I moved to the west coast (San Francisco) and I discovered Zeppole aren't really a thing here. I went to 4 different bakeries yesterday looking for them and every single one was like "Huh what is that?"

Apparently their St Joseph's Day traditions include something slightly different called a "sfingi". It's like basically the Sicilian version of a zeppole.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sfincia_di_San_Giuseppe

https://gluttodigest.com/sfingi-the-original-italian-doughnuts/