For years, the DiRusso name has sybonymous with truly delicious Italian sausage in Northeast Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. Italian food is an extremely competitive market in this region and DuRusso’s Fine Italian Sausage is a leader in this stellar pack. This sausage melts in your mouth. It has a remarkably smooth texture and consistency. There is no snap when you bite into the sausage. The flavors are subtle(e.g., no overly powerful fennel flavor). I understand many people enjoy that snap of sausage skin, but it can cause the juices to squirt out and it creates an uneven consistency. One aspect of DiRusso’s I find particularly clever is the sausage shape. It is a perfect cylinder, unlike the curved, crescent shaped sausages typically found in grocery stores. This may seems trivial but it allows for perfect, evenly browned sausages whether on the grill or in a pan. Whether on an Italian roll or as a side for pasta, buy DiRusso’s and be comfortable knowing you are buying tasty sausages. Also, you can buy their sausages at grocery stores and their distribution center.