Little. Local. Delicious

Pekarski's Sausage - Highly Recommended
Rte 116
South Deerfield, MA
413-665-4537


I am drawn to places like Pekarski's Sausage. There is tremendous satisfaction to buying food and drink from the people that make it. I have never met an unfriendly person amongst this subset of special folks who pour their very life into the foods that we eat.

Walking into this western Massachusetts mecca for smoked meats and fresh sausage you are met with the friendly smiles of the family that runs the establishment. The counter up front is a simple, cash-only affair, but it is the bounty of tasty meats that begs your immediate attention.

Kielbasa, andouille, breakfast sausage, fresh sausage, smoked hocks and --the king of the smoked pork family-- slab bacon are all well represented. We ordered 2 pounds of bacon and a pound of Andouille to help round out our New Year's feast of lobsters, lentils, cheese, bread, shrimp, beer, Nihonshu and other things too numerous to mention; our friends are serious food people.











We are not only provided with our meaty delights but a story or two about life at Pekarski's. Not having a website, Pekarski's is occasionally picked up by various media outlets, which, we were told, usually results in a flurry of calls from places as far away as Florida. Before all you NYC'ers get excited about farm-fresh bacon and kielbasa: Pekarski's does not ship their excellent wares. If you want the taste of great local pork you have to go where the pigs live. This fact is of great comfort to me, knowing that this tiny store, 2 miles outside of South Deerfield center, will hopefully stay as it is and not become a footnote at the end of a dish in some sterile restaurant 300 miles… and a world away. Going out to restaurants is a feast for the stomach but getting out to where the food/ingredients are family-made is a salve for the soul.