Abe Froman was The Sausage King of Chicago in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” Ferris (Matthew Broderick) famously posed as the encased meat kingpin to get a table with girlfriend Sloane Peterson at ritzy Chez Quis restaurant. Walter Schreiner would undoubtedly be The Sausage King of Sparr Heights. All three of them. The original Walter Schreiner opened Schreiner’s Fine Sausages in the north Glendale neighborhood in the ’50s. Since then, his son and grandson by the same name have made sure the butcher shop has remained vital, primarily thanks to Shreiner’s sausage.

Schreiner’s sausage and meats are available to take home. Since Food GPS is destination focused, I gravitated towards the sandwich board. Order from the menu and eat in-house surrounded by floor to ceiling wood or at shaded sidewalk tables. Shreiner’s sausage sandwiches feature soft French rolls that cradle mustard, mayo, pickles, and your choice of protein. I opted for hardwood smoked Polish sausage ($3.75) crafted with 100% pork, cooked, and sliced. For an extra $1.50, I was able to squeeze in molten Swiss cheese and tangy house-made sauerkraut that helped to give my sandwich a welcome punch.

Dose of Vitamin P spotlights my favorite pork dish from the previous week.