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By Allyson Aleksey | Examiner staff writer
Jerry Sikora, seen slicing smoked bacon at Seakor Polish Deli on Geary Boulevard: “I’ve been doing this since I was 7 years old. I’ll be here until I’m ready to retire.”
Tucked away in San Francisco’s Richmond district is a small Polish delicatessen, eclipsed by the Russian Orthodox Holy Virgin Cathedral’s golden onion domes and surrounded by a handful of larger Russian food markets.
Nearly every Slavic deli in the neighborhood sells kielbasa — a meat sausage prepared fresh or smoked — but Seakor Polish Deli on Geary Avenue is the “only real authentic” maker of the Polish staple, according to owner and fourth-generation sausage-maker Jerry Sikora.
Sikora isn’t shy to say that the Polish kielbasa he sells, prepared by Poles, is a “couple steps higher” than what’s sold in neighboring markets — and despite the competition, he and his small team fill a steady stream of orders throughout the year but especially during December.
Dried smoked sausages at Seakor Polish Deli at 5957 Geary Blvd. in San Francisco on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024.
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