paczki day

Today is Fat Tuesday and while much of the country will be looking for a baby in a cake, we here in Western New York will be downing delicious Polish donuts called Paczki. But are you saying it right?

Here's a list of the best bakeries in Western New York!

Where can your family and friends celebrate both Paczki Day and Fat Tuesday all in one location? At Potts Banquet Hall and deli on Rossler Ave. You'll be celebrating both, at one of Buffalo's top Polish food spots.

The Tuesday before Ash Wednesday is commonly known as Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday and Paczki Day!

Happy Mardi Gras! Happy Fat Tuesday! HAPPY PACZKI DAY, BUFFALO!!!!! Paula's Donuts made a little visit to the Mix 96 studios with a 578-lb box of paczki's and other donuts.  Ok, maybe I'm exaggerating, but if you've ever lifted a box of Paula's, you know they're weighty suckers! ...

No one ever said he was a gentleman. My buddy Justin Tyme, who's been sitting in studio with me for a couple days and covering local news stories, just couldn't wait for Pumpernick 'N Pastry to get here with fresh paczki, so he dove right in to the ones that were in my office overnight.

Polish or not, if you're a Buffalonian, you know Paczki Day. It's almost as exciting as Dyngus Day. But since that's a couple months away, today, we're gettin' down with the donut!

Here's the wonderfully awful paczki song I played earlier!