Esposito’s Finest Quality Sausage makes authentic Italian sausages in Hell’s Kitchen, New York City, where the business traces its roots to a fresh pork and poultry butcher shop founded in 1933. The sausage manufacturing operation grew from that family business under Giovanni Esposito’s son Armand, and the company says its traditional recipes and spice blends remain part of its products today.
Salumeria BielleseDescendants of two men from Italy’s Piedmont province of Biella, Salumeria Biellese has made traditional-style sausages and salumi in New York since 1925. Its collection follows old-world recipes while drawing on long-standing relationships with farmers in the Tri-State area and beyond, and includes distinctive specialties such as Culatello and its own Prosciutto Biellese. The company received a Slow Food NYC award for authenticity, quality and sustainability.NEW YORK, NY
Ricci's Italian SausageRicci's Italian Sausage is a family sausage maker founded by Ernest and Stella Ricci in McKees Rocks in 1945, using a family spice recipe brought from Sulmona, Italy. Three generations of Ricci sausage-makers have continued the same recipe, producing sausage in small batches and preparing foods at the shop. The company has been USDA federally inspected since 1973 and now ships frozen products nationwide.MCKEES ROCKS, PA
DiRusso’s Sausage, IncDiRusso’s Sausage, Inc. makes Italian-style sausage and meat products in Youngstown, Ohio. The business traces its roots to 1946, when Adeline “Mama” DiRusso began making sausage from her own recipe at the family grocery store in Lowellville; the company says its sandwiches have been served at Ohio festivals and fairs since 1964. Its products are sold through retail grocers and foodservice establishments in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and West Virginia.YOUNGSTOWN, OH