100 Years of Sausage Making

Not in DC, but in Des Moines:

Graziano’s celebrates its 100th anniversary next month. Few places like it remain. The Italian foods specialty store is a legacy handed down by a generation who followed their countrymen to a new world. They came clutching little more than their dreams and a passion for faith, family and food.
Today, Graziano’s stands out as one of Iowa’s most enduring family-owned retail and wholesale operations. The south-side fixture, which has occupied the corner of South Union Street and Jackson Avenue since the day it opened in 1912, means different things to different people.
To hundreds of loyal customers, Graziano’s is the place to shop for the family’s famous sausage. There also are sandwich meats and cheeses cut fresh by deli workers who can crack a joke with the best of them, but tend to be all-business and no-nonsense when the lines get long, as they often do on Saturdays, when a single-file line can stretch through the store.

One of the beauties of the U.S. is the wealth of good ethnic foods brought to these shores by the waves of immigrants to this country.  No wonder we're all so fat.