Since 1938, family-operated Czerw’s Kielbasy has made old-fashioned Polish foods in Philadelphia, with kielbasa still smoked in the brick-oven smokehouses built by founder Jan Czerw. The business continues his recipes and uses natural fruit woods, making its kielbasa fresh daily without artificial fillers or preservatives. Its handmade pierogies and other Polish specialties are also prepared on the premises.
Konopelski MeatsThe Konopelski family has carried its Polish food tradition from Louis Konopelski’s arrival in America in 1903 through more than a century of business in Pennsylvania. Since 1920, the family has made its signature kielbasa in small batches, using a recipe rooted in its great-grandfather’s Polish heritage and selling it through regional retailers and nationwide shipping.SINKING SPRING, PA
Dietz & WatsonSince 1939, four generations of the Dietz family have made deli meats and cheeses in Philadelphia, beginning with Gottlieb Dietz’s original German bratwurst recipe. The family-owned company still hand-spices its meats and slow-roasts them without artificial flavors, fillers, colors or MSG, carrying old-fashioned care into a broad range of deli foods and snacks.PHILADELPHIA, PA
Wos-WitStill owned and operated by the Zukovich family, Wos-Wit makes Pennsylvania Dutch foods in small batches using authentic German-heritage recipes and cooking methods. The business began in the 1940s when John and Dorothy Kresge canned surplus vegetables from their Carbon County farm, and it now produces 82 varieties from a 24,000-square-foot processing plant on an 84-acre farm near Tamaqua. Wos-Wit continues to use the original recipes and ingredients sourced from farms, orchards and vineyards.RUSH TOWNSHIP, PA
Camellia MeatsSince a Polish immigrant opened its first butcher shop in Buffalo in 1935, Camellia Meats has manufactured and distributed meat under Cichocki family ownership. Now four generations strong, the company makes its traditional Polish sausage and hams at its Buffalo facility, using natural hickory smoke in a USDA federally inspected plant. Camellia also sells directly through two Buffalo retail locations and distributes its products wholesale across Western New York.BUFFALO, NY