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jejunebug t1_j8eta7c wrote

If you are free between 4p-10p on Thursday (2/16) head over to the Polish National Alliance on Eastern. It’s their Fat Thursday sale. You’ll be able to pick up paczki, pierogi, golabki, kielbase, chrusciki, and beer.

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anne_hollydaye OP t1_j8etuin wrote

THANK YOU. I'll be traveling past there that afternoon, so that's perfect.

How's the parking situation? I've never been.

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ThatguyfromBaltimore t1_j8ewd06 wrote

It's Fells Point, so it'll be the usual Fells Point parking situation. Though you should be ok getting parking around there.

And man, this only makes me miss Ostrowski's even more.

Also, check Polish Treasures on Chester street, right across from Holy Rosary. They have them as well!

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Midean t1_j8eykn7 wrote

Polish Treasures (at least last year) sold paczki every weekend, if you're not able to make it to the other places. Granted, I don't know if they're still doing so, but I fucking love paczki so I went there several times after easter for a fix

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anne_hollydaye OP t1_j8ewtcg wrote

Fffffff Ostrowski's. Even my distant self knows of that place, and despite not ever going, I dislike the fact that they're gone.

See this is what happens when I'm separated from the culture. My parents are both Polish but I wasn't raised with any sort of pride in that culture, so I had no idea these places existed.

Thanks a ton.

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jejunebug t1_j8exvu9 wrote

The Polish Table on Eastern down by Home Depot should also have them and I imagine Sophie’s in Broadway Market will have them as well and her golabki is #chefskiss

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ThatguyfromBaltimore t1_j8exz5a wrote

I was born and raised in the shadow of Ostrowski's. Seeing that it's two row homes now every time I visit my dad hits me in the feels.

Still miss their kielbasa, always was damn good.

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jdl12358 t1_j8fj9sx wrote

Am I going crazy or is it still there on bank st? Was it a bigger restaurant at some point?

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ThatguyfromBaltimore t1_j8flnjv wrote

Two different stores. The one on Washington was the original that was owned for multiple generations. The brothers had a falling out and Victor moved to Bank to open his own store.

John ran the one on Washington and made a number of festivals, but never sold products in stores. That is the one on Bank St. in stores.

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anne_hollydaye OP t1_j8eydf0 wrote

I feel that. My grands lived on Bethel next to H&S. Their house was torn down several years back so I can't even drive past and get the memory flood.

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