10/14/2026
Jay Hippey and George Sirianni started Denver Meat Co. in 1969 with a recipe and a building on Railroad Street.
They didn't have a marketing department. They had a smokehouse and a decision to not cut corners.
Today Matt Forney — George's grandson — runs the same operation out of the same building. The casings still get tied by hand. The smoke is still real hickory. Nobody's found a good reason to change any of it.
Fifty-seven years is a long time to not get bored of doing something right.
If you grew up on this stuff, tell us where. What store, what town, what year. We read every one of these. 👇