Taste of Schenectady and Beyond Vol 4 • No1

Chester’s Smokehouse offers
over 80 varieties of smoked
gourmet products from Polish
blood sausage, pâte and kielbasa
to smoked cheeses, cold
cuts, fresh made pierogies, soups,
sandwiches and more!”
ALBANY—Chester’s
Smokehouse opened in
July 2015 at 15 Watervliet
Avenue in Albany, near
the Colonie ShopRite and
about a block north of Central
Avenue. The olde world
Polish butcher shop has the
smell, look and tastes that
you would expect to find
in any of the best butcher
shops in Europe or NYC.
Chester Rozycki is an authentic
Polish butcher and
charcuterie master, who
creates succulent selections
of smoked meats, seafood
and cheeses that you can’t
find anywhere else in the
region. As a young man,
Chester, attended school in
Poland to learn how to be a
butcher while working in a
15 Watervliet Ave Albany, NY • 518.650.6642
www.chesterssmokehouse.com
slaughterhouse. He went
on to serve in the army as a
cook before immigrating to
the United States in 1981.
Over the past 31 years,
Chester Rozycki has worked
in a variety of butcher
shops and meat processing
facilities, all while perfecting
his own special recipes
now served at the Smokehouse.
Drive or take the
bus to the shop for the
Chester Breakfast Sandwich—3
eggs, boneless
pork chop, crisp smoked
bacon and trio of smoked
cheeses on a roll. Or stop
into Chester’s for lunch
for soups, salads, deli
sandwiches; and hot entrées
like store made pierogies,
golabkis (stuffed cabbage),
pork chops, grilled knockwurst,
grilled bratwurst
or grilled kielbasa—all
served on a hoagie roll
with Kapusta. Chester’s
Smokehouse is the place
for olde worlde tastes! ADV
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