A nearly 100-year-old Kansas City business is having one it’s best weeks ever thanks to an unexpected visitor. Peter May’s House of Kielbasa has been at 17th and Bristol on the east side of Kansas City, Missouri since 1929. On Thursday, owner Mike Loges saw the most customers he’s ever seen in a single day.The one-room eatery with only a few tables to chow down at has been serving their own homemade polish sausage for four-generations. By the time the final customers were coming in Thursday afternoon, there was almost no sandwiches and kielbasa left, and they were entirely out of kabanosy and pierogis. “We ran out of everything today,” Loges said. “Today has been phenomenal.”Loges said starting around 10 a.m., “the floodgates opened.” At times, there were more than 40 customers waiting for Loges and his crew to take their order. This has been the pinnacle of a great week for Peter May’s House of Kielbasa. Each day has had good crowds that have steadily gotten larger as the week has gone on. A vast majority of the customers have been brand new, all of them directed here by one man’s post on Instagram. “We’re at Peter May’s House of Kielbasa in Kansas City, Missouri,” said Jason Kelce in a video posted to his Instagram account Saturday. Kelce, the former NFL All-Pro Center for the Philadelphia Eagles and current ESPN host, stopped by the longtime Kansas City restaurant the Friday before Labor Day. “Great guy,” said Loges. “I mean, Jason’s the type of customer you dream of…friendly, outgoing.”In multiple videos and pictures on his Instagram, Kelce showed off what makes Peter May’s such a unique spot. Kelce got behind the counter to take an order, interviewed Loges about his family history at the shop, commented on the diverse decorations on the wall and, of course, tried several menu items. “Very juicy, tons of flavor,” Kelce said after a massive bite of one of Loges’ best selling sandwiches. In one of the final clips, Kelce told Loges, “I haven’t had this much fun in a restaurant in a longtime.”That’s a statement that means a lot to Loges. “Someone noticed what I’ve always wanted it to be, you know, fun,” he said. It’s something Loges and his family have been building for generations at Peter May’s.”My wife has always said I don’t work,” Loges said. “I hang out with my friends all day. Really, I guess I do.”Now, Jason Kelce is a friend, and he’s introduced hundreds of thousands of his Instagram followers to Loges and Peter May’s House of Kielbasa. “So, what was today?” Loges asked. “We have to restock. We have to make sausage in the morning. We have to. It’s what you dream of. And small business, the ‘What if,’ you know ‘What if?’ Well, my what if was Jason Kelce.”When asked if he’s hoping Kelce might return with his superstar brother and even more famous future sister-in-law, Loges said everyone, especially Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift , is always welcome at Peter May’s House of Kielbasa.
A nearly 100-year-old Kansas City business is having one it’s best weeks ever thanks to an unexpected visitor.
Peter May’s House of Kielbasa has been at 17th and Bristol on the east side of Kansas City, Missouri since 1929.
On Thursday, owner Mike Loges saw the most customers he’s ever seen in a single day.
The one-room eatery with only a few tables to chow down at has been serving their own homemade polish sausage for four-generations.
By the time the final customers were coming in Thursday afternoon, there was almost no sandwiches and kielbasa left, and they were entirely out of kabanosy and pierogis.
“We ran out of everything today,” Loges said. “Today has been phenomenal.”
Loges said starting around 10 a.m., “the floodgates opened.” At times, there were more than 40 customers waiting for Loges and his crew to take their order.
This has been the pinnacle of a great week for Peter May’s House of Kielbasa. Each day has had good crowds that have steadily gotten larger as the week has gone on. A vast majority of the customers have been brand new, all of them directed here by one man’s post on Instagram.
“We’re at Peter May’s House of Kielbasa in Kansas City, Missouri,” said Jason Kelce in a video posted to his Instagram account Saturday.
Kelce, the former NFL All-Pro Center for the Philadelphia Eagles and current ESPN host, stopped by the longtime Kansas City restaurant the Friday before Labor Day.
“Great guy,” said Loges. “I mean, Jason’s the type of customer you dream of…friendly, outgoing.”
In multiple videos and pictures on his Instagram, Kelce showed off what makes Peter May’s such a unique spot.
Kelce got behind the counter to take an order, interviewed Loges about his family history at the shop, commented on the diverse decorations on the wall and, of course, tried several menu items.
“Very juicy, tons of flavor,” Kelce said after a massive bite of one of Loges’ best selling sandwiches.
In one of the final clips, Kelce told Loges, “I haven’t had this much fun in a restaurant in a longtime.”
That’s a statement that means a lot to Loges.
“Someone noticed what I’ve always wanted it to be, you know, fun,” he said.
It’s something Loges and his family have been building for generations at Peter May’s.
“My wife has always said I don’t work,” Loges said. “I hang out with my friends all day. Really, I guess I do.”
Now, Jason Kelce is a friend, and he’s introduced hundreds of thousands of his Instagram followers to Loges and Peter May’s House of Kielbasa.
“So, what was today?” Loges asked. “We have to restock. We have to make sausage in the morning. We have to. It’s what you dream of. And [as a] small business, the ‘What if,’ you know ‘What if?’ Well, my what if was Jason Kelce.”
When asked if he’s hoping Kelce might return with his superstar brother and even more famous future sister-in-law, Loges said everyone, especially Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift , is always welcome at Peter May’s House of Kielbasa.
