pollock johnnys

[lilypine]

Fond memories...the ribbon cake.mmmmmmmmm

the horseradish guy outside the door and the smell to clear your nose for days!!!

old baltimore........been away too long!

[mjshack]

Originally Posted by lilypine

Does anyone have a receipe for Harley Steak Sandwich????

I came across your note while I was looking up Harley's in a recent visit to Baltimore. I felt the steak sandwich was the best ever mde - I have lived in various places across the country amd have never been able to ge that taste back. I too would appreciate it if anyone out ther has an idea about the receipe, it can't be that hard.
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[upinflamezzz]

There used to be a Pollock Johnny's in Hampden about 25 years ago. On the corner of 36th and Hickory. Were they Hushpuppy Slurpee's? The blue one's?

[Zea mays]

Anybody remember Tulkoff's horseradish on East Lombard Street?
My uncle Max was the head baker at Stone's for many years.

A few doors away was Louis Blaustein's place where he started the American Oil Company, later to become Standard Oil (Indiana), then Amoco, and now a part of British Petroleum (BP). Yep, Amoco Oil was founded in J-town (no offense intended) in Baltimore. The building was still there when I was a kid.

[PastResident]

It's been a LOT of years since I lived in MD, but when I did, I used to religiously get PJ's with the Works at both locations (the Block...and Lexington Market). The Market was actually more my favorite, because I could get a paper bag full of hot roasted peanuts on my way out. NOBODY makes a polish sausage and "relish" like PJ's, but try the following kinda-sorta recipe for the Works:

The Works (Kinda-Sorta)


3 – 4 Roma tomatoes, chopped
½ onion, chopped
¼ green pepper, chopped
½ cucumber, chopped
1 small celery stalk, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
8 oz tomato sauce
1 TBS onion powder
2 tsp chili powder
1 tsp corn starch
1 TBS light corn syrup
1 TBS white vinegar
Salt
Pepper


Combine all ingredients and refrigerate.

[janetvj]

I realize that this is an old thread, but for what it's worth I have it on good authority that the Polock Johnny's in Ocean City is not affiliated with the two Baltimore locations (Washington Blvd & Lexington Market). I believe that the Ocean City owner also operates a stand at one of the outlet malls just over the Bay Bridge, too. Never tried one of these, but I agree that there's nothing like the original Polock Johnny's with the works.

Note - just noticed that the website also lists a location at Security Square Mall.

http://www.polockjohnnys.com/locations.aspx

[happo]

I know how to make the sauce, but am looking for somewhere to buy the links. They used to sell at what is now Cosco on Rt 40

[GusA]

Hello all...in response to janetvj, I too have some pretty good authority on the Polock Johnny's locations owned/operated in Ocean City and Queenstown, and soon to be Baltimore. You are correct, we are not affiliated, my father was one of the original operators of the Ocean City MD location in 1975; he purchased that location from John Kafka, Baltimore's "Polock Johnny". So, although I would agree with you that we are not affiliated, we do operate using the recipes and traditions which John Kafka taught my father 30+ years ago. At that time Polock Johnny's was growing as a company and locations were spread across Maryland.

Fast forward, Baltimore's original Polock Johnnys faced growing pains in the early 1990's and emerged as the Baltimore locations only while our company/locations on the Eastern Shore remained owned and operated by our family using the same products, recipes and care as the original Baltimore locations. We added great menu items which have expanded on the original menu but you can always get a great "PJ with the Works" or a "Muffinski" made by a family who has prepared them for 2 generations!

[wckdstepmother]

happo - can you post how to make the sauce

[Infinite_heights77]

Baltimoreans, such an odd species!