Werner’s Fine Sausages

Excellent ‘old-​world’ workmanship in their house made sausages! I’ve been around many meat markets both in North America and in Europe and this one ranks among the top-​tier if you are looking for authentic, German/​Eastern Europe meat preparations.
On my most recent trip I found Portuguese sausage next to Polish, beside German, Italian, and Andouille (N’Orleans) you get the scope of potential!
Not only those (although an expertise) but also cuts of meat and prepared meals.
At lunch, they do a HUGE business with hand made sandwiches that people line up to take away to eat. But if you’re pressed for time, there is ample eating area on a long table at the front of the store. Side dishes, soda and chips all yours for the selection!
A great way to reconnect with pleasant childhood memories (if you accompanied your Mom to shop at such a place in past years – as I had) and make new ones.
(I can’t resist a pun here…) At Werner’s the ‘Best is the Wurst!’…

This is a good, solid place. Good people behind the counter, tons of authentic German foods. Saw they have some Usinger’s sausage behind the counter– the best in my opinion.
We ordered 4 different sandwiches, and got an assortment of snacks alongside. German chocolates, dessert slices, and spaetzle to make at home.
Breads were great. Good portion of meats for a small price on the sandwiches.

Landjaegrs and potato sausage here are two of my favorite things in the whole wide world!!!

Maybe good for their sausages but don’t get a sandwich here. Jimmy John’s is down the street. I asked for an Italian sandwich and I got the bread, meat, a tomato and onions. The guy didn’t ask me what I wanted on the sandwich.

Thursday get the sausage being cooked on the grill special, anyday, get the REAL AWESOME BACON.
I also recommend the Rueben.
Friendly place, lots of authentic imported foods in the aisle.
BUY THE BACON.

I’ve had their sandwiches a few times — they are top notch! Highly recommended. They use the best meats and cheese.
Also had some of their bratwursts… they were phenomenal! Can’t wait to try more. Highly recommended.

Excellent lunch! We had ruben and tenderloin. Both were amazing. Husband got five sausages to grill at home. He loved every one of them. Will go back for sure!

Coming from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the land of German, Polish and Italian delis a plenty, I was really excited to try this place! Living in Lees Summit, MO, I don’t see many delis– unfortunately. Absolutely love this place! The corned beef on rye with spicy mustard and American cheese is DELISH! I noticed some comments mentioning that it’s appearance is a bit run down, but I disagree… It’s actually homey and sweet, just like every other great deli. Also love the treats you can purchase like butter cookies, wafers, candies, breads, noodles and condiments. It’s really sad that old fashioned neighborhood butcher shops are becoming very hard to find! Try it out!

Werner’s defines local KC fare, and I hope they never change. My best recommendation for those looking to check them out is to show up around lunch time on a sunny Saturday afternoon when they host a cook out. They have a little stand setup and the grills going and some of the best knockwursts, bratwursts, andouille, and Italian sausages you’ve ever tasted. You can get a cold can of coke and a bag of chips to go with it for less than a few bucks, and sit outside on the picnic benches. A great experience and friendly people.

This is an amazing shop with some of the finest ingredients that lend toward creating an authentic German meal or just adding some international flavor. But where this store won my heart is the fantastic sandwich counter in the back making some of the greatest of classic sandwiches and other items with a new twist.
The price is always right for these monster sandwiches. They often have a sandwich of the day as well for those on a tighter budget.
The service is quick and with a smile. Never have I not gotten exactly what I ordered and the staff is quick to explain in a non-​condescending way what uncommon ingreedients are.

This place hits an important trifecta for me…
, old-​school local downtown business.
2. About a two minute walk from my very own front door.
3. THEY HAVE THE MOST WONDERFUL SAUSAGE.
The Saturday grill-​outs are fun… it’s awesome to see the foot traffic the smoking grill inspires along this vintage-​y stretch of Johnson Drive, no matter the time of year. You get several options of sausage variety, grilled up hot, and they are delicious. I love the Polish and Andouille the best. The brats are great… the knackwurst is tasty, too, but it’s just basically a big ol’ hot dog.
Inside the shop, you can pick out fresh sausages to cook at home out of the case, and they have even more specialty sausages in their freezer case. I’ve been very happy with their English style bangers, awesome on the grill and served alongside a pile of creamy mashed potatoes and mushy peas. I also found Lithuanian desros in their freezer case… it was unfamiliar to me, but it’s a sort-​of cousin to Swedish-​style potato sausage (also available, here) except that instead of grinding potato into the meat, they include minced onion in the casing. It’s delicately seasoned, and very good. My husband is a big fan of the chorizo they only occasionally have on hand, but I’ve never had it. I do know that the Andouille is awesome in the Cajun dishes he makes.
The grocery portion of the store has some fun Old World treats… I’ve picked up rotkohl and spaetzle here to serve with sauerbraten… good stuff! I have never had their deli sandwiches, but they look fantastic. If I can tear myself away from the sausages, I’ll eventually try the schnitzel. This place is a gem.

I miss Werner’s. I use to live 5 minutes from them and frequented the store often. I need to make special drives over to stock up on occasion. I absolutely love sausage (pauses for laughter and obvious jokes) and Werner’s makes my German side very, very happy.
I have never had anything bad from Werner’s. All of the sausage selections have the perfect amount of seasoning to let the meat be the star, but to add the little needed umpf. The potato sausages make a perfect breakfast sandwich. Their liverwurst is also amazing. I could just sit and eat it with a spoon. I will use it in various ways, but my favorite is probably with eggs.
Werner’s has some of the best prices for sausage and other meat items. Their fresh made brats are going to run you about the same price as the processed brand name ones at the grocery store. No brainer there when it comes to which one to buy!
Outside of meat products (and cheese) there is a small grocery selection. A couple of my favorite things in the grocery selection are the various amazing mustards, a must accompaniment for the sausages, and the brandy filled chocolates. I don’t think those even need an explanation.
In the summer Werner’s grills sausages outside. This is the best time to stop as you can get lunch and stock up for the week.
If you have not been to Werner’s put this on your must try list. The staff is just amazing and the store has a very small town feel.
Johnson Drive is back open. Go show some love to the businesses that have had a tough time during the long construction period!!!

Tired of eating the same American crap for lunch everyday? Munch on some authentic German food here (the schnitzel is da bomb) and shop at the same time. Quick easy and low key lunch.

Soo Delicious still! I can’t get enough of the schnitzel sandwiches. I could eat these and the Italian steak sandwiches for lunch every day and be content.

Best homemade sausages and the best liverwurst I ever had!

Yeah, the sausage is OK but, wow the people that work there are anything but friendly. The guy in the beard is a jerk. Red haired girl just wants you to get gone. Are they owners?

Saturdays at the grill are a totally different creature than the sandwiches at the counter and the grocery choices. Overall, a 4-​star experience.
We love the Saturday sausages and I walk over from the neighborhood almost every week for one. The deli sandwiches are typically pretty dull, although the schnitzel rocks. And we have bought our fair share of brats to go, good mustard, canned kraut, and fresh povitica. It’s hard to go wrong, especially if you stick with their specialties.

I grew up in the mission/​Overland Park area. We have been going to Werner’s as long as I can remember. This is the only place I will get andouille sausage.
A while ago I was watching food network and Werner’s actually got a mention on how good their sausages are.
Not only do they have sausage and other meats but they also have foods from England and Germany and Switzerland.
It’s one of the only places I can find some cookies that I like from England. They also have different sauces and spreads from Europe.
The owners are very sweet and are more than happy to help you find whatever you’d like.
They also serve lunch throughout the week and on Saturday’s. Stop by and check them out.

Werner’s makes delicious sausages. I particularly like the ones with potato in them, and the liverwurst. It’s also a reliable source of my favorite cheese, bierkase, a smelly but nutty and lovely-​tasting washed-​rind variety.
(Every single time I buy it the deli person has made their distaste of handling it plain and questioned whether I was sure this was the order I intended. I think if I was the manager I would discourage my employees from being all «ew gross» about a product I had for sale, but it hasn’t felt like intentional rudeness. I choose to think it’s funny.)
Werner’s is a very good source for german products, and most of the charcuterie and cheese seems german. They also sell various whole rye breads frozen. The scandinavian products are more limited, and mostly are canned. But hey, glad I have a place to buy canned fiskeboller when the craving strikes.

With Werner’s, most people never make it past the grill outside on Saturdays, which is understandable. Certainly that was the way it was with me, despite growing up in Mission, for a long time. Eventually, though, I ventured in, and was pleasantly surprised.
FIrst of all, their grilled sausages: outstanding. I can’t say which one I love the best. The knackwurst is probably my least favorite – it’s good, don’t get me wrong, but they have better. It pains me to say because I used to teach in the Old Northeast (for those of you not from KC, it’s an area east of Downtown that used to be the old Italian neighborhood), but I like their Italian sausage better than Scimeca’s. (Please don’t hate me, KC Italians…) The andouille is not completely authentic andouille, but it is excellent as well. I’ve only seen them grill chorizo once or twice, but if they are grilling it, order it, trust me. And, of course, their brats and cheese brats are excellent, but, you know, given that it’s a German grocery store, they’d better be.
Venturing inside, I’ve also come across their freezer case where they sell more limited-​batch sausages – English bangers, Swedish potato sausages, Lithuanian somethingorothers… (Argh! Can’t remember their name!) I had the Lithuanian whatevers, which are like potato sausages but with onion instead of potato. Very nice. Not as spicy as I like sausage, but very flavorful. I’ve used their uncooked andouille for shrimp and grits, and it came out beautifully, but just a word of caution, you definitely need to adjust the amount of cayenne you add if you use it. Eh, at least it was a good pain.