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Kowalski Sausage Company
Hamtramck, Michigan |
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Hamtramck, a small autonomous city within the metropolitan Detroit area, was once the home of the Dodge Main auto plant and a major employer that attracted many to settle here. Although today Hamtramck is home to many ethnic groups, it is still predominantly a Polish community as evidenced by the many Polish bakeries, butchers, and grocers; churches and social halls; and ethnic gift and book stores. In 1920 Zygmund and Agnes Kowalski started a grocery store. Very soon the demand for their sausage became so great they abandoned the grocery store and, in May 1920, established the Kowalski Sausage Company in Hamtramck where it is still located. Today the fourth generation of Kowalskis runs the company, providing a wide variety of Polish specialty foods and meats, including sauerkraut, pierogis, stuffed cabbage, and their great-grandfather’s sausage made according to his secret recipe. |
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