cream, lemon, blueberry, and more.

Scafuri Bakery has plenty of tempting options. Scafuri Bakery [Official Photo]

15. Bridgeport Bakery

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2907 S Archer Ave
Chicago, IL 60608
(773) 523-1121

Located in Bridgeport for more than 70 years, Bridgeport Bakery will feature 14 varieties, including custard with chocolate, poppyseed, chocolate butter cream, and blueberry. The original proprietor closed the bakery in October but it reopened under new ownership in January.

16. Marz Community Brewing Company

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3630 S Iron St
Chicago, IL 60609
(773) 579-1935
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Bridgeport’s Marz Community Brewing’s will hold its Paczki Fest 2020 on February 23 with festive paczki and associated food and drink. The party celebrates the release of Marz’s now-annual Paczki Milk Stout, and this year the brewery will release its original stout along with a pistachio cream variant. Proceeds from the fest go to South Side nonprofit Public Media Institute and one if its projects, Lumpen Radio, run by Marz’s Ed Marszewski.

17. Racine Bakery

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6216 S Archer Ave
Chicago, IL 60638
(773) 581-8500
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This longstanding South Side bakery is taking orders for its paczki. Get them filled with apricot, rose hip, cheese, custard, and more. Don’t want to eat a whole donut? Miniature versions will also be sold.

18. Weber's Bakery

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7055 W Archer Ave
Chicago, IL 60638
(773) 586-1234
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Customers can get a teeny bit drunk off of the paczki at this South Side institution which adds a splash of brandy (sometimes grain alcohol) to the dough. This year’s selection includes apple cinnamon, raspberry and peanut butter, powdered custard, strawberry buttercream, and more.

We are exactly one month away from a truly special day... #paczkiday is Tuesday, March 5! Check out our website’s...

Posted by Weber's Bakery on Tuesday, February 5, 2019

19. Pticek & Son Bakery

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5523 S Narragansett Ave
Chicago, IL 60638
(773) 585-5500
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An abundance of flavors are available at Pticek & Son. Cheese, peach, pineapple, almond, and prune are just a sample.

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20. Oak Mill Bakery

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5747 S Harlem Ave
Chicago, IL 60638
(773) 788-9800
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With four locations in the suburbs and one in Chicago, Oak Mill Bakery will produce plenty of paczki for Fat Tuesday. Customers can ensure they get theirs by pre-ordering. The selection includes premium fillings like rose petal preserve, Nutella, salted caramel, coffee bean, and peanut butter and jelly.

1. Deerfields Bakery

813 Waukegan Rd, Deerfield, IL 60015

Deerfields’s three locations are pulling out all the stops and creating 20 varieties of paczki. Try cookies and cream, mango, banana cream, salted caramel, and much more.

813 Waukegan Rd
Deerfield, IL 60015

2. Bennison's Bakery

1000 Davis St, Evanston, IL 60201

Bennison’s is offering seven regular varieties (prune, custard, apple) and three premium ones (praline chocolate mousse).

1000 Davis St
Evanston, IL 60201

3. Hewn

810 Dempster St, Evanston, IL 60202

Customers can preorder Hewn's special raspberry paczki. They’re only available on Fat Tuesday and the deadline to reserve is February 22. There’s a limit of six per customer.

810 Dempster St
Evanston, IL 60202

4. Sweet World Pastry

5450 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60630

The Jefferson Park bakery will feature a wide assorment of donuts for Fat Tuesday, most notably ones with rose hip jam filling.

5450 N Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL 60630

5. Andy's Deli & Mikolajczyk Sausage Shop

5442 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60630

Rose, marmalade, and custard are just some of flavors available at this Jefferson Park institution.

5442 N Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL 60630

6. Delightful Pastries

5927 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL 60630

The popular bakery sells regular paczki year-round, but makes more than 50,000 for Fat Tuesday. This season’s gourmet choices include Jameson whiskey with chocolate custard, moonshine and lemon, and vodka and vanilla bean custard.

5927 W Lawrence Ave
Chicago, IL 60630

7. Dinkel's Bakery

3329 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60657

The venerable North Side bakery is almost a century old and will have 12 paczki options for Fat Tuesday, including apple cinnamon, Parisian lemon, and chocolate silk as well as the traditional apricot and raspberry varieties.

3329 N Lincoln Ave
Chicago, IL 60657

8. Cafe Vienna

2523 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614

This Lincoln Park bakery offers apricot, custard, and raspberry flavors.

2523 N Clark St
Chicago, IL 60614

9. Kolatek's Bakery & Deli

2445 N Harlem Ave, Chicago, IL 60707

Stock up on a host of Polish and Eastern European goods at this West Side shop. Paczki range from standard flavors like raspberry and cherry to non-traditional fillings, such as tiramisu, chocolate chili, and caramel bacon.

2445 N Harlem Ave
Chicago, IL 60707

10. Roeser's Bakery

3216 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

Located in Humboldt Park, this old school bakery sells thousands of its paczki every year for the Fat Tuesday season. Expect flavors such as caramel custard, guava, Nutella, and peanut butter and jelly.

3216 W North Ave
Chicago, IL 60647

11. Alliance Bakery

1736 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622

Alliance Bakery, under the direction of chef Peter Rios, will have six paczki flavors (vanilla bean ganache, salted caramel chocolate, apple cinnamon, and more) for sale.

1736 W Division St
Chicago, IL 60622

12. Firecakes Donuts

68 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60654

The doughnut shop’s four outposts are making several types of paczki for the occasion. They’ll be available between March 4 and March 6 and include raspberry blood orange jelly, chocolate malt custard, drunken plum jam, and Meyer lemon curd. The cost is $2.69 each or $26.95 for a dozen.

68 W Hubbard St
Chicago, IL 60654

13. Do-Rite Donuts & Coffee

50 W Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601

Lemon blackberry and peanut butter chocolate are some of the flavors involved at Do-Rite's multiple locations. Guests can place their orders online.

50 W Randolph St
Chicago, IL 60601

14. Scafuri Bakery

1337 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60607
Scafuri Bakery has plenty of tempting options. Scafuri Bakery [Official Photo]

The family-owned bakery opened in 1904 and serves 12 flavors of paczki: Coconut, strawberry and whipped cream, lemon, blueberry, and more.

1337 W Taylor St
Chicago, IL 60607

15. Bridgeport Bakery

2907 S Archer Ave, Chicago, IL 60608

Located in Bridgeport for more than 70 years, Bridgeport Bakery will feature 14 varieties, including custard with chocolate, poppyseed, chocolate butter cream, and blueberry. The original proprietor closed the bakery in October but it reopened under new ownership in January.

2907 S Archer Ave
Chicago, IL 60608

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16. Marz Community Brewing Company

3630 S Iron St, Chicago, IL 60609

Bridgeport’s Marz Community Brewing’s will hold its Paczki Fest 2020 on February 23 with festive paczki and associated food and drink. The party celebrates the release of Marz’s now-annual Paczki Milk Stout, and this year the brewery will release its original stout along with a pistachio cream variant. Proceeds from the fest go to South Side nonprofit Public Media Institute and one if its projects, Lumpen Radio, run by Marz’s Ed Marszewski.

3630 S Iron St
Chicago, IL 60609

17. Racine Bakery

6216 S Archer Ave, Chicago, IL 60638

This longstanding South Side bakery is taking orders for its paczki. Get them filled with apricot, rose hip, cheese, custard, and more. Don’t want to eat a whole donut? Miniature versions will also be sold.

6216 S Archer Ave
Chicago, IL 60638

18. Weber's Bakery

7055 W Archer Ave, Chicago, IL 60638

Customers can get a teeny bit drunk off of the paczki at this South Side institution which adds a splash of brandy (sometimes grain alcohol) to the dough. This year’s selection includes apple cinnamon, raspberry and peanut butter, powdered custard, strawberry buttercream, and more.

7055 W Archer Ave
Chicago, IL 60638

19. Pticek & Son Bakery

5523 S Narragansett Ave, Chicago, IL 60638

An abundance of flavors are available at Pticek & Son. Cheese, peach, pineapple, almond, and prune are just a sample.

5523 S Narragansett Ave
Chicago, IL 60638

20. Oak Mill Bakery

5747 S Harlem Ave, Chicago, IL 60638

With four locations in the suburbs and one in Chicago, Oak Mill Bakery will produce plenty of paczki for Fat Tuesday. Customers can ensure they get theirs by pre-ordering. The selection includes premium fillings like rose petal preserve, Nutella, salted caramel, coffee bean, and peanut butter and jelly.

5747 S Harlem Ave
Chicago, IL 60638

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