North Idaho Business Journal: Sausage artisan and entrepreneur

Crown and Thistle owner opens Gentleman Sausages in downtown Cd'A

Otto von Bismarck was credited with saying, “There are two things you don't want to see being made - sausage and legislation.” Ben Drake chuckles as he refers to that not-so-famous quote. “I am completely the opposite,” he says. Which is what one might expect from the owner of Gentleman Sausages that recently opened on Fourth Street in downtown Coeur d’Alene.