Polski Day

The area surrounding the old St. Joseph-
St. Benedict Catholic Church at Eighth and Vermont in Kansas City, Kansas, used to be known as “Polish Hill” because most of the neighborhood was settled by Polish immigrants. Today, the church is called All Saints Parish and is mostly Hispanic, but everyone gets in the Eastern European spirit when Polski Day festivities start at noon. A parade starts out at 18th and Central and ends at the church. That’s when the women in the parish hall serve traditional Polish dishes — cabbage rolls, pierogi, sauerkraut and kielbasa sausage — until 7 p.m. or the food runs out, which it usually does, long before dusk. Polski Day veterans say the best time to stand in the food line is before the parade ends. First come, first served is the same in any culture.

Sat., May 7, noon, 2011