Bozek's Meat and Groceries

They have the most amazing and authentic Polish foods from meat to torts and candy. A large variety of tea and pierogi.

I do not get to this place often, especially now that I moved to Maryland. This is the only place I have ever found that stocks Chicken Hunter Sausage. It is delicious!!! I only buy a pound at a time as I have a problem pacing my consumption. They also have a very good selection of dill pickles from Poland. The better the pickles, the better the dill pickle soup. They have a huge selection of all kinds if things from Poland, actually. Great chocolate. I also picked up salmon this time. I am apprehensive to buy salmon anymore as more often then not it doesn't taste good. This is salmon from any store... anyway, the salmon I bought was, by far, they best I have had in a while. I will continue to make sure I get in a visit each time I return to Michigan.

This store was investigated by Channel 4 News for multiple violations, especially concerning rotten meat and changing expiration dates on the food.https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.clickondetroit.com/consumer/help-me-hank/rotting-meat-and-other-violations-found-at-popular-hamtramck-market

Great Polish market with a large variety of food and choices. Good sized deli and a very clean store. Staff is always pleasant and the place is usually busy.

I love a lot of things about this place but OMG the atmosphere in here is just horrible. I have witnessed screaming matches between staff members on the floor. It's embarrassing.That said, the meat is very good and at a good price. I wouldn't come here if I had a more professional option so close to home. But I don't so I do. I just cringe a lot while I'm shopping. I sometimes walk in the door and see one of those ladies and turn right around and walk back out. There are a couple of ladies who work there who somehow manage to rise above and they have kept me coming back in but wow, it's really dicey.

Room. Of. Meat.Yep. They've got one. It's a pretty big, refrigerated (bring a sweater if you're stocking up) and full of pre-cut, pre-packaged meat for the buying. Cuts range from smaller to massive and they're priced REALLY well. If you need something smaller the butcher can also hook it up, so never fear.They've got your standard Polish goods--smoked meats (their ham is really effing good), jarred herring, pureed beets, chocolates (prepacked or in bulk), baking supplies, etc. All at decent prices. Also they've got a small section of body care and holistic medicines up front by the cash register. I'll stock up on their calming syrups sometimes. They've basically got all the staples represented in some form or another. Although their bakery section is pretty small and awkwardly placed.The space is really narrow, however. The aisles and the check out area in particular. It's kind of hard to navigate when you've got a cart and other folks have a cart. The dairy section is also lacking and not always super fresh. While they still have a good selection of meats and such it's just not a one stop shop for me. It used to be our go to shop in the area but for some reason, the last few years showed a drop off in stock. Can't exactly put my finger on it. I just remember this place as being BETTER. So these days we just pop in if we need ham or a cut of meat cos they've got that on lock!

Edited Review:So the owner apologized for the spoiled soup. In my previous review, I expressed that the Meat Department looked better than ever (except for this past week dealing with that replacement butcher), Bill and his assistant, Lee, does a fantastic job and I still will always recommend all special cuts to be done at Bozeks by these two. The deli counter (and some new faces) is an improvement because I always hated the downed frowns everyone had. Overall, Bozeks retains their 4-starsJust make sure the boxes in the aisles are cleared so that two shopping carts can get through, this still needs to improve.

All the meat you'll ever need! I'm not a huge meat-eater, but occasionally like to buy some specialty items for certain dishes. Recently, I was pleased to find smoked turkey wings there (chopped into manageable pieces) for making collard greens. Unlike other Hamtramck groceries, their ice cream is as it should be, not half-melted and covered in ice chunks. They have a nice selection of bakery items (poppy seed danish is soooo good) and a super cheap hot food bar with all your Polish standards. There is an entire aisle filled with sauerkraut and pickles, and they have like 50 flavors of kefir. There's a good selection of Polish and German beers, and the produce department covers all the basics. If you see the peanut Lion candy bar in the check out, BUY IT. Best candy bar ever.There is one downside to Bozek which other folks have mentioned: items can sit on the shelves past their expiration dates. I once bought a bag of Polish Cheeto-like things, which were completely rancid. Who knew even processed snack foods go bad?

I came in and ordered a 7 lb brisket for NYE. I was assured it would arrive on 12/30 and be ready for me to pick up on 12/31. Surprise -- they didn't order the brisket! The boss of the meat market decided that he would order it today for Saturday. Gee, thanks. No main course for my dinner party tonight. Happy New Year! I won't be back. Ever.By the way if this happens to you, head on over to Ronnie's Meats in Gratiot Central Market. They will hook you up!

I really do like this place most of the time, but they've been sort of slacking with the Meat warehouse lately. Not as good cuts of meat as there were right after the renovation. They seem to have a little problem blaring rap music most times I'm in there which is a major turnoff but that's just me. I'd rather hear a good old polka anyway to make it more homey. Not too thrilled with having huge chunks of pork in what was labeled Potato Soup, which would have been resolved if they listed the ingredients as other stores do. All in all, you get some bad with the acceptable as is the way with most of Hamtramck. This is the best place for grocery shopping in the city though.revision: Just went there after work for skim milk, which is very scarce in this town and all gallons are set to expire in three days. I spoke with a neighbor while in there as well and she stated a LOT of their items have expired and are sitting around.Look, just because we are close to Detroit does not mean that grocers and the like should be allowed to slack like this. Modify your system and look around you. People will stop going to this store if it doesn't shape up. It could be great, but it's just not. Try not to turn into yet another avoidable grocery store. Stand out in the crowd and take some pride! We deserve FRESH options just like the 'burbs.