Maxbauer Market

This is by far my favorite place to shop for specialty cuts of meet or awesomely fresh poultry! All of the staff are knowledgeable of the store products, helpful and incredible friendly. I love receiving the samples of cool things the staff has prepared, like the maple bacon… excellent! Keep doing what you’re doing!

Went here for first time, bought a little of everything, and will definitely be coming back. Cherry Blue Cheese Kielbasa, honey jalapeño turkey jerky, you name the meat, they make it well.

Mark and his staff are wonderful. The meat selection is top notch. Also there are many good lunch choices.

My Traverse City friend and I went into Maxbauer’s for some baby back ribs; and we exited not only with baby back ribs, but sliced potatoes for fries, two types of green salad, beer and a bunch of other stuff we didn’t even intend buy and this was because of the remarkable counter crew. They were personal, friendly, and helpful. I mean, I have visited more than my share of meat counters in my life, but nothing compared the love fest I encountered at Maxbauer Market. One of the people at the counter, named Gary was sensational. Okay, I get it! Maxbauer Market hires for friendly service folks, but Gary was remarkable, sincere, informed, and very generous with his time; and delightful to talk to. He was just great human being. So we said, «We want to make some fries tonight.» And that led to the Gary and his colleagues taking the six potatoes we bought (at Maxbauer’s), slicing them by hand, putting them in to a bag with water and a litter vinegar because «…it will give them a little kick on the back end». I mean, they just keep SERVICING. And that is what it’s about — SERVICE.

They now carry grass fed beef from Australia that doesn’t have hormones or other yucky stuff in it. I buy my beef by the quarter, but sometimes need to pick up something quickly and this meets my requirements. Their homemade sausages and brats are delicious as well. I hope they keep continuing to stock the more organic options for those of us who want them!

We like getting our meats from a meat market so we looked around to see where that would be in the area. We happened to meet the owners Mark and his wife Stephanie. What great people, very nice and bubbly personalities. This market is very customer service oriented. From the minute you walk in and are greeted by the friendly cashier Darlene and enter a very clean and laid out market. They have a great selection of micro beers and in their dairy section milk from local farmers. I had to try out shelter dairy farms molk. This was absolutely delicious. The meat counter was very clean nicely laid out. They also have a section where they have prepackaged meet and preseasoned them as well. We chose to get our meat from the counter as we are going to do our own seasoning but plan on trying some of what they have next time. They have a great selection or jerky that they make as well as brats. We purchased cherry brats, lamb gyro flavored brats, and regular brats. Looking forward to eating these. We would recommend them highly.

AMAZING!!! This German inspired meat market has all the prime cuts of specialty meats to fill anyone’s needs. Not to be out shadowed by bratwursts, jerky, racks and slabs, Mark Wilson and his team provided the best customer service I’ve seen anywhere! You must try the specialty jerk offerings with Jalepeño Honey Turkey jerky being unreal! 5 stars is not enough!

This is a TC icon! It seems like their smoker runs 24/​7, which you smell in the parking lot (amazing.) They can pretty much get anything you need with a little notice when ordering ahead. Simply amazing jerkey, sausages, fresh cuts of pretty much everything. Get the pinwheel kielbasa, its a super old polish recipe (ask them the history of it.)
For being a small store the grocery selection has pretty much everything you could need, and also craft beer and wine. Prices are just a little more than your big grocery stores but the quality is well worth it. This is the place to go to to get the small town and genuine customer service that seems to be slowly going away.

this place is the best of the best. It is the quintessential neighborhood store. They know your name, they have the best quality meats and they are fun! We can’t say enough nice things about them!

Amazing selection of homemade sausage, bacon, and jerky. The folks at Maxbauer know their meat! Who knew Bacon Jerky could be so mind blowing!
I’ve called ahead and had the wonderful staff fix me up a week’s worth of meals for the grill for a lake house vacation. The staff is knowledgeable and courteous, the prices are low and the quality is unsurpassed.
Highly recommended! Also a solid selection of Michigan craft beer to choose from.

The beef jerky dip is very good. The people at the store are awesome. We were going to a viewing at a funeral home nearby and realized that nobody had thought about having snacks in the kitchen during the viewing. I started making phone calls at the last minute and nobody could help on such short notice. Then I called Maxbauers and they were so helpful and friendly. They said give them 20 minutes. I was thrilled with the cheese and jerky tray they put together. Everyone loved it — especially my husband who overdosed on the jalapeño jerky. Along with some crackers and bread sticks it was the perfect snack tray. Thank you Maxbauer!

Gotta love a place that has such nice people and they have the best price on Northwoods soda we’ve seen. We’ll be back!

I’ve probably already reviewed this place, but anyway:
Cottage bacon!!! My new favorite meat!
Jerky is the best. Period.
Ground chuck has a buttery delicious flavor that is just awesome.
Love this place.

The friendliest owners right on site! The corned beef jerky is stellar! Meat selection is phenomenal! Love the location right on Front St. As local as it gets.

I wanted a nice Shepard’s Pie with some ground lamb for dinner so I dropped in to search for some. They didn’t have any in the display but the very nice staff helped me out and they ground me up some in the back. Will definitely go back.

Maxbauer’s World Famous hotdogs!!! Can’t be beat. Thanks a lot from Annandale Virginia!!!

This is a great old fashioned butcher. Will cut to order with a smile. I would say that their other departments are adequate, but the meat is the calling card! Definitely is worth the trip down Union Street.

The best part of Maxbauer’s could be the meat, but I believe it’s the willingness and tenacity to get things right. One could walk in there with just a general idea of what they’d like, and there are numerous people there that would gladly take time to decipher your wants and needs. Not only that, but they strive for customer satisfaction. Did something bad happen with your purchase? Tell them and they make it right. A rarity these days, but still common practice at Maxbauer’s.

Great people, very friendly and helpful. If you don’t see what you want — ask. Excellent selection of top quality meat. On site meat cutters can handle Special requests with ease. The number one place to get meats in downtown T.C.

Great selection of fresh meat. I buy almost all of my meat here except fish which they don’t seem to carry. They also sell my favorite loaf of bread: GT Bagel & Bakery. If you’re looking for top shelf meat then this is the place for you.