Where to find paczki around Milwaukee on Fat Tuesday 2023
Local bakeries will greet Fat Tuesday, Feb. 21, with both traditional and special-recipe pączki.
The traditional doughnut-like pre-Lenten treats are made of yeast dough, deep-fried and filled with fruit fillings. Special pączki could be filled with custard or cream, infused with alcohol and drizzled with a variety of icings and glazes.
Pączki prices vary, but be prepared to pay more this year as egg and butter prices remain high. For best selection, pre-order is recommended.
Grebe’s Bakery is adding some Mardi Gras to Paczki Day with an Ope! Pardi Gras Pack for pre-order at $30. It pairs six Grebe’s pączki with one four-pack of beer, featuring OPE! Brewing’s Fat Tuesday Raspberry Vanilla Sourry & Ermahgerd. Place your order by Feb. 15 and pick up from noon to 4 p.m. Feb. 18 at Ope! Brewing Co., 6751 W. National Ave. Visit www.grebesbakery.com
The Polish Center of Wisconsin will continue its pączki day tradition but as pre-order only, with a change in supplier. The Peter Sciortino Bakery will supply the doughnuts this year, available only as a pre-packed assortment of six flavors, which includes two each of raspberry filled with white icing; custard filled with chocolate icing; blueberry glazed; apple cinnamon sugared; lemon powdered sugar; and prune glazed. $18 per dozen. All orders must be placed by Feb. 14, and picked up from 6 to 11 a.m. Feb. 21 at 6941 S. 68th St., Franklin. Place orders online at www.polishcenterofwisconsin.org or call (414) 529-2140.
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You can find pączki in Milwaukee-area supermarkets and at these fine bakeries and markets on Feb. 21:
Aggie’s Bakery & Cake Shop
7328 W. Greenfield Ave., West Allis, (414) 482-1288.
Pre-order online is preferred by Feb. 17. See www.aggiesbakery.com/
The store will be open from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Feb. 21.
Price: $2.25 each; $12.50 for 6-pack; $25 for a dozen.
Flavors: Apple with cinnamon sugar, buttercream with powdered sugar, custard with glaze, lemon with powdered sugar, prune with sugar, raspberry with sugar, strawberry glaze, and blueberry glaze.
Cranky Al’s
6901 W. North Ave., Wauwatosa, (414) 258-5282.
Pre-order online is preferred, but phone orders will be taken. The deadline for ordering is noon Feb. 19. See crankyals.com
Pączki will be available in store for pickup from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 21.
Price: $2.95 each. Assorted dozens will be available for $30.
Flavors: Raspberry, Bavarian cream, apricot, blueberry, lemon, and prune.
Donut Monster
5169 N. Elkhart Ave., Whitefish Bay. (414) 988-2910. donutmonsterorder.square.site
Donut Monster isn't usually open on Tuesdays, but it will be open for Fat Tuesday pickup of paczki advance orders only, and only at the Whitefish Bay location.
Pickup will be from 7 to 11 a.m. Feb. 21. Order in advance online; the ordering cutoff is Feb. 19.
Flavors: The fillings are strawberry, blueberry and chocolate cream.
Price: A six-pack (two of each flavor) is $20; a 12-pack (four of each flavor) is $38.
Grebe’s Bakery
5132 W. Lincoln Ave., West Allis. (414) 543-7000.
Pre-order online is preferred, with pickup from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 15 through 20. Orders must be placed before 10 a.m., three days in advance, and picked up at Grebe’s. Visit www.grebesbakery.com
On Feb. 21, pre-orders for Grebe’s paczki must be picked up between 5 a.m. and 3 p.m. at Ope! Brewing Company at 6751 W. National Ave., West Allis.
Pączki are available in the store Feb. 15 through Fat Tuesday, with walk-ins welcome from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 21.
Flavors: White iced raspberry, sugar-coated raspberry, cinnamon-sugar apple, glazed cheese, glazed prune, glazed blueberry, powdered sugar lemon, chocolate iced custard, chocolate iced buttercream.
Price: $2.25 each; $13.50 per 6-pack; $25 for a baker’s dozen (13-pack).
Metcalfe’s Market
6700 W. State St., Wauwatosa, (414) 259-8560.
Pączki can be pre-ordered by calling the bakery department by Feb. 19.
The pączki will be supplied by Grebe’s Bakery this year, and they are available in-store Feb. 20 and 21 while supplies last.
Bakery service hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily; store hours 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.
Price: $1.99 each; $7.99 for 6-pack.
Flavors: Apple, lemon, prune, cheese, blueberry, custard, buttercream, raspberry.
National Bakery & Deli
3200 S. 16th St., (414) 672-1620; 13820 W. Greenfield Ave., Brookfield, (262) 827-4097; 5637 Broad St., Greendale, (414) 423-4620.
Pre-order pączki at least one week in advance online, or by phone at all three locations. Visit shop.nationalbakery.com/product-category/paczki-day-pre-orders/
The Pączki Pack is available for pre-order at $16.50 for a dozen. There are four different packs available: some featuring a single flavor, and some featuring mixed flavors, and all with an assortment of glaze, powder or sugar coated options.
The stores will be open from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 21, and individual pączki will be available for walk-in customers for $1.39 each. King Cakes are $22 each.
Flavors: Raspberry, prune, raisin.
Old World Deli
7630 W. Grange Ave., Greendale, (414) 855-0470.
Pączki are available in the store every Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Pre-order is available by phone through Feb.13.
Pączki will be available in the store on Feb. 21 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Price: $1.50 each.
Flavors: Plum, raspberry, rosehip.
Peter Sciortino's Bakery
1101 E. Brady St., (414) 272-4623.
Pre-order online or by phone through Feb. 19. See petersciortinosbakery.com
Store hours are 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; 7 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday.
Price: $1.95 each; $11 for 6-pack.
Flavors: Prune, raspberry, strawberry, apricot, Bavarian cream, lemon, Nutella.
Scordato Bakery
5011 W. Howard Ave., (414) 327-8555.
Pre-order by phone is recommended, and the deadline is Feb. 18.
Curbside pickup is available with a minimum $5 purchase.
Pączki will be available in the store from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 21.
Special flavor: Cannoli cream & Nutella, $2.50 each.
Traditional flavors: Prune, raspberry, lemon, apricot, Bavarian. $1.50 each.
Sweet Perfections Bake Shoppe
1501 Paramount Drive, Waukesha, (262) 446-2253.
Pre-order by phone or online. Online pre-ordering closes Feb. 13, with phone orders only after that date. Pre-order pickup is restricted to Feb. 20 and 21. See www.sweetperfections.com/
All Paczki will be available in-store beginning Feb. 17.
Traditional flavors: Bavarian cream, prune puree, or raspberry puree, sprinkled with powdered sugar. $2.50 each.
“Top Shelf” flavors: Bailey’s Cherry Bombshell, Brandy Old Fashioned Sweet, Kahlua’n Mudslide, Raspberry Vodka Shooter, RumChata Crunch, and Spiced Bananas Foster. $3.85 each.
Wioletta's Polish Market
3955 S. Howell Ave. (414) 226-5986.
Pączki are available in the store daily, during regular business hours, and a variety of flavors will be available from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Feb. 21.
Price: $2.50 to $5 each.
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This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Where to find paczkis around Milwaukee on Fat Tuesday 2023
