Leonard Jacobs. They started out when grocery stores were
on every corner in the city. In Appleton, there are only a
couple of them left...and Jacobs is one of them. We have kept
the corner grocery store feel to it. We still smoke our own
meat in masonry smokehouses. We run the smokehouses
every day, Monday through Friday with real sawdust. "It
seems that only one butcher shop per city makes it through
the tough times and we have been that place for the past 60
years," says Ed Jacobs, the second-generation owner. Ed
and his sister, Delores as well as his son, Luke (who will be
the third-generation owner) are managing to stay afloat
among all of the other butcher shops that have fallen around
them.
Inside Jacobs, you'll find pictures of the past as well as the
present. We have pictures of the store when John and
Leonard first bought it in 1945. We also have pictures when it
was remodeled in the late 1950s. The inside of the store was
recently remodeled as well including new meat cases, new
produce cases and a new freezer section. We managed to
maintain the "old" feel to it, but just had to make some
updates to keep costs down and keep up with the times.
Besides those two remodeling jobs, the store is the
same...same German recipes, same fresh cuts of meat, same
"butcher" feeling...with jokes and personalized service you
don't find anywhere else.
Monday thru Saturday
8 am - 6 pm
enjoying sausages and a beer
