Parker House Sausage Company, founded in 1919, is one of the oldest black-owned businesses in the United States.

[1][2] Since 1926, the company has been located in the same building at 4605 S. State Street in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood.

Parker House sausage is known primarily as a Chicago-midwest and southern cultural phenomenon, however initially it received national distribution and recognition.

[5] In 1978, company president Daryl Grisham was awarded twice by the Small Business Administration.

[6] After expanding their product line for many years, the company began discontinuing certain items and now focuses primarily on niche markets, with Polish sausage, smoked sausage, hot links and head cheese, among others.