Kohout Bakery — Restaurant in Garfield

To most Polish Americans, National Pączki Day means making a ton of these delicious sweets and binge-eating them. It is celebrated the Thursday in the week before Ash Wednesday, whose tradition is unique since it dates back to at least the Middle Ages, and is the perfect excuse to eat the famous and delicious Polish pastry.

Pączki, pronounced "poonch-key," are Polish deep-fried donuts that are filled with some sweet filling such as jam, custard, lemon curd, or chocolate. They are usually covered with powdered sugar, icing, glaze, or dried orange zest.

Located on Jewell Street in Garfield, we’ve been coming here to Kohout Bakery for a couple of years. Greeted by the friendly staff, my partner and I were lucky to have the whole establishment to ourselves. Like a step back in time, this small bakery sells freshly made bread, danishes, cookies, strudel, and some deli meats. Patrons have raved about the perfect balance of flavors, particularly noting the distinction between glazed and powdered jelly varieties. We picked out a couple of their donuts, whose price was very reasonable and cash only.

This bakery continues to celebrate the joy of baking and the flavors of generations past, which we...

Small bakery very,nice people. Polish They sell Chrushiski, Walnut and Poppy Seed Roll all year. Polish cream cheese cookies like my aunt use to make. Cakes and Pacskis. I want to try their homemade potato salad, kielbasa, coleslaw and macaroni salad one day. Cash only or check. Bring your own bag. I got a maple walnut cake for a going away party. $14. Chrushiski are boxes of $7.00 each. Home made. Kielbasa and nut rolls and cookies etc are all weighed by the lb....

Old world bakery, serving up fantastic jelly donuts. Highly recommend the glazed traditional jelly vs powder or mixed fruit jelly. Traditional seemed to have so much more filling. Nice crisp bite on the outside, definitely freshly made. Next time will need to get a sheet pan crumb cake, seemed like there were 4...