Pick up is available 6am-5pm on February 13th. Preorder half dozen ($30) or full dozen ($55) per flavor on Tock or through the restaurant (until 9pm Monday, Feb 12th). Walk-up orders accepted while supplies last. $5 each and filled to order. Gluten Free Available for all flavors (pre-order directly with restaurant only).
Paczki Day Menu
VEGAN
Peanut Butter Ganache + Chocolate Topped
Strawberry Jam + Powdered Sugar Dusted
SWEET
Yuzu Curd + Powdered Sugar Dusted
Whipped Miso Caramel Ganache + Chocolate Topped
Java Chip + Chocolate Topped
London Fog + Powdered Sugar Dusted
House Jam + Powdered Sugar Dusted
SAVORY
Everything Bagel: Whipped Feta-Boursin and Spinach
Pimento Cheese: with Cool Ranch Dust
WAKEUP WALK-IN SPECIAL
Bacon, Egg and Cheese on a Heritage Paczki with Spicy Aioli $12
Photo courtesy of Ryan Beshel for Heritage Restaurant & Caviar Bar
Chicago Firehouse Restaurant
The Chicago Firehouse Restaurant is celebrating Mardi Gras on Tuesday, February 13 from 5:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. with an evening of Louisiana-style eats and beats. Guests may indulge in a special Fat Tuesday menu that brings to life all the flavor of New Orleans while enjoying live music from High-Hat Second Line, a New Orleans brass and jazz band with a Chicago twist. Along with a new feature this year, a New Orleans pianist in The Blue Room. The Cajun-inspired menu will feature classic favorites including Crawfish Mac & Cheese, Cajun Fried Chicken & Tasso Jambalaya, Shrimp Po’ Boy, and the new Spicy Crawfish Boil and Cafe Du Monde Beignet Bar. Specialty cocktails include Hurricanes and Sazeracs. The overall experience is available at $59 including tax and service fee, which covers the buffet, live music, and mardi gras beads. The regular dinner menu will not be available on Fat Tuesday. Reservations are available on Resy.
Photo courtesy of Chicago Firehouse Restaurant
Stan's Donuts & Coffee
Paczki Season is here and Stan's Donuts & Coffee is starting their celebration early this year. Starting January 31 through February 13, Stan's will be introducing SIX paczki flavors to their donut cases all across Chicagoland: Raspberry, Strawberry, Chocolate Pastry Cream, Pastry Cream and Cannoli, and for the first time ever a vegan offering, the Vegan Strawberries and Cream.
Photo courtesy of Stan's Donuts & Coffee
The Graceful Ordinary
Chef Chris Curren will be channeling Cajun & Creole flavors from the Big Easy as he and the kitchen team prepare a four course ticketed brunch feast. Hot beignets for the table with rich espresso anglaise, then dig into a classic NOLA dish for course two, eggs sardou: poached eggs over steamed and marinated artichokes, covered in creamy hollandaise sauce. The third plate will be a savory seafood étouffée over rice followed by a king cake french toast with cinnamon creme anglaise. To pair with this menu, the bar team has also crafted two exclusive cocktails. Beads and masks will be provided, and guests are encouraged to dress in their most flamboyant Mardi Gras attire. Tickets on Resy for $100 per person.
Photo courtesy of Matt Reeves for The Graceful Ordinary
Delightful Pastries
Delightful Pastries (5927 W Lawrence Avenue in Jefferson Park) has announced their menu for Mardi Gras on Tuesday, February 13. The family-owned and operated bakery and café will begin to churn out thousands of housemade paczki per day to prepare for Fat Tuesday.
This year’s paczki menu includes Delightful Pastries’ assortment flavors such as Apricot Preserves, Raspberry Preserves, Rose Petal Jelly, Plum Butter and Custard Topped with Chocolate Fudge ($3.49 each). Gourmet flavors include Passion Fruit Jelly, German Chocolate with coconut and pecans and Espresso Chocolate Custard topped with Belgian Chocolate Ganache ($5.29 each). Paczki Day wouldn’t be complete without Delightful Pastries’ signature “Drunken Paczki.” Flavors include Vodka Vanilla Bean Custard, Whiskey Chocolate Custard and Lemon Curd with Kentucky Moonshine ($5.39 each).
Delightful Pastries offers a limited paczki menu year-round, but the 2024 Fat Tuesday menu will be available at the bakery beginning now through Fat Tuesday. The bakery will be fully-stocked on Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday/Paczki Day, but custom orders requested for pick-up on that day must be placed by Friday, February 9.
In addition, Delightful Pastries will host the annual Paczki Class led by Bielinski on Saturday, February 10 from noon to 2 p.m. Attendees will learn how to make paczki dough, proof and fry them, as well as fill the paczki with a variety of jams, fruits, custards, chocolate and more. In addition, guests will make angel wings (chrusciki) in class. Each student will take their creations home. The cost is $85 per person and prepaid sign up is required on their website.
Photo courtesy of Delightful Pastries
The Rambler Kitchen + Tap
The Rambler will celebrate Fat Tuesday on Tuesday, February 13 in their weather-proofed beer garden with a Gumbo plate with rice and corn bread ($8) and drink specials like $8 Pimms Cups, $8 Hurricanes and $8 Sazeracs. Beginning at 7 p.m, guests can participate in New Orleans-themed music trivia. Trivia will be free to join, and prizes will be awarded throughout the evening.
The Owl
Logan Square’s 4 a.m. bar, The Owl onMilwaukee Ave., will be pouring $10 Daiquiris all night to celebrate Fat Tuesday on February 13. Guests can kick off the holiday with a half-price happy hour from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. or end the evening with one of The Owl’s late night dance parties.
Estelle's
To celebrate Mardi Gras, Estelle’s (2013 W North Ave) will host a late-night dance party with DJ Kinkshame from 12 a.m. to 4 a.m. Patrons can get in the spirit with festive beads and glow stick necklaces that will be available while supplies last. Guests are invited to get the party started early with a half-price happy hour from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Easy Bar
On Fat Tuesday, Easy Bar in Ukrainian Village will give away complimentary slices of King Cake from Scafuri Bakery (while supplies last). Guests who find a baby in their King Cake will win New Belgium swag. Drink specials will include $4 beers, seltzers and ciders all night. Half-price happy hour will also be available from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Cody's Public House
Cody’s Public House in West Lakeview will feature Mardi Gras-themed tunes all night along with a free New Orleans-style buffet provided by sister restaurant, The Rambler Kitchen + Tap, at 7 p.m. with gumbo, jambalaya, rice, cornbread and more. Drink specials will include $4 Mickey's Grenades, $8 Pimms Cup, $8 Hurricanes and $8 Sazeracs.
Central Park Bar
Avondale's Central Park Bar (2924 N Central Park Ave) host a Fat Tuesday celebration. Specials will include $6 Hurricane cocktails all night and half-price happy hour from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
aliveOne
aliveOne in Lincoln Park will celebrate Fat Tuesday on Tuesday, February 13 with $4 Abita Purple Haze beers and $6 aliveOne Daiquiris. Guests can kick off the evening with their half-price happy hour from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. featuring half-off everything (excluding shots). Party-goers that stick around can partake in a Mystery Variety Comedy Show beginning at 9 p.m.
Photo courtesy of aliveOne
Taureaux Tavern
At Taureaux Tavern, Mardi Gras is a month-long celebration. Throughout February, Taureaux Tavern will be offering Gumbo as Soup du Jour and Boudin Sausage Croquettes. Along with a festive specialty cocktail named Fracture de NOLA (The NOLA Divide) that has a festive green and purple color split before you sip.
Frontier
West Town’s Frontier on Tuesday, February 13 from 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm for their Fat Tuesday Shrimp Boil. For $49/person, guests will an all-you-can-eat boiled shrimp, corn, potatoes, and king cake, in addition to an included Abita or hurricane cocktail. Drink offerings include $9 hurricanes, $9 Sazeracs, and $5 Abitas. Seating will be on a first come, first served basis.
Lottie's Pub
Lottie’s Pub will be offering Mardi Gras specials all “Party Gras” weekend, starting from Thursday, February 8 through Tuesday, February 13. Celebrators can pair $10 Ina Mae hurricanes, $6 Stone Hazy IPA and $6 Fireball with NOLA-inspired bites such as $8 gumbo, $10 cajun chicken sandwiches, and $10 cajun shrimp tacos.
Tanta
In celebration of National Pisco Sour Day and Mardi Gras, River North’s Tanta will be offering a King Cake (Pisco) Sour, available only during the week of February 12. In honor of NOLA’s traditional King Cake, or “Rosca de Reyes” in Peru, Tanta has created a brightly colored pisco-based cocktail where blue spirulina, turmeric, and dried pitaya (dragonfruit) are built together with a portion of the cocktail proceeds being donated to Pachacútec Culinary.
Ina Mae Tavern
Wicker Park’s Ina Mae Tavern for a month of celebrations as they bring the Big Easy to the streets of Chicago, happening from Wednesday, January 10 through Tuesday, February 13. Festivities include weekly drag bingo in addition to a Mardi Gras themed drag show hosted by Kitty Banks, a classic NOLA-inspired cocktail menu, shrimp boil, live music, giveaways, and more.
With doors opening at 12:00 pm on Tuesday, February 13, Ina Mae Tavern will be hosting a Krew of Ina Fat Tuesday Celebration featuring music by Four Star Brass Band from 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm, live music from 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm, and a burlesque show performance starting at 10:00 pm. Food and drink specials include $12 jambalaya, $MP peel and eat shrimp boil plates, $12 frozen and rocks hurricanes, and $20 frozen hurricane yards. Reservations can be made by visiting Ina Mae’s website.
Heritage Restaurant & Caviar Bar
Pick up is available 6am-5pm on February 13th. Preorder half dozen ($30) or full dozen ($55) per flavor on Tock or through the restaurant (until 9pm Monday, Feb 12th). Walk-up orders accepted while supplies last. $5 each and filled to order. Gluten Free Available for all flavors (pre-order directly with restaurant only).
Paczki Day Menu
VEGAN
Peanut Butter Ganache + Chocolate Topped
Strawberry Jam + Powdered Sugar Dusted
SWEET
Yuzu Curd + Powdered Sugar Dusted
Whipped Miso Caramel Ganache + Chocolate Topped
Java Chip + Chocolate Topped
London Fog + Powdered Sugar Dusted
House Jam + Powdered Sugar Dusted
SAVORY
Everything Bagel: Whipped Feta-Boursin and Spinach
Pimento Cheese: with Cool Ranch Dust
WAKEUP WALK-IN SPECIAL
Bacon, Egg and Cheese on a Heritage Paczki with Spicy Aioli $12
Chicago Firehouse Restaurant
The Chicago Firehouse Restaurant is celebrating Mardi Gras on Tuesday, February 13 from 5:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. with an evening of Louisiana-style eats and beats. Guests may indulge in a special Fat Tuesday menu that brings to life all the flavor of New Orleans while enjoying live music from High-Hat Second Line, a New Orleans brass and jazz band with a Chicago twist. Along with a new feature this year, a New Orleans pianist in The Blue Room. The Cajun-inspired menu will feature classic favorites including Crawfish Mac & Cheese, Cajun Fried Chicken & Tasso Jambalaya, Shrimp Po’ Boy, and the new Spicy Crawfish Boil and Cafe Du Monde Beignet Bar. Specialty cocktails include Hurricanes and Sazeracs. The overall experience is available at $59 including tax and service fee, which covers the buffet, live music, and mardi gras beads. The regular dinner menu will not be available on Fat Tuesday. Reservations are available on Resy.
Stan's Donuts & Coffee
Paczki Season is here and Stan's Donuts & Coffee is starting their celebration early this year. Starting January 31 through February 13, Stan's will be introducing SIX paczki flavors to their donut cases all across Chicagoland: Raspberry, Strawberry, Chocolate Pastry Cream, Pastry Cream and Cannoli, and for the first time ever a vegan offering, the Vegan Strawberries and Cream.
The Graceful Ordinary
Chef Chris Curren will be channeling Cajun & Creole flavors from the Big Easy as he and the kitchen team prepare a four course ticketed brunch feast. Hot beignets for the table with rich espresso anglaise, then dig into a classic NOLA dish for course two, eggs sardou: poached eggs over steamed and marinated artichokes, covered in creamy hollandaise sauce. The third plate will be a savory seafood étouffée over rice followed by a king cake french toast with cinnamon creme anglaise. To pair with this menu, the bar team has also crafted two exclusive cocktails. Beads and masks will be provided, and guests are encouraged to dress in their most flamboyant Mardi Gras attire. Tickets on Resy for $100 per person.
Delightful Pastries
Delightful Pastries (5927 W Lawrence Avenue in Jefferson Park) has announced their menu for Mardi Gras on Tuesday, February 13. The family-owned and operated bakery and café will begin to churn out thousands of housemade paczki per day to prepare for Fat Tuesday.
This year’s paczki menu includes Delightful Pastries’ assortment flavors such as Apricot Preserves, Raspberry Preserves, Rose Petal Jelly, Plum Butter and Custard Topped with Chocolate Fudge ($3.49 each). Gourmet flavors include Passion Fruit Jelly, German Chocolate with coconut and pecans and Espresso Chocolate Custard topped with Belgian Chocolate Ganache ($5.29 each). Paczki Day wouldn’t be complete without Delightful Pastries’ signature “Drunken Paczki.” Flavors include Vodka Vanilla Bean Custard, Whiskey Chocolate Custard and Lemon Curd with Kentucky Moonshine ($5.39 each).
Delightful Pastries offers a limited paczki menu year-round, but the 2024 Fat Tuesday menu will be available at the bakery beginning now through Fat Tuesday. The bakery will be fully-stocked on Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday/Paczki Day, but custom orders requested for pick-up on that day must be placed by Friday, February 9.
In addition, Delightful Pastries will host the annual Paczki Class led by Bielinski on Saturday, February 10 from noon to 2 p.m. Attendees will learn how to make paczki dough, proof and fry them, as well as fill the paczki with a variety of jams, fruits, custards, chocolate and more. In addition, guests will make angel wings (chrusciki) in class. Each student will take their creations home. The cost is $85 per person and prepaid sign up is required on their website.
The Rambler Kitchen + Tap
The Rambler will celebrate Fat Tuesday on Tuesday, February 13 in their weather-proofed beer garden with a Gumbo plate with rice and corn bread ($8) and drink specials like $8 Pimms Cups, $8 Hurricanes and $8 Sazeracs. Beginning at 7 p.m, guests can participate in New Orleans-themed music trivia. Trivia will be free to join, and prizes will be awarded throughout the evening.
The Owl
Logan Square’s 4 a.m. bar, The Owl onMilwaukee Ave., will be pouring $10 Daiquiris all night to celebrate Fat Tuesday on February 13. Guests can kick off the holiday with a half-price happy hour from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. or end the evening with one of The Owl’s late night dance parties.
Estelle's
To celebrate Mardi Gras, Estelle’s (2013 W North Ave) will host a late-night dance party with DJ Kinkshame from 12 a.m. to 4 a.m. Patrons can get in the spirit with festive beads and glow stick necklaces that will be available while supplies last. Guests are invited to get the party started early with a half-price happy hour from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Easy Bar
On Fat Tuesday, Easy Bar in Ukrainian Village will give away complimentary slices of King Cake from Scafuri Bakery (while supplies last). Guests who find a baby in their King Cake will win New Belgium swag. Drink specials will include $4 beers, seltzers and ciders all night. Half-price happy hour will also be available from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Cody's Public House
Cody’s Public House in West Lakeview will feature Mardi Gras-themed tunes all night along with a free New Orleans-style buffet provided by sister restaurant, The Rambler Kitchen + Tap, at 7 p.m. with gumbo, jambalaya, rice, cornbread and more. Drink specials will include $4 Mickey's Grenades, $8 Pimms Cup, $8 Hurricanes and $8 Sazeracs.
Central Park Bar
Avondale's Central Park Bar (2924 N Central Park Ave) host a Fat Tuesday celebration. Specials will include $6 Hurricane cocktails all night and half-price happy hour from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
aliveOne
aliveOne in Lincoln Park will celebrate Fat Tuesday on Tuesday, February 13 with $4 Abita Purple Haze beers and $6 aliveOne Daiquiris. Guests can kick off the evening with their half-price happy hour from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. featuring half-off everything (excluding shots). Party-goers that stick around can partake in a Mystery Variety Comedy Show beginning at 9 p.m.
Taureaux Tavern
At Taureaux Tavern, Mardi Gras is a month-long celebration. Throughout February, Taureaux Tavern will be offering Gumbo as Soup du Jour and Boudin Sausage Croquettes. Along with a festive specialty cocktail named Fracture de NOLA (The NOLA Divide) that has a festive green and purple color split before you sip.
Frontier
West Town’s Frontier on Tuesday, February 13 from 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm for their Fat Tuesday Shrimp Boil. For $49/person, guests will an all-you-can-eat boiled shrimp, corn, potatoes, and king cake, in addition to an included Abita or hurricane cocktail. Drink offerings include $9 hurricanes, $9 Sazeracs, and $5 Abitas. Seating will be on a first come, first served basis.
Lottie's Pub
Lottie’s Pub will be offering Mardi Gras specials all “Party Gras” weekend, starting from Thursday, February 8 through Tuesday, February 13. Celebrators can pair $10 Ina Mae hurricanes, $6 Stone Hazy IPA and $6 Fireball with NOLA-inspired bites such as $8 gumbo, $10 cajun chicken sandwiches, and $10 cajun shrimp tacos.
Tanta
In celebration of National Pisco Sour Day and Mardi Gras, River North’s Tanta will be offering a King Cake (Pisco) Sour, available only during the week of February 12. In honor of NOLA’s traditional King Cake, or “Rosca de Reyes” in Peru, Tanta has created a brightly colored pisco-based cocktail where blue spirulina, turmeric, and dried pitaya (dragonfruit) are built together with a portion of the cocktail proceeds being donated to Pachacútec Culinary.
Ina Mae Tavern
Wicker Park’s Ina Mae Tavern for a month of celebrations as they bring the Big Easy to the streets of Chicago, happening from Wednesday, January 10 through Tuesday, February 13. Festivities include weekly drag bingo in addition to a Mardi Gras themed drag show hosted by Kitty Banks, a classic NOLA-inspired cocktail menu, shrimp boil, live music, giveaways, and more.
With doors opening at 12:00 pm on Tuesday, February 13, Ina Mae Tavern will be hosting a Krew of Ina Fat Tuesday Celebration featuring music by Four Star Brass Band from 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm, live music from 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm, and a burlesque show performance starting at 10:00 pm. Food and drink specials include $12 jambalaya, $MP peel and eat shrimp boil plates, $12 frozen and rocks hurricanes, and $20 frozen hurricane yards. Reservations can be made by visiting Ina Mae’s website.
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