Krakow Deli Bakery Smokehouse

Nothing beats the kielbasa from Kraków Deli. Forget that salty over-​processed tube meat you get at the grocery store. The varieties of sausage here are perfectly seasoned and smoked. Worth the trip from anywhere in the state. If there’s anything keeping this review from the full five stars, it’s the cold, sometimes impersonal customer service. But man, that kielbasa is still well worth it. As for the Polish groceries also on sale, well, they look a little neglected. But that’s not really why you’re there, is it?

Best and most authentic I’ve ever come across. 8 different kielbasas and some of the best rye bread I’ve ever had.

Best Kielbasa Ever! Great Polish market. Nice owner

Wicked awesome food! Love this place! Try the #15 dinner, it’s one of the best places in wooney!

I grew up ¼ Polish but only really had my dad’s Polish side of the family around. His mom had 9 brothers and sisters. Then they all had kids. We had some great family gatherings, weddings and funerals. I was raised on great polish food.
The gals behind the counter were very very helpful. The keilbasa is fantastic. Several different varieties. The stuffed caggabe (can’t spell go-​lum-​ky) is fabulous. They have frozen pirogues with nearly a dozen different fillings. The rest of the deli is filled with traditional Polish foods and candies.
It’s easy to get to and well worth the effort.
You have to buy the slim sticks of sausage, like slim jims but keilbasa. We can’t get out the door without finishing the first one.
Lastly, their head cheese is to die for.
Love it!
John Stevens (Rogowski from Chiopee, MA)

Went to Krakow Deli, Bakery and Smokehouse (It’s full name) after it popped up on a list of area businesses on our GPS. We’d just finished an ~20 mi. ride on the Blackstone River Bikepath. Both my wife and I are ½ Polish so we made a bee-​line for the store. The unmistakable scent of smoked meats hit us upon entering. Like fellow Unilocaler, Silas, it reminded me of my childhood. I got really excited and started picking up packages of this and that, ordering store-​smoked pork loin, kabanosi, fresh and smoked kielbasa, imported kapusta, bobka; you get the picture. We walked out with about $ 70 worth of products.
So here’s the deal: The smoked meats are very good. I don’t care for the casing using on the smoked kielbasa, but the texture and taste of the pork and the kabonasi and smoked loin was right on. They’re all made in house. Note that the kiscka is brought in from NYC. Krakow really falls short on two things: baked goods and the pierogies. The problem with the pierogies is that they overlap them on a Styrofoam tray and freeze them. This means that they’re stuck together when you cook them and fall apart when you separate them. This is an easy fix. Freeze then separately then package them (Reading this Krakow?).
The baked good were terrible; dry, lacking flavor, and with skimpy fillings. The bobka and paczki (donuts) were the worst I ever had.
The bottom line is that Krakow is a good place to go for authentic Polish meats, but don’t buy any baked goods or the pierogies until they change how they’re packaged.
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I’m just writing a review to combat this Silas K. guy, because I thought Krakow was pretty excellent when I went yesterday. Though the counter people are a little disorganized, I didn’t find any of the problems he did. Whether they’ve changed their ways or he’s a spy for the deli he plugged in his review, I can’t tell you.
I went with my mother, we got a large lunch for two — grilled kielbasa and sauerkraut sandwich, something they call hunter’s stew with like 5 meats and cabbage, and some pretty delicious latkis with sour cream. On the way out we bought pierogies, bread, kielbasa, and baklava. The grand total was around $ 30.
The selection of kielbasa was amazing to me, as I’ve never been to any sort of deli that smokes its own meats before. We ordered kielbasa and were asked «what kind» and our confused looks led the girl at the counter to give us copious free samples (we ended up with double-​smoked garlic kielbasa that made the car smell delicious the whole way home).
My only complaint was that my sandwich had peppers and onions on it though I didn’t ask for them, and I don’t really like peppers.

This deli has relocated down the street from its original location in Bellingham. Haven’t been down to Woonsocket in years and someone told me about Krakow. Since I’m half Polish and was raised by a fresh-​off-​the-​boat Pole, walking in brought back childhood memories. This place has grocery items from Poland, a wide variety of frozen Polish pierogis stuffed with blueberry, potatoes & cheese, meat & cabbage and at least a dozen more. Their deli case contains kielbasa, Polish hams and salamis and cheese that you’d only find in Poland or Chicago. They claim they bake their own Polish pastries and rye breads. And, if you’d like, you can put a meal together and eat it in house. They have a couple of tables at the rear of the store. Sounds like a treasure trove of gastronomical delights, right? Guess again.
I grabbed a box of the traditional kruschiki, some frozen pierogis and other grocery items. Then I got in line for the deli. While the counter service people seem nice, they don’t know what they’re doing. I stood in line for 20 minutes while customers came and went for a loaf of bread here or a pastry there. If you’re a customer waiting for service at the deli, be sure to bring a bottle of water, a bagged lunch and a folding chair.
So, in my excitement, I was determined that this good ol’ Polish food was well worth the wait. I’m glad I waited. The counter help uses no gloves when cutting meats, handling pastry or breads. They take in cash, put their hands on the products and Lord only knows what’s on the currency these days. In the meantime the pest exterminator guy came around nonchalantly spraying the store’s perimeter. So there I was, in a quandary. Do I stay and pray that the food I get will be edible? Nope. I went and put everything back where it belonged and walked out in a huff. So what’s the moral to the story? If you want Polish-​style food you can trust coupled with top notch service go to a Russian bakery/​deli in Brighton, MA.