  Jjw Member Username: Jjw Post Number: 450 Registered: 10-2005 |
Anyone know where I can get some prune-filled paczkis in the Detroit area? My dad used to love them and he is in the hospital not doing well at all. I would love to bring him some while I am here. He used to buy them on Michigan Avenue near Lonyo somewhere but I drove around there and couldn't find a shop that sold them. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 3252 Registered: 12-2005 |
You might try calling this place if it's not too far away. I'm sure others will get mention here too. Utica Heights Bakery 46715 Van Dyke (south of 21 mile) Utica, MI 48317 Phone: 586-731-8960 Polish Baked Goods Their website was http://www.uticaheightsbakery. com/ but it's down. | ||
Jrvass Member Username: Jrvass Post Number: 214 Registered: 01-2007 |
Are they sold at anytime except for Fat Tuesday? If they are, I never knew that. Jjw, if they are being sold now, then you'll find them. If not, I would try to persuade a Hamtramck bakery to make a small batch for your father. It may cost some $$. But why not? I hope he gets better. | ||
Jjw Member Username: Jjw Post Number: 451 Registered: 10-2005 |
He used to stop at some bakery and buy them every other Saturday morning and bring them home. I will try the Utica place. Thanks for that and also maybe give Hamtramck a shot. Maybe a Prune Danish could be a good substitute? | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 3254 Registered: 12-2005 |
Be sure to call ahead. I think that Utica place only has them fresh on one day of the week. Maybe Wednesday? Sorry, I forgot. | ||
Texorama Member Username: Texorama Post Number: 58 Registered: 12-2006 |
Looks as though Copernicus Grocery in Ann Arbor has them. See: http://www.kitchenchick.com/20 07/01/copernicus_poli.html This was posted well before Paczki Day. Phone number is on that page. | ||
Dbc Member Username: Dbc Post Number: 76 Registered: 09-2006 |
Jjw, the following places have paczki year round: 1. New Palace Bakery (9833 Jos Campau - Hamtramck) 2. New Deluxe Bakery (11920 Conant - Detroit, but right on the Hamtramck border) 3. Sunnyside Bakery (5422 E. McNichols - Detroit) 4. New Martha Washington Bakery (10335 Jos Campau - Hamtramck) 5. West Warren Bakery (15708 W. Warren - Detroit) Plus, you can get them at Polish Market, Stan's, and, I believe, Srodek's all on Jos Campau in Hamtramck. I have been to the first three, all of which make an excellent paczek. No need to call ahead if you get there early, as the only reason they would not have paczki is that they sold out. (All three also make excellent kolaczki and chrusciki (angel wings).) Anyway, I would recommend going to Hamtramck to get the old neighborhood feel and, if you have any interest in doing so, to get anything else Polish you may want at Polish Market and Stan's. If you have a hankering for some great Polish food, you could also do lunch at Polish Village Café, Polonia, or Under the Eagle in Hamtramck and Krakus in Detroit – all within a mile or so of one another on Campau. Also, if you are intent on going to the Michigan/Lonyo area, Markowycz's European Home Style Sausage at 8616 Michigan MAY have paczki. Never been there either, but I hear they make killer sausage. Sorry for sales pitch-esque post, but I’m getting homesick and hungry out here in DC just thinking about Polish baked goods and Hamtramck. What I wouldn't give for a Polish Plate and an Okocim Porter right now. | ||
Jjw Member Username: Jjw Post Number: 452 Registered: 10-2005 |
Thanks all. I copied the page and will now have a mission. | ||
Broken_main Member Username: Broken_main Post Number: 1296 Registered: 06-2005 |
Good luck Jjw...I hope your father enjoys his treat. I am praying for him. | ||
Jjw Member Username: Jjw Post Number: 456 Registered: 10-2005 |
I want to thank everyone who contributed. I ended up going to the West Warren Bakery. They make a prune Danish but you have to pre-order it and then pick it up. I bought one and brought him two slices daily. He has dementia along with heart failure and cancer but boy did his eyes light up when he bit into it. Then, I bought him another one. The folks in that place are great. He has since been transferred to a nursing home and my sister is handling it as I had to get back to work. By the way, Detroit, with all of its problems---looks great! |
