The Whiskey Jar

How Hamtramck, Michigan, Bar Are Celebrating Paczki Day With To-Go Specials and Limited Capacity During the Pandemic in 2021 | Eater Detroit

"Scaling back the usual packed-to-the-rafters drinkfest, Whiskey in the Jar will open at 8 a.m., allow 25 percent of normal indoor capacity with a patio and no live music, and keep some traditions intact: shots of the house specialty Jezynowka will be available at regular price while the communal shot ski is on pause. The bar is also selling its annual Paczki Day t-shirts and hoodies (and new face masks) featuring bartender/graphic designer Michael Smith’s illustration of the mascot “ratalope” with one antler stabbing a paczek, a mask dangling from the other antler, and a COVID-19 virus replacing the zero in 2021; bartender Kevin “Blayd” Matta says business has been steady and the atmosphere is more chill these days." - Mickey Lyons