Polonia Bakery — Restaurant in Passaic

Wonderful bakery goods!!! This place has been an intimate part of our family traditions as far back as when I had my first birthday cake. We are obsessed with Polonia’s Polish rye bread and their Rum Cake pinnacally. If you have never had these items, you really are doing yourself a disservice—holy moly they are amazing! The Polish Rye Bread can be eaten on it’s own it is So good! You can freeze it and toast it. We love it lightly toasted accompanying eggs with mushrooms and Kielbasy from Adam’s Market (another classic staple).... It is great as sandwich bread or open-faced finger sandwiches like kanapki.... The Rum Cake, oh, the Rum Cake...! It is a dense cake consisting of different layers of flavored cake and different icings/fillings between. Everyone loves this cake. It has been the only cake I want for my birthday ever since I could remember. And the same goes for many other relatives as well. Then, their packi (Polish doughnuts) are Amazing too!!! The location is not the coziest of neighborhoods, but, it is...

We heard that the bread is awesome, so we decided to take a ride and try for ourselves. We got a couple of different types of bread and of course started eating some rye bread as soon as we got in the truck. Started to drive home, only to turn around because we had only purchased one loaf of rye. I thought it was amazing, so we turned around to get two more loaves of rye bread. By the time we got home we had devoured the first...

Outstanding traditional Polish breads, cookies, paczki (donuts) and cakes. The layered rum cake, sprinkled butter cookies, and cheese babka are to die for. The paczki are a tad undersized. This place is a bit pricey across the board, but I guess superb quality isn't cheap. Also, it's a bit cramped inside, in a crummy part of town, and parking can be...