We drove by on a Saturday and the commotion was hard to miss! Stopping in, Gibbs is the perfect small town butcher/grocery. Situated along the river, it has the old world charm that the first settlers enjoyed. Upon entering, I was drawn to the selections of cheeses, beer, and fresh produce, while not even knowing what was in store for me around the corner. Gibbs on Saturday’s offers sausage tastings. This makes total sense because they have some UNIQUE sausages! We ended up buying an Almond Chicken, the Cinnamon Whiskey and Banana Foster sausages. They were incredible! All the meat looked fresh and the selection is incredible! There is just something about this small butcher, it makes me want to stop there for everything and anything and support a quality oriented small business! Oh, and as we checked out, we also got an apple turnover. Yum!
Tom M.
Place rating: 5 Brunswick, OH
Full service butcher… something you don’t really see anymore. They also make a sausage for every palette, probably around 20 different varieties at any given time. Tonight I was in the mood for a steak and tried the garlic peppercorn strips and they were awesome. Gibb’s is my go to for all of my sausage, steaks, and ribs. You can’t get this quality or service in your local supermarket.
Nasha L.
Place rating: 4 Berea, OH
I absolutely love this place! It’s clean, the service is quick and friendly, and the prices are reasonable. This is the only place I buy beef.
Kristin P.
Place rating: 5 Mentor, OH
Gibbs is great. Not only for red meat, but it has the most tender chicken I’ve ever had. Service is quick and friendly even though the place is always busy. Always so many and unique sausage flavors to pick from. Parking can be tricky of you go during peak times. Reasonably priced too.
Joe K.
Place rating: 4 Cleveland, OH
Gibbs Butcher Block is an excellent craft meat option in the Cleveland Suburbs if you don’t want to make a trek all the way up to the West Side Market. The shop has a very down-home, small town, welcoming feel to it as you drive up and walk in to it. They have a nice selection of beer, wine, spices, and sauces, but you better have come here for the meat. The offer veritably any cut of steak you could want, as well as many with nice combinations of spices such as their Bourbon Street Steak. Also of note are their many awesome and delicious types of sausages and kielbasi from ‘Extra Garlic’ to ‘Jack Daniels Cheddar’. Their selections are very well priced and their meat is wonderfully tender — a great option if you’re picking up something special to grill for the night or getting groceries for the week. I’d be extremely remiss, however, if I didn’t mention their Rib Sundays in the Summer. Every Saturday from 12 – 4 they have grills out in front and the ribs and sauce flowing. The prices are pretty decent and the ribs are absolutely amazing and fall-off-the-bone. After getting one order last weekend, my fiancèe and I had no choice but to get seconds. Seriously, they’re that good. If you find yourself having a relaxing Lazy Sunday sometime this summer, head up to Gibb’s Butcher Block for a slab of finger-licking-good ribs for lunch and pick up some flavorful cuts of meat to grill out for dinner.
Delitronix X.
Place rating: 3 Chicago, IL
Great lunch food, very reasonably priced. My colleagues and i eat there regularly. Im disappointed they don’t offer all natural, grass fed, or organic meats. As a smaller butcher, they should offer a selection for customers looking for a higher quality product. The rest of the store is good though, lots of beers, sauces, rubs, wines, and other items. I like it, just want higher quality meats!
Patricia G.
Place rating: 5 North Ridgeville, OH
High quality meat and friendly service. Stpped buying grocery store meat it was packed with water. Love this place.
J. H.
Place rating: 5 Avon, OH
Came here to get a take-out lunch on a Saturday. I was able to place my order at the counter pretty quickly, and then had about 15 minutes to peruse the store while I waited for my order. The amount and quality of food items in this cozy location is impressive. Just looking around the store, it is easy to see why this place is so popular. As for the food — very, very good. Ordered a few sandwiches for the family, and everybody was happy with their order. I had the beef and cheddar, which came with a plentiful amount of roast beef, nice sharp cheddar, and tasty white bread. Also ordered some lobster bisque, which was incredible. My only complaint was the wait time for the order(15 minutes), as you cannot see them making the sandwiches(they are in the back), and have no idea what is going on. However, it was well worth waiting for!
Colin S.
Place rating: 5 Strongsville, OH
Sausage tasting Saturdays, Ribs on Sundays. I have never been disappointed in the 14+ years I’ve been going here. It’s not the cheapest, but still reasonable, but more importantly it is SO worth it!!!
Tim L.
Place rating: 4 Olmsted Falls, OH
It’s a sausagefest Saturday. free samples of Gourmet sausages. Pu some up 4 the grill You won’t be disappointed.
Dave P.
Place rating: 4 Strongsville, OH
Good selection of meats. Ask for special cuts and they’ll cut to order.(Eg I get shoulder cut for pulled pork). Many sausages to try on Saturdays. Not all varieties work, but I like the fact that he’ll try different combinations. Prices are reasonable and friendly folks at the counters.
Kim S.
Place rating: 4 Cleveland, OH
Stopped over on a Saturday because if I am going to buy some sausage, I want to taste it first. The sausages were constantly being grilled up and there really wasn’t time for them to get cold. The service at the counter was fast and the person helping us didn’t mind that we were asking for 2 sausages of everything. I will update this review once I try them all. My only complaint is that some of the casings are not long enough and the filling was leaking out. Considering, that really isn’t much of a complaint.
Kristine D.
Place rating: 5 Cleveland, OH
Gibb’s has never disappointed me! This place is such a gem. Whether I’m going to pick up steaks, sausage, ribs or simply going for lunch, I come back happy. Gibb’s situated in Olmsted Falls in a building that used to be a mill. It’s such a quaint place and overlooks the river. On Saturday’s, you can find sausage tastings outside from 12−4pm. On Sunday’s, they often grill ribs outdoors. Both are amazing! I have been blown away by their varieties of sausage. Every time I go, I make sure to try a new flavor. Some of my favorites are the blueberry, chicken, maple, seafood, and Huevos. In addition, the ribs are unbeatable. They are loaded with meat unlike your ordinary grocery store ribs that barely have any meat on them. The steaks are great, too. I absolutely love this place for lunch, as well. They have great sandwich options that you can order over the counter and take home or eat outside on the picnic tables. They are HUGE sandwiches. Gibb’s is very moderately priced. I would easily pay more for meats at the grocery store. In addition, there deli is priced better than the local stores as well. They have delicious potato salad and macaroni salad and I always make sure to pick up some great bakery items, too. I will always continue to go to Gibb’s for my grilling needs. I have never picked up poultry items from here, but I’m sure they’re just as great.
Jack B.
Place rating: 2 Kent, WA
The last Freezer Packs of meat I bought from them were obviously left out too long, turning rancid. Likely leftovers from the blackout that Northeast Ohio experienced during Hurricane Sandy. I should have known something was up when they called me the day after I placed a large order and told me it was ready when it usually takes them 5 or so days to get it all together. While their selection is amazing, the disinterested sales staff and the bad quality of my last purchase mean I’ll be taking my business elsewhere from now on.
Mike D.
Place rating: 1 Cleveland, OH
Sounds like the sausages are a real treat. Unfortunately I came to Gibbs for a Strip Steak. The quality wasn’t very good. I would say the marbling was select at best. It is getting more and more difficult to find quality cuts of meat these days. Sadly the best cuts of meat I can find south of Cleveland are at Giant Eagle.
Matt G.
Place rating: 5 Wooster, OH
I found Gibbs Butcher Block on the internet, and I was blown away by the number of sausages they make on a rotating basis. I drove over 2 hours to Columbia Station to check it out. I was a bit shocked when I saw the store exterior. I thought that there was no way I’d find great food at a place that looks like every general store scattered throughout the outskirt towns of NE Ohio. Well, I’m very glad I was wrong. The meat counter is incredible. I ended up buying the following sausages: –Korean Chili and Garlic –Blueberry –Loaded Baked Potato –Spinach and Feta –Hot Chicken Wing with White Cheddar All of these sausages were perfectly amazing on their own. No condiments needed. I particularly enjoyed the Korean sausages over white rice, which allowed the juices to be collected in the fluffy rice. The flavor combinations are creative and well executed. The staff at Gibbs are nothing short of mad scientists of sausage. Even better, I engaged in a 15 minute conversation with the staff. They were knowledgeable, full of great suggestions, and amazingly pleasant. The also informed me of upcoming flavors, which is sure to get me to make a return trip. Keep it up, Gibbs Butcher Block. I’ll be back.
Adam G.
Place rating: 5 North Ridgeville, OH
I have never seen such a selection of sausage at one place. This is a nice out of the way place in Columbia Station. Their they know how to cut up an animal and they can do it at a very very reasonable price. Love country stores, go here. If you do not love them, then you don’t deserve to taste their wonderful sausage
Adam H.
Place rating: 5 Medina, OH
Love country mom and pop stores?! Gibbs is a very quaint little meat store in the small town of Columbia Station, Ohio. It is decorated with county paraphernalia like wagon wheels and farm tools! It is actually an old mill that was converted to a butcher block. It has tons of history and a real down to earth look and feel. They are a local favorite but gaining popularity due to their excellent meat offerings! They have the best sausages I have ever had in my entire life. The chicken sausages and literally fat less and just rock! Even the pork and beef sausages are very lean and the flavors are endless. I had Conway’s Irish Ale sausage and chicken broccoli sausage last night! There are so many flavors and they change them seasonally too. They also have seafood, beef, and all sorts of other goodies. Their BBQ and other sauces take up a whole wall and they offer many local sauces and concoctions! They even have some produce and other grocery items. Just a really cool store!
Brian C.
Place rating: 4 Cleveland, OH
I have now been to Gibb’s three times and deciding which sausages to get doesn’t get any easier. I dare you to go to their web-site and check out their list of sausage flavors and then not travel all the way out there to try some of them. I usually buy two different types of sausage each time and I have not been disappointed in any of them. A couple of weeks ago I was at the West Side Market for lunch and decided to get some sausages for dinner. I looked at the selection and began to think of the selection at Gibb’s and had sausage envy. So, I went home and grabbed my dog and took him for a ride through the Metro Parks down to Gibb’s and got some delicious Reuben sausage and some Maryland crabcake sausage. I was tempted by the black and bleu sausage(Guinness and blue cheese) but I am not a huge beer fan. I also grabbed a couple of $ 2 steaks. The steaks aren’t very big and probably aren’t the choicest cuts, but they’re a good value for $ 2. My favorite sausages so far are the huevos rancheros sausage and the honey habanero sausage.