You’ve Heard About Fat Tuesday, But What About Fat Thursday? Here’s Where Chicago’s Polish Community Gets Their Paczki

Paczki Day is coming up on Tuesday, but ask any Polish native and chances are they’ve already celebrated tłusty czwartek, or Fat Thursday, this week. Residents across Chicago and the Midwest celebrate paczki — the fried, jam- filled Polish pastries — every year on Fat Tuesday, better known to some ...