Naples is known as a high-end culinary destination, but even the most aristocratic diners have a soft spot for a plump and juicy bratwurst sausage smothered in mustard and piled high with sauerkraut and relish.
Naples residents will be able to satisfy their secret craving for brats when the first retail location in the country for Johnsonville Sausage opens here next month.
To celebrate, the Big Taste Grill will pull into town, the largest in the world. It's a semi-truck-sized grill measuring 65 feet long, 20 feet high and 6 feet in diameter. The grill can cook 750 brats at a time or about 2,500 brats an hour.
The new Johnsonville Sausage Marketplace will open Nov. 16 at 6355 Naples Blvd. The store will feature 40 different kinds of sausages and other products from Wisconsin, including mustard, buns, apparel, cookbooks and grill items.