The interesting old building may be one of the less attractive buildings on Missouri Avenue (Alma's downtown), but as soon as I walked through the door, I knew I was going to like Alma Bakery.

It smelled wonderful! 

Open seven days a week in summer, Monday - Saturday the rest of the year.

Tours available by appointment.

Grandma Hoerner's products are available through a variety of retail outlets, online, and at retail store in the Alma factory.

Steve's isn't just a full service meat market and deer processor, but prepares many specialty meats, including bratwurst, sausage, slim jims, pickled pig's feet, and pickled polish sausage. They also provide a variety of fresh meat, raw bones, cooked bones and hooves for pets.

Although Evelyne creates a wide variety of pastries, ice cream and quiche; only a few are available on a given day. I recommend reviewing the items on their website and calling ahead to have your favorites prepared.

In addition to being a full service butcher shop, the Bichelmeyers also raise cattle, and offer custom slaughtering, aging. and smoking. Bichelmeyer Meats smoke slim Jims, beef jerky, 12 kinds of sausage, 7 kinds of bacon , pork loin and pork chops. 

Open Tuesday through Saturday. 704 Cheyenne Avenue,
Kansas City, Kansas 66105 (913) 342-5945

Open Tuesday through Saturday. 424 North 6th Street - (913) 371-3185.

They also serve sandwiches and prepare hot ribs, sausages, chicken and brisket on the smoker in front of the store. Shipping available.

Open 8-5:30 on Tuesday to Friday. 8-4:30 on Saturdays. 10326 State Line Road - (913) 381-4618.

Kroegers Country meats makes two varieties of beef jerky and one variety of sausage. Robin Kofford grind's Kroegers own hamburger which can be purchased cooked or by the pound. Kroegers sell other sausages, bacon, smoked pork chops and ham from Fanestil Packing in Emporia. Kroegers meat products are great.

Because they mostly ship their povitica bread, Old Country Bakery is only open retail for very limited hours for most of the year: Mornings on Monday, Wednesday & Thursday. But they have longer hours in November and December. 14438 W. 100th Street - (913) 495-9700 Order online

The meat section has beef, pork, and lamb plus seasonal items such as smoked turkey, smoked hams, summer sausage, barbeque beef, barbeque pork, wildcat loaf and cheese & meat boxes.

Open Monday through Friday 7AM - 6PM and Saturday 11AM - 4PM. KSU Dairy Bar, 144 Call Hall, Manhattan  (785) 532-1292 

The market is open Monday through Saturday. On Saturdays, Werner's also offers all 5 of their own sausages cooked and served on a bun outside the store. On Thursday's at lunch they serve one of them, rotating which one each week. 5736 Johnson Drive - (913) 362-5955

Andre and Elsbeth Bollier immigrated from Basel, Switzerland to Kansas City in June of 1955, and opened typical a Swiss Confiserie south of the Country Club Plaza at 5018 Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri in October of that year. Andre's quickly became a Kansas City tradition. 

Andre's daughter Brigitte and husband Kevin opened Andre’s Confiserie Suisse in Overland Park, Kansas in 2002.

The Rees family grows asparagus, rhubarb, strawberries, gooseberries, tomatoes, raspberries, cherries, blackberries, squash, peaches, nectarines, peaches, apples, grapes and pumpkins. They also distribute honey, preserves and baked goods.

Popular candies include caramels and chocolates peanut brittle, cherry cordials, chocolate popcorn and peanut clusters.