fat tuesday

In what is a major food event for Chicagoans each year, residents across the city headed to their favorite bakeries for paczkis on Fat Tuesday, NBC 5’s Sandra Torres reports.

One of the best days on the calendar has finally arrived, as Fat Tuesday – also called Paczki Day – gives Chicago-area residents the chance to indulge in the iconic sweet, deep-fried Polish treat.

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It’s Fat Tuesday, also called Paczki Day – the one day of year where many indulge by eating the sweet, deep-fried Polish treat.

It’s almost Fat Tuesday, also called Paczki Day – the one day of year where many indulge by eating the sweet, deep-fried Polish treat.

And while a Jefferson Park bakery fries them up year-round, they’re especially in high demand on Fat Tuesday, appropriately referred to by some as Paczki Day.

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