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Paczki Day traditions holding up despite COVID-19, bakeries prepare while staying safe Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press Neither the COVID-19 pandemic nor the upcoming winter storm is stopping paczki lovers from preparing for Fat Tuesday this year.  Michiganders are driving to metro Detroit from all over the state to wait in line for their orders a day before Paczki Day — the day before the start of Lent when Poles celebrate Fat Tuesday with calorie-laden fried donuts that come in a variety of fillings. © Antranik Tavitian, Detroit Free Press Pam, center left, and A...

Paczki Day during the pandemic: Local bakeries make big adjustments Copyright 2017 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. (WXYZ) and last updated 2021-02-16 06:52:27-05 (WXYZ) — It's a time-honored tradition for metro Detroit bakeries, and a day that usually draws in big crowds for small businesses. We're of course talking about Paczki Day. “This is what keeps the bakery alive," Sandy Bakic told Action News. Her parents own New Martha Washington Bakery on Joseph Campau Avenue in Hamtramck. "Sometimes by ...

Neither the COVID-19 pandemic nor the upcoming winter storm is stopping paczki lovers from preparing for Fat Tuesday this year.  Michiganders are driving to metro Detroit from all over the state to wait in line for their orders a day before Paczki Day — the day before the start of Lent when Poles celebrate Fat Tuesday with calorie-laden fried donuts that come in a variety of fillings. "It's the last day that you can pretty much indulge before you start fasting for Easter," said Suzy Ognanovich, who helps run the New Palace Bakery on 9833 Joseph Campau St. in Hamtramck. Bakeries ar...

" " Polish fried donuts, or pączki, are seen in a window display at a bakery in Warsaw, Poland. People in Poland eat pączki, fried donuts filled with cream or jam, on Fat Thursday to mark the last Thursday before the start of Lent. Xinhua/Jaap Arriens/Getty Images You might think you've eaten a good pastry or two in your life, but you really haven't truly lived until you've tried a pączek (plural: pączki, pronounced "pawnch-kee" or "poonch-key"). This round Polish donut is a warm, fluffy treat associated closely with the pre-Lent religious holiday Fat Tuesday,...

Metro Detroit gets hammered with snow, it's paczki day, Beaumont Health cancels vaccine appointments By Jack Nissen TUESDAY NEWS HIT - Snowfall reaching double-digits, wind gusts pushing temperatures to 0, a Winter Storm Warning in effect until midday Tuesday - what more could you ask for from a Michigan snowstorm? Because that's exactly what covered Metro Detroit throughout the night Tuesday. National Weather Service forecasts updated early Tuesday morning increased expected snowfall totals. Bulk of snow already fallen across Metro Detroit By Derek Kevra's measurement, about 8 inches of sn...