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Party Cake Shop
Brookline

If you’re looking for the best of the best, you’ve come to the right spot. The pączki found at Party Cake Shop are some of the most popular ones in Pittsburgh, with customers anticipating them all year long – and selling thousands every year. But, you’ve got to hurry, because they’re only available for a limited time (every weekend, from now through Fat Tuesday), and they’ve been selling out. Party Cake Shop’s pączki include plain, vanilla custard, lemon, apricot, buttercream, chocolate buttercream, raspberry jelly or prune.
Call ahead at 412-531-5322 to place an order.
Party Cake Shop
706 Brookline Blvd.

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Potomac Bakery
Dormont & Mt. Lebanon

The pączki at Potomac Bakery is available daily now through Fat Tuesday, at both their Dormont location (1419 Potomac Ave.), and their Mt. Lebanon location (300 Mt. Lebanon Blvd. #21). Each pączki is $2.50, and flavors include blueberry, lemon, chocolate, apple, buttercream, custard and raspberry.
Potomac Bakery

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Oakmont Bakery
Oakmont

For many Pittsburghers, the year at Oakmont Bakery revolves around pączki season! Starting in January and running through Easter, the glass cases at Oakmont are filled with hundreds (and hundreds!) of these Polish doughnuts. Stop by their Oakmont storefront to pick up a few options from their plethora of flavors, including coconut, maple bacon, apple, blueberry, cherry, cookies n’ cream, custard, lemon, Oakmont cream (chocolate cream), peach, Pittsburgh cream, plain, raspberry, prune, peanut butter and their Steelers-inspired ‘Blitz-ki pączki.’ You can also order six-packs online.
Oakmont Bakery
1 Sweet St., Oakmont

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Bethel Bakery
Bethel Park & North Strabane

The super-stuffed pączki at Bethel Bakery are currently on the menu, with new special flavors popping up throughout the season. You can find Bavarian cream, buttercream, chocolate buttercream, s’mores, raspberry and glazed (unfilled) pączki right now, and Buckeye (peanut butter and chocolate), lemon, cookies & cream, fresh strawberry, and Irish cream options will be available soon.
Bethel Bakery
multiple locations

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Kretchmar’s Bakery
Beaver

Kretchmar’s Bakery line up for pączki (available Fridays and Saturdays from now until Easter, and on Fat Tuesday). Available flavors include apple, cherry and Bavarian cream with apricot, blueberry, chocolate, lemon, peanut butter, raspberry, strawberry or vanilla. Call 724-774-2324 to place an order for pickup, and walk-in orders are also available.
Kretchmar’s Bakery
664 Third St., Beaver

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Prantl’s Bakery
Multiple Locations

Customers can order pączki from Prantl’s online and over the phone at 724-837-3706. Flavor options include apricot, chocolate, buttercream, pastry cream, lemon and raspberry, with either a glazed or powdered-sugar topping. Six-packs are available for $16.99 (individual pączki are $2.99) at all Prantl’s locations (including Shadyside, Squirrel Hill, North Side, Greensburg and North Huntingdon) on Thursdays through Sundays.
Prantl’s Bakery

S&D Polish Deli
Strip District

It makes sense that the popular Pittsburgh Polish deli, S&D, would be a great place to snag some pączki before Lent. Flavors include: Rosehip, Lekvar (Plum Butter), vanilla buttercream, and chocolate buttercream. They’re available for purchase in the store and online.
S&D Polish Deli
2204 Penn Ave.

Giant Eagle
Multiple Locations

A quick and easy place to get your hands on some Paczki is Giant Eagle. In the weeks leading up to Lent, Giant Eagle offers seasonal treats, including pączki and King Cake. Both are available at Giant Eagle locations through the beginning of Lent.
Giant Eagle

This story was produced in partnership with GoodFoodPittsburgh.com.