In 1916, Anna and Walter Hapanowicz bought a grocery business on Nichols Street in East Utica. In 1924, after eight successful years, the couple opened a second market at 918 Whitesboro Street in West Utica and the two stores continued to flourish with business. In 1939, Anna and Walter sold both businesses and along with their eight boys and two girls, the Hapanowicz family opened up a market featuring prime quality and homemade meats on Columbia Square in West Utica. In 1949, the family moved the business across the street on Columbia Square, to a building that came complete with a smoke house. This is where the market began to manufacture its now famous polish kielbasa and homemade cold cuts. Previously, Hapanowicz Market was getting their meats from a company in Buffalo, but were not satisfied with the quality. In 1957, the business moved to a new location on Lincoln Avenue near the old Burrstone Road bridge. In 1961, a second market was opened in the Whitestown Shopping Center, and in 1962, the year Walter passed away, a third store opened in the King Cole Shopping Center in South Utica. A fourth store opened in 1963 in the New Hartford Shopping Center. Each of these stores were managed by one of the Hapanowicz brothers. Hapanowicz Brothers Meat Market is now consolidated into its present and only location - a modern meat market at the corner of New Hartford and Clinton Streets in New York Mills, New York. In the last 10 years, Hapanowicz Bros. Meat Market has kept up with the changing lifestyles of their customers. Hapanowicz Bros. began developing a line of heat and serve foods to simplify the lives of the "Baby Boomers" and the elderly. Today, Hapanowicz Bros. Meat Market has over 30 varieties of heat and serve foods as well as a full line of fresh meats, homemade cold cuts, polish kielbasa and other specialty meats.