Baltic Deli

Bakery: Baltic Deli
Address: 506 Days Rd, Kingston ON
Website: n/a 
Style: Polish
Price: $$ 

Well, it didn't take me long to find Kingston's Polish deli. It came about purely by accident, but the board along the side advertising Polish doughnuts and poppy seed rolls helped. :P Located next to the Japanese tea store (yes! Kingston is a city of pleasant surprises!), this humble, no-frills deli carries your Polish and other Eastern European basics and sells it with uncharacteristic (sorry, Polish delis) friendly service: cold cuts, limited hot food, imported products and bread... shipped from Future Bakery and Sweet Temptations, in Toronto. Spotting this, I was a little disappointed and doubtful as to whether the doughnuts were also shipped in from Sweet Temptations. Please say it isn't so. :/ Given the limited amount of baked goods in-store, this including a few slabs of cheesecake and other Polish classics, sweet cheese buns, and no sign of aforementioned poppy seed rolls (which I assumed meant the omnipresent and not-quite-liked-by-me makowiec).

And yes, doughnuts. (around $1) Just one variety here, the traditional plum variety, and maybe, just maybe they looked and tasted a little... familiar. At the very least, they were fresh, which can't be said for a great many Polish delis a lot closer to Sweet Temptations. Soft, airy dough and a nice coating of glaze on top (the clearest indication of how long it's been on the shelf), biting into these fluffy balls apres-hike made them taste so good. Perhaps not the best pączki I've had -- not by a long shot -- but fresh and tasty, these came as a welcome treat. I mean, who doesn't love doughnuts? ;P

Rating: **1/2