The Sausage Shoppe

Best pâté in town, hands down. And the seasonal Irish Potato sausage is super flavorful.

Hand made on the premises. Nice smoky flavor to everything but not overpowering. Lots of choices of different types of sausages, brats, kielbasa. Bacon, liver wurst and pâtés. Low sodium, no nitrates or nitrites. And they’re open when the WSM is usually closed. This place has my business for life.

Once you go in then you will be hooked. I keep it simple and stay with the sausages, kielbasa, hot dogs, and jerky. They do sell pâté, and other lunch meats. If you don’t mind paying $ 7.99/lb for lunch meats and cheese then your golden. They always have great mustards available to pair with your kielbasa. They do have home made pirogies too! Make sure you have your ID if you are using debit/​credit

I drove an hour to come here and it was worth every mile!
I got the spicy smokies, P&P loaf, some brats & cottage ham. ALL of it was made on site and ALL of it was delicious.
The homemade P&P loaf was so fresh & pickle-​y. best I have ever tasted. OH! How could I forget the bacon?!? Sooo good.
I will definitely make this place a monthly must-​do.
Go here… and go frequently. Places like this are so hard to find. Local & family owned is just the type of place where I want to spend my money. If this place ever closed I would be so sad.

You walk in and WHAM!!!
The smoker was turned up to warp 9 cause it hits you! But that is a good thing!!! The shop is clean as a whistle, smells WONDERFUL and there are a TON of meats as a selection!
I had a request to import some keilbasa to C’bus so I obliged and glad I did. Smokey rich and STUPID flavorful I got to pound my chest and yell at the top of my lungs, «this treasure I bestow upon thee is from thine older brother CITY OF CLE»!!!
(Be that rhymie mofo bro… Aaaah I can’t stop!!!)
Anyway that was 2 lbs of the finest Cleveland Kielbasa that the C’bus natives devoured like a pack of rats…
Hey they know whats good for them so no faults!!!

Get the spiced ham, seriously.
This place is a bit pricey, but definitely not over priced because the quality backs it. Everything I’ve ever got from them is delicious, and the employees are super friendly. For sure one of my favorite Old Brooklyn businesses.

If you live in Cleveland and you’re not buying bratwursts, kielbasa, or any other sausages from this place– I’d argue you’re doing yourself a disservice.
They also have pâté, bacon, pierogis, buns, etc… which are all great, but the sausages, particularly the brats and kielbasa sing. Not only that, but the people are always very friendly and welcome to make thoughtful suggestions.
Go go go!

The BEST fresh kielbasa on the planet. The BEST fresh kielbasa in the universe! Oh, they also have some fantastic sausage too, also, their garlic bologna is great too… okay, I have never had anything bad here.

They make their own stuff here. Really nice family owned business that remembers their repeat customers and treats them well. Clean. Friendly. Super busy — this is a popular stop in some local business food trips. They take orders if you know what you want you can call ahead.

This is a great place to get amazing sausages, smokies, pâté and ham. Another Old Brooklyn gem.

Visited Cleveland to see an old buddy; and knew of this place from the venerable and much-​respected Anthony Bourdain. Without ever mentioning it my buddy said we had to drop by and grab some authentic tubed meat!
And it was damn well worth it. We bought a huge assortment of the meaty goodness; mostly bratwursts. Ones that come to mind right now are: Maple, Irish Potato, Cheddar and Jalapeño, Garlic and Onion, Apple Links, and spicy kielbasa. We went lake-​side and grilled up our meaty feast and had a great time. Awesome flavor throughout (the potato bratwursts were a bit bland but that’s to be expected I think)…
The proprietors and workers were a great help and very tolerant of 4 20-​somethings endlessly debating on what assortment of sausages to buy. I’d really encourage locals to go support a legitimate family business making sausage the old way. This kind of place won’t be around for long I fear without local support.
Don’t buy your meat from Giant Eagle. Visit these folks!

Shouldn’t give it five stars til I eat all the food, but the selection and staff made it a five for me.
It’s just what an old world butcher shop should be about. They have good ethnic dessert and breads by Michaels, though I have never been there.
So by the time I got back to finishing this review, everything is long gone, and I enjoyed all of it. I would recommend it to anyone in the area who cares about getting more local and fresher goods instead of processed stuff from across the country.

Double smoked bacon… need I say more?
Well, yah, I guess I should. I was in the area and stopped in due to all the smashing reviews here. Glad I did!
Nice little family owned shop with friendly service. I wasn’t expecting this place to be so small, but they do have some great offerings.
Although I forgot to get kielbasa, which was the whole reason I stopped, I got a bunch of other yummy meat products. The jalapeño and cheddar bratwurst were great. I never even got to heating them up. I ate them cold for I couldn’t wait ;) The double-​smoked bacon was excellent. Real nice pronounced smoke flavor. The pâté was not only a real bargain at $ 4, it was excellent and I ate it all in 2 days ;)
The only disappointment was the double-​smoked smokies. I didn’t care for the flavor or texture. They just tasted salty to me, not smoky or even meaty. The fine texture was kind of strange to me. I definitely prefer a coarser grind. These guys went into the disposal unfortunately.
Despite my smokie aversion, I will definitely be visiting again.

The name says it all. I likey.

It drives me nuts that I have lived in Cleveland for most of my life, but was unaware of this gem until Anthony Bourdain came here and featured it on his show. Now, I try to get there at least once a month to satisfy my enthusiasm for sausage. The kielbasa (and the special edition HK holiday kielbasa) are pretty much superior to just about anything out there, but I feel that the bratwursts are where the Sausage Shoppe really shines. I cannot enter the place without picking up some of their White Brats (weisswurst), and the Maple Brats are very nearly the best thing I have EVER put in my mouth. The hickory smoked bacon is excellent, and I will no longer accept any substitutes. I don’t know if it is the lack of nitrates, etc. in the bacon, but I have found that it doesn’t seem to burn as easily as the usual store bought varieties. The staff at the sausage shoppe are very friendly, and they usually run convenient specials such as an 8-​pack of buns free with 8 links, or a bag of kraut with a lb. of kielbasa. I love this place, here’s to 71 more years!

Like Andy says.
Or, like Anthony Bourdain said — This place is a national treasure. if it were in NYC or Seattle, the line to the door would be 2 blocks long.
The liverwurst is the best. The bacon is incredible. In the summer there is a grill set up outside at times for a quick sausage snack and are run as local fundraisers for local organizations. Lots of different bratwurst. Slow roasted bbq beef. And the hotdogs are out of this world. Do call and check the hours/​days they are open as it changes seasonally.
…so now I am craving some headcheese… oh yes…

How does this place have no reviews? Next time you think about going to Giant Eagle for your next grill-​off, punch yourself and then come here. Actually, just come here even if you aren’t going to grill… they have other stuff for you.
I could write a book, but the short version is that this place is awesome, the people running it are awesome, and it makes me sad that the next generation to come probably won’t have a place like this to visit (they will have… Giant Eagle). Be brave, be bold, be awesome. Come here.