Alexander & Hornung

Alexander & Hornung Alexander & Hornung uses time honored recipes in the process of preparing and refining meats and fine ingredients into delectable meal solutions. ft.

Over 66 years ago, in the shop on Gratiot Avenue on Detroit's East side, nestled in a largely German-Polish neighborhood, Erich and Willie Alexander, butchers, made a partnership with Otto Hornung. The Alexanders cut the meat, and Hornung made the sausages in the back room. Hornung used recipes that he brought with him from Bavaria: recipes for bloodtongue sausage and speckwurst; for braunschweige

r and the dry-cured salamis like landjaeger and holsteiner; for all manner of superb, hand-crafted sausages and other delicacies. What has not changed in 66 years is Alexander & Hornung's insistence on a measure of quality rarely found today. “We still make things the way they’ve always been made,” says Bernie Polen, whose father, Merle, was Willie Alexander’s nephew. Now operating out of a modern, 100,000 sq. facility in St. Clair Shores, MI, Alexander & Hornung is able to accomodate the needs of the largest retailers nationwide. Alexander & Hornung is big enough to handle the largest national customers and small enough to create special recipes for your private label needs.

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20643 Stephens St
St. Clair Shores, MI
48080

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 6pm

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(586) 771-9880

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Over 70 years ago, in the shop on Gratiot Avenue on Detroit's East side, nestled in a largely German-Polish neighborhood, Erich and Willie Alexander, butchers, made a partnership with Otto Hornung. The Alexanders cut the meat, and Hornung made the sausages in the back room. Hornung used recipes that he brought with him from Bavaria: recipes for bloodtongue sausage and speckwurst; for braunschweiger and the dry-cured salamis like landjaeger and holsteiner; for all manner of superb, hand-crafted sausages and other delicacies. What has not changed in over 70 years is Alexander & Hornung's insistence on a measure of quality rarely found today. “We still make things the way they’ve always been made,” says Bernie Polen, whose father, Merle, was Willie Alexander’s nephew. Now operating out of a modern, 100,000 sq. ft. facility in St. Clair Shores, MI, Alexander & Hornung is able to accomodate the needs of the largest retailers nationwide. Alexander & Hornung is big enough to handle the largest national customers and small enough to create special recipes for your private label needs.