Kowality since 1920
A family business that brought the flavors of Poland to Detroit, and still smokes them the same way four generations later.
Where it began
Emigrating from Poland to America was the way to a dream life. Agnes and Zygmund Kowalski believed this and began as owners of a small grocery store on Chene Street in Detroit, Michigan.
Wanting to bring their favorite foods from the old country, they added a smokehouse to the store and began making Polish kielbasa and other sausages. Demand grew, and in 1920 they built a factory on Holbrook Avenue in Hamtramck.
The growing Kowalski family
Agnes and Zygmund move production to Hamtramck.
The founders' son takes the lead.
Builds one of Michigan's finest meat processors.
40 new items, including salads, dips and pierogies.
A complete line of frozen pierogies.
Adds twice baked potatoes.
Yia Yia's Greek dressing and Just Sweet 'Nuff BBQ sauce.
Four generations
1920Founders. A grocery on Chene Street, then the Holbrook Avenue plant.
1950sSon of the founders, led the company from the 1950s.
1970sTook over in the 1970s and made Kowalski one of Michigan's finest meat processors.
TodayMichael Kowalski and Linda Kowalski-Jacob manage the company together and uphold the Kowality tradition.
“At Kowalski we have always met and exceeded the highest ingredient standards in the food business. ‘Kowality since 1920’ is more than a motto, much more. It's a fact, a philosophy established by my great-grandfather, Zygmund Kowalski.”
We still smoke our famous old-world recipes over hardwood chips.
In more than 100 years in business, we have not changed our secret family recipes.
Our Hamtramck team prepares fifty-five varieties of Kowalski products. Find them in Macomb, Oakland and Wayne county delis and markets, in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, and at Michigan State, Oakland University and Whitecaps games.
Recipes, new products and family deals, straight from our Hamtramck smokehouse.
Questions? Give us a ring at 313-873-8200.
