Proper Sausages

Stopped by yesterday because this place was recommended to me. I purchased the bacon jam and Fig & Gorgonzola sausage. The sausage was amazing! The flavors were very bold and went awesome together.
I will definitely be going back to this place.

This is the first time I have ever reviewed because I am so compelled to warn people about this place. I had high hopes since there is local sustainable meats and house-​made charcuterie, etc. While the hamburger was excellent, if I hadn’t already paid for it I would have walked out of the place. As I waited for it to be cooked, someone who was the manager and/​or owner decided it would be appropriate to have a private and very tense conversation with a business associate. It seemed PS had participated in some sort of festival and lost money, so I got to hear the full complaint session. I was uncomfortable and it was unprofessional. I was never even acknowledged, and I was the sole customer in the place. The best burger in the world could not justify a return trip. And they were out of much of the said charcuterie, because «no one buys it.» OK…

I love supporting local business. I am a Miami Shores local and cannot believe I have just found this place… amazing! I have tried nearly all of the sausages at this point, and all of them are good… but the fig and blue cheese is out of this world. I go to lunch there once or twice a week now to try different things. The burgers are great, and the tongue sandwich is amazing… very different and in an amazing sauce. I get the steaks as a special take home treat… the Wagyu Ribeye is melt in your mouth good. The quality of the meat speaks for itself here.

Hidden in The Village Shoppes of Miami Shores, Proper Sausages has won my heart, and my tummy
With sausages that are all house made, beef that is grass fed from local ranches, and all meat that’s hormone and antibiotic free, you’ll never go wrong with Proper Sausages.
Got to meet the owner, and all the employees are incredibly nice, friendly, and helpful!
Their lunch menu is to die for, and this little meat lover will definitely find herself «wandering» into Miami shores again to eat!
I definitely encourage you all to go and try it out!
#eatproper

Small butcher shop that has great meats, sausages and even beer! I came by for a late lunch and ordered the pulled pork sandwich which completely blew my taste buds away. The pork was heated up to where it had some crisp to it which I loved (and still moist), and the cole slaw was just the right compliment in the sandwich.
The meats, sausages, and bacon all look so delicious even when they are raw. I did purchase some sausages to go and even though they are pricey, they were mighty tasty.
Just a tip, there is no where to sit inside so I would say this is a order and go place for food.

Amazing, The ribeye, roast beef sandwich and the BLT… amazing. my friends and I go to lunch spot

Specialty butcher that carries chicken, pork, beef, lamb and eggs from Florida farms, all grass fed, free range and organic. Very pricey, for me it is a once in a while treat for my foodie self. The chicken is the best I have laid my hands on. Love to roast a whole one and make several meals of it. Try not to look at the price after they weigh it.
They have prepared food that is severed until 4PM, I believe. I am addicted to the egg, cheese and sausage sandwich. You can choose your sausage. Special Portuguese muffins are the bread. They have several sandwiches, I also had the chicken salad, very good, on warmed bun. I have had the rigatoni ragu, it is excellent. Potato salad, the best.
I buy my eggs there, $ 6.50 a dozen, not bad price compared to free range at Whole Foods.
Boutique wines and ales, house made pickles and mustards, artisan cheeses. This is a man’s shop, all man staff and I have only seen one woman customer. Hmmmmm.
Special place, take your time to absorb these gourmet ingredients and offerings.

Came in for the first time on New Year’s Eve. They did not have much of a selection left which was understandable. I got the Dub and the Proper. They were both great. Looking forward to coming back and trying the bacon and the other sausage varieties.

Hands down, PS is the best butcher in Miami. I’m never disappointed. Freddy and his wife are artisans!

OMG, this is the best sausage in Miami! Great mom and pop vibe with good customer service.

Words can not express how good the steak I got from here is, mostly because my mouth is filled with steak. I work near by but live a ways away which is why I put off getting some meat here for too long, a big mistake. I had a cooler in the car and decided to give it a try one Saturday. The staff was helpful and even showed me the difference between the ¾″ and 1″ as I said it could be within that tolerance, I’m glad they showed me because that ¼″ makes a big difference with steak. While my steak was being butchered I picked out the perfect six pack to compliment my steak and quench my thirst while I grilled it to medium rare perfection. It was the best steak I’ve had in my life.

Hands down THE BEST selection of meats in town. The quality of their meats is SUPERB! Their rib chops are perfection. I completely stopped buying my meats at the supermarket. It’s always a treat to come here and see what new sausages they have, what amazing new pickled veggie they are selling, etc etc. I am so happy I can go to my local butcher and get such amazing cuts of meat. I LOVE THIS PLACE! Support your local vendors people, these guys rock! Oh… And to top it off, I get bones for my dogs! :)

The homemade bacon and sausage was good but pretty pricey. maybe i’ll try the burger the next time i’ll hit on this place.
The place is clean and the staff is well equip with their job.

Cuate a unique place is Proper Sausages, very pricy but extremely delicious. This people have it down to both a science and an art form for their sausage making. This is hands down the best place of its kind I have ever experienced. With a selections of Blue cheese and fig sausages, orange and fenel, foie gras and many more amazingly delicious sausages, not to mention their bacon! Which is simply to die for and almost worth a heart attack … Their potato salad is their very own unique creation also, out of the usual tastes for this kinds of saladas. Come and get ready to be for ever hooked on this place! I will miss you Proper Sausages…

The Dub sausage, egg & cheese is delicious! Fig & blue cheese sausage is amazing! I keep coming back!

Without a doubt, the best bacon in town, and pretty good sausages too.
If you come to Proper Sausages looking for bacon, you’ll find this cured meat (bacon) in three types: the proper bacon, the Italian, and the Dub. The proper bacon is smoked and has maple. It is the crowd’s favorite. I myself normally go for the Italian, in my opinion the most versatile and easy to use. It is seasoned with Italian herbs and thyme, smoky, and salty. It goes well with eggs and egg dishes. And then I also get the Dub, which is cured in habanero peppers, if i’m not wrong, and is pretty spicy. The Dub goes well on burgers, BLTs, and anywhere a little bit of heat is welcomed.
I am not a huge fan of the sausages lately, I seem to have lost my love for sausage in general (don’t laugh), but I have to say that if I ever want something extremely exquisite and shaped like a sausage, I would go for the prune sausage, or the fig and cheese sausage. Those are the most incredibly tasty sausages you could ever eat. I’m not playing around.
Another thing that I get occasionally here are the bacon burgers. I was never a big fan of bacon burgers (beef and bacon patties), but these absolutely are worth trying. They are soft, juicy, and super tasty. They basically save you the time you would spend frying bacon. If you can cook them properly on a pan, you will have yourself a nice dinner sandwich for sure.
There are also many other things in this little butcher shop, some only available if you visit. I once was able to get some pâté de campagne (country pâté) and it was one of the best pates I have ever had. But more often you will find fine meats, like Wagyu beef, pork, organic chicken, racks of lamb, turkey burgers, etc. Also, you will find pickled vegetables, mustards, duck fat, etc. And all of this, I should add, is of the best quality available anywhere.
Aside from the meats, Proper Sausages also has a very nice selection of craft beers and imported Belgian beers. And, on my latest visit, I discovered that they were getting big into wine. I saw lots of bottles from small wineries available here, and all at good prices.
Finally, this place makes quick lunches too. They serve salads and sandwiches, at least that is what I have seen here. I used to come here just for the BLT, but now that I have been buying the bacon and sausages, I guess there is no point of paying them to make it if I could make a perfectly good one at home. Of course, if I am hungry, or if they have some Wagyu beef cheesesteak subs available, I’m going to be all over that.
So, if you want to elevate your cooking and please your palate, actually, pamper it, get some meat cuts here. Or if you are looking for some really good bacon, come here. I have tried many artisan smokers around town and Proper Sausages got the goods. You will not be disappointed… granted you know how to cook, which probably you do.

A. comes from Berkeley, CA and we went to some mind-​blowingly amazing markets when I visited her there. Particularly impressive were the meat counters — incredible selection, super high quality meats, professional butchers who really knew what they were doing.
Taking her to Publix and Fresh Market and Milam’s left me feeling… inadequate. Something had to be done. I thought I remembered a butcher over near Pinecrest. Fired up Google and went looking. Didn’t find it, but I did find Proper Sausages.
I don’t go there for the sausages. Frankly, none of their sausages really do it for me. But sausages are not all they have.
Their Wagyu beef, from Jackman Farms in Clewiston, is simply insane. Incredibly tender, incredibly flavorful. Best I’ve ever had. Skirt steak you can cut with a spoon. Tri-​tip that made a Santa Barbara native swoon. Bones that look better and more delicious than the prime rib at most places.
The Berkshire pork is sooooo good. Everything you get at the supermarket is flavorless and dry by comparison.
But the killer, the thing that would get me to make the drive out there (30 miles) even if they didn’t have Wagyu and Berkshire, is Proper Bacon. To be sure, if I’m cooking something with bacon, used like pancetta, I’ll reach for Benton’s because I love the smokiness. But if bacon is an actual ingredient, like in a BLT or meatloaf or bacon and eggs, I think there’s a good chance that this is the best bacon in the world. So freakin’ delicious. Meaty and fatty and sweet and savory… it’s a revelation.
Their mustards tend to be on the spicy side. Plenty of flavor, but lots of horseradishy heat and a long finish.
Go later in the afternoon — they get their meat in around 2PM, and the selection isn’t as good in the morning.
This is not a pop in and out place. Cutting and wrapping meat to order takes time. Grab a root beer or ginger ale from the cooler and enjoy the experience of being in a real butcher shop, staffed with real meat cutters, filled with the best meats you’ll find anywhere.

I love this place – even if I fully recognize its prices as outlandishly out of proportion to reality. Our CSA farm share (Bee Heaven) distributes our boxes here, so we visit one a week from November to April. And once in a while we splurge and buy something to accompany our greens. And we’re almost always overjoyed with the results.
The sausages are better than proper. They’re frickin’ DELICIOUS! I’ve found that the best way to prepare them is in the oven, one of the suggested cooking methods on the sausage label. Some of the best are the lamb-​and-​fig, the Dub, the proper chorizo, the cherry venison, the … well, you get the picture. I’m convinced there’s not a bad flavor among them. At about $ 4 a sausage link, though (maybe more), breakfast just got pricier.
The store has an excellent selection of beer (I don’t know about their wine, but they have it), and I’ve heard their to-​go sandwiches (around $ 10) are incredible, but we’ve yet to try them.
I would assume this is a full-​service butcher shop, and maybe one day I’ll order something special from them. It’s a kind of haven for older would-​be hipsters. And because it’s not (quite), it’s a place I’ve grown to adore. It’s pricey, but it’s worth it to explore something local and high-​quality once is a while…

After some hoopla from some close friends about this place, it didn’t take long for me to invent a reason to head to the shores to check it out. To be honest, the place isn’t much to look at. It’s a storefront in a nice area of the shores, with window signage. When you walk in, there’s a cooler filled with specialty beers on the left, and a meat display with some friendly staff to ask any questions behind the display.
I decided to purchase 2 different varieties of sausage on my way to a friend’s to throw on his grill — fig & blue cheese, and Foie Gras. I purchased a pound of each (4 sausages each) and paid approx. $ 27. It ain’t cheap — but it’s oh so good.
I’d like to go back soon, and hope they expand on seating and dining options, as they look to really go to great lengths to provide a foodie experience.

Proper Sausage is a true gem.
Awesome homemade weiners and one of the best BLTs I’ve ever had. They have a nice, complimentary beer selection too. The Shores is lucky to have this spot.

Hands down the best butcher in Miami. Quality over quantity at this local Miami Shores gem. Obviously the sausages are on point in every variety, but the steaks are some of the finest I’ve seen. The marbling of the bone in ribeye will match any fine countertop you’ll find in our neighborhood. We grilled two steaks 1.5″ thick on the coal grill and the caramelization produced was mouthwatering goodness. Freddy and the team have really stepped up the butcher game.

Let’s just start with BACON!!! This is, by far and away, the best bacon I have ever eaten in my entire life. And let tell you, people, I have eaten a LOT of bacon. Because if you are a lover of bacon, let’s face it, no nutritionist is gotta be able to stop you. And this stuff? Well, in my opinion, it’s good for the soul — and what can be wrong with that? Eat away (read: please eat in moderation, just get all the bacon you DO eat from this place — you’ll thank me).
Other stuffs: The staff, friendly and helpful. The food stuffs are all from FL — so cool. The other meats I’ve eaten from here are just amazing. It’s what meat is SUPPOSED to taste like. Yes, it’s pricey. But honestly, your body is worth quality product. They have wine and beers in here as well. There’s a chocolate peanut butter porter that has my name on it. They have a good range of wines to choose from, which is nice (from about $ 12 and up — I think that’s the lowest price I saw in there). Anyway, this place is simply amazing. I love what they do: bring you birds, pigs, and cows from a nearby farm so that you can be a more environmentally conscious, local meat-​eating, healthy, happier person. What’s not to love about that?

I’m disappointed I took this long to write a review on Proper.
I rarely eat meat, but when my body asks for it, this is the only place I trust and love.
I was introduced to them at the farmers market and instantly fell in love with their Sausages. I love the concept and the farms they sourced from. I also love the combinations of spices used to make the flavors. A couple months later, I was pleased to find they opened shop in Miami Shores with a larger variety and selection; all delicious. I’ve been a loyal customer since.
Miami, please continue supporting these wonderful local business’s. Like most things; you get what you pay for and when it comes to nourishing your body properly, there isn’t a price.

Probably my favorite place to stop in for lunch or to get sausages, meat and/​or burgers for a BBQ.
They also have a great assortment of wines & beers from all over the world.
Small shop, family owned & operated. Cool spot.
I’ve also stopped in for a wine tasting which was fun.

When you were a kid did you go to the butcher with your grandparents? Were you fascinated by the carefully wrapped meats in butcher paper taped up like something special?
I definitely was! I used to peek over the kitchen table where my grandmother would meticulously prepare whatever had been wrapped in the special paper. It is an experience I have missed ever since the local butcher shop closed.
But that time is new again with the opening of Proper Sausages in Miami Shores! Go talk to the people who hand pick the best meats to sell you! Go get their fresh pastas, fat for rendering lard or just some sausage to put on this weekend’s barbecue!
Revel in the quality of not only the meats you are buying but in the quality of the people you are buying from. It’s more than supporting your local business owner, it’s about getting the best food to feed your family!

My wife and I first encountered Proper Sausages at an event at the Coral Gables museum and at the time they didn’t have a public storefront but instead sold their wares soley through festivals, making it necessary to hunt them down at their various events.
Since then, they’ve opened-​up a store in an area of Miami I frankly didn’t even know existed. The store itself is cute. Although they are fundamentally a butcher shop, they do sell a few prepared saugage-​based sandwiches and a couple of menu items, rotating. Given that, I think their (admittedly) small shop has room for one standing-​only table if a patron really wanted to eat it there versus being told to schlep blocks through the Miami heat to eat it at the park. We shortcut that and just went to chow down at the Starbucks a block or so away.
The sausages themselves are great, and use high-​quality ingredients that come through in the taste. Not all of it is necessarily just extravagant Wagyu based sausages; even their less pedigree meats are locally sourced, organic, etc. In addition, their spicing is very good, both in terms of knowing their flavors and getting a bit daring. You will have a chance to eat some unique flavored sausages at Proper.
It’s a bit out of the way for us, so we probably will never be a true regular, but the occasional time my wife is in the neighborhood, I look forward to breakfast the next day.

For my 300^th review I’ve decided to keep it in the hood and review my local artisan sausage maker in Miami Shores.
The fact that I have a sausage store within walking distance makes me absolutely giddy. In fact, I think that the real estate values in the shores just went up big time thanks to Proper Sausages.
I nearly fell out of my seat when I read these guys had opened in the Shores. Being a big fan of Blue Collar I had to check out the purveyors of their sausage delights.
This place is perfect — fresh made varieties of sausage made daily along with burgers, meatballs, and other fresh cuts of meat, a carnivore’s dream! We tried the followng:
Proper Sausage — Berkshire pork, fresh sage, mace, black pepper
Fig & Blue Cheese — Berkshire pork, figs, blue cheese, balsamic vinegar
The Proper Chorizo –Berkshire pork, alderwood smoked Berkshire pork, paprika, fresh garlic, oregano
All were very delicious in their own right. The chorizo had a nice kick to it, the Proper was elegantly yummy, and our favorite the Fig & Blue cheese was melt in your mouth rich and decadent. I was dying to try the Lamb & Harissa but they had not finished the batch for the day yet. I will definitely try this the next time.
The owners Freddy & Danielle were an absolute delight. We chatted up with them for a bit and they gave us great tips on cooking the sausages. They even broke open a bottle of Micheal’s genuine draft for us to try.
Speaking of beer, they have a decent selection of craft brews here. We also picked up some Cigar City Florida Cracker while we were at it. They also have wine and some selections for lunch.
This place is the best and I will be visiting often. Do yourself a favor and come here.
Welcome to the Shores Proper Sausages!