Deep-fried Polish doughnuts stuffed with rose-hip jam, prune butter, custard or raspberry filling, dusted in sugar. Eaten on Fat Tuesday (Polish Mardi Gras) and Easter season at Buffalo Polish bakeries.
Paczki are Polish Lenten doughnuts traditionally eaten on Tlusty Czwartek (Fat Thursday) and Ostatki (Fat Tuesday) before Lent. Polish immigrants brought the tradition to Buffalo's East Side in the late 19th century. Broadway Market bakeries Chrusciki and White Eagle carry the tradition, with Mazurek's now wholesale-only after closing its storefront. Fat Tuesday paczki orders run into the thousands.
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Paula's Donuts (Williamsville) ★ 4.6
8560 Main St, Williamsville, NY 14221
Paula's Donuts at the Williamsville Main Street shop fries oversized sour-cream and yeast donuts daily, a Western New York obsession with morning lines.
Paula's Donuts (Sheridan Drive) ★ 4.6
2319 Sheridan Dr, Tonawanda, NY 14150
Paula's Donuts on Sheridan Drive in Tonawanda is the original location of the Buffalo-area oversized donut chain, with Texas-sized sour-cream glazed.
Broadway Market ★ 4.4
999 Broadway, Buffalo, NY 14212
Broadway Market on the East Side has been Buffalo's Polish food anchor since 1888, with Chrusciki and White Eagle bakeries, Camellia Meats and pierogi.