Butcher Shop Near Me in Yorkville: Schaller & Weber Since 1937

Schaller & Weber has sold sausage from 1654 Second Avenue, near the corner of 86th Street, since Ferdinand Schaller and Tony Weber opened it in 1937. The shop still sits in Yorkville, the neighborhood that grew up as Manhattan's German quarter, and it keeps hours of 10am to 8pm Monday through Saturday and noon to 6pm on Sunday. If your search for a butcher shop near me lands on the Upper East Side, this is the counter with weisswurst and double-smoked bacon instead of rib-eye and chicken breasts.

The family history starts with Ferdinand Schaller as an apprentice butcher and sausage maker in Stuttgart. He worked his way through Germany and the Alsace region, apprenticed in Hamburg, and then sailed for New York. In Manhattan he met Tony Weber, and the two opened their shop in 1937; the shop's own history calls the Schaller & Weber name a New York City institution nearly a century later.

Demand outgrew the back room, and by the early 1960s Ferdinand had built a separate production facility so the shop could supply restaurants and grocers. His grandson Jeremy Schaller took over the business in 2014 and still runs it. The company says the same family recipes drive the line today, and in 2026 the Good Food Foundation named its Cocktail Käsekrainer and its 'nduja as finalists in the Good Food Awards.

Weisswurst is the reason many people walk in. The pale Bavarian veal and pork sausage costs $10.99 for a 10-ounce pack on the shop's own store, or $34.99 for a 2.5-pound bulk pack. Simmer it, never boil it, and eat it with sweet mustard and a pretzel. Nürnberger bratwurst, the small marjoram-scented grilling links, sell at $11.99 for 10 ounces, and the cooked bratwurst at $10.99.

The double-smoked bacon is the shop's longest-running brag: Anthony Bourdain named Schaller & Weber as his source for bacon in Kitchen Confidential. A two-pound pack lists at $42.99. Uncured pork bologna, which Martha Stewart has called the best she has tasted, is $6.50, and Landjäger, the dry, smoky hiking sausage, costs $23.99 for five pairs or $5.49 for a two-stick snack pack.

Beyond fresh sausage, the cases hold smoked pork loin, ham, cold cuts sliced to order, pâtés and spreads. Kasseler Rippchen, the cured and smoked pork chop that German families pan-fry with sauerkraut, sells for $18.99. Leberkäse, a fine-textured meatloaf usually sliced thick and fried, comes as a three-pound half loaf at $41.99, which makes sense only for a party; for two people, ask the counter to slice a few pieces.

The shelves behind the counter stock imported mustards, pickles, cookies and condiments. The house Berlin-style currywurst ketchup costs $9.99 and is the easiest souvenir to carry home. Ring bologna, called Ringwurst, is $14.99 and is good cold with rye bread. Skip the $49.99 Bologna Lover's Gift Box unless you are sending a present; for your own fridge, a pack of bologna and a jar of ketchup cover the same ground.

This is an old-fashioned service counter: stand at the glass, tell the staff what you are cooking and how many people it feeds, and they will weigh and wrap it. Say whether you want cold cuts thin or thick. Mid-afternoon on a weekday is the easiest time to ask questions about smoking times or regional sausage styles, before the after-work dinner run.

If you cannot make it uptown, the shop ships across the continental United States by FedEx only, and the website notes a Sunday order deadline each week for shipments that go out Monday through Wednesday. It does not ship internationally.

Right next to the butcher shop at 1652 Second Avenue, Schaller's Stube Sausage Bar serves Berlin-style street food made with sausages from the shop: wursts, hot dogs, pretzels, fries and beer. Jeremy Schaller opened it with his business partner Jesse Denes to give a new generation of Yorkville residents a place to eat the family product on the spot. Its posted hours are 11am to 8pm, Monday through Saturday.

The best plan is to eat first and shop second. Try a bratwurst or a currywurst at the Stube, decide which one you liked, then walk ten steps next door to buy a pack for the weekend. The Stube also takes orders online and through delivery apps, which helps on cold nights when the walk from the train feels long.

The Q train's 86th Street station on Second Avenue is about a minute's walk from the door, and the 4, 5 and 6 trains stop at 86th Street and Lexington Avenue, roughly a five-minute walk west. After shopping, head east along 86th Street toward the river to Carl Schurz Park, which runs along East End Avenue and holds Gracie Mansion, the official residence of New York's mayor.

Schaller & Weber is at 1654 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10028, near the corner of 86th Street. Hours are 10am to 8pm Monday through Saturday and noon to 6pm Sunday. Bring an insulated bag in warm weather, since fresh weisswurst should go straight into the fridge. Ask Karpo in the Karpo APP for a dinner spot nearby if you are making a night of it.