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August 21, 2019
Stawnichy’s Mundare Sausage Celeb Emily Mailhot Reporter – Vegreville News Advertiser Over the past 60 years, Stawnichy’s Mundare Sausage has been established as something of an institution in Alberta, especially among local people and businesses. How does a company go from making garlic ham sausage in the back of the general store to serving thousands from locations in Mundare and Edmonton? To
find out, let’s start at the beginning. Stawnichy’s story began in the back of Anna and Woytko Stawniczy’s general store when the couple decided to bring the traditional savoury meats they enjoyed as kids to their community. Working in front of one small sausage smoker, they put the wheels in motion that have put Stawnichy’s on the menu for homes across the province over the past 60 years.
In 1965, Woytko’s son Edward (Uncle Ed) and his high school sweetheart Jane Stefanyk (Auntie Jane) joined the family business in 1965 to run Stawnichy’s Mundare Sausage, which quickly moved on from one sausage smoker to a full processing facility. Around this time, Ed’s name and the restaurant’s name were both anglicized from “Stawniczy’s” to the familiar “Stawnichy’s” we see today. In 1986, they further expanded to open the Stawnichy’s Mundare Sausage House in Edmonton, to bring their quality food to the masses in the big city. It wasn’t long before Uncle Ed’s, a signature take-out or sit-down restaurant, was also opened from this location. Their theme, “Just like Baba used to make them,” means that the
simple traditional meals were served hot, quick, and with care. “We like to think of our Ukrainian comfort food as the best in the city, and through numerous awards over the years, Albertans have tended to agree with us.” The Uncle Ed’s menu advertises. Over the next twenty years, Stawnichy’s continued to grow, with Edward and Jane’s daughters Colette and Cheryl joining the company as shareholders and a steady rise in demand and fabulous reputation for the quality and flavour of their food. In 2006, they finally outgrew their old Edmonton restaurant and moved to the current Edmonton location for Uncle Ed’s and Stawnichy’s Mundare Sausage House where they continue to
