Portland is home to some great sausage-makers and sausage purveyors. There are some excellent restaurants where you can enjoy them on a plate, too. So whether you have a hankering for knackwurst, andouille, or Taiwanese sweet sausage - or if you are ...ground hog day” on February 2 - there's a place in Portland for that.
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European-Style Sausage Shops
Other Sausage Purveyors
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European-Style Sausage Shops
Traditional sausages with central and easter European roots.
Open since 1981, they offer a variety of sausages - Fine Mettwurst, Bierschinken, Hungarian Sausage, Landjager - handmade on-site. You'll also find European foodstuffs like chocolate, bread, and mustard, too.
Edelweiss Sausage & Delicatessen
Opened in 1959, they are a mainstay meat market on NE Lombard in the Cully neighborhood. They operate three full smoke houses, and have a bright and clean retail space that was remodeled in the past few years. They are known especially for their Germ...
Gartner's Country Meat Market
This is one of the most well-known Portland brands, and they make my favorite ever summer sausage (sometimes it's shaped like a football). Look for Cotechino, Bratwurst, Kasekrainer, and Loukaniko that they produce at their 38,000 square foot meat pl...
Olympia Provisions: Handcrafted Meats & Charcuterie
Otto Eichentopf opened Otto’s in 1921, and they still make sausages like they did in those early days. Over 40 different kinds, many made from recipes he brought from Germany. Look for things like Medisterpolse (Danish Onion Sausage), Kielbasa, Swedi...
Otto's Sausage Kitchen & Meat Market
Other Sausage Purveyors
A variety of other styles - Taiwanese, PNW, and Russian.
This is Portland's first shop that specializes in Chinese and Taiwanese sausages, made right here in town. You can order a variety of sausage dishes to eat there, or take some home with you.
EC Kitchen Taiwanese Food
This shop caters to Portland's Russian and Ukranian population, and is full of all sorts of products from Eastern Europe - including sausages like knackwurst, cured meats like Basturma, bologna, and many more. They also have a little cafe space insid...
Roman Russian Market
I first encountered them at the farmers markets, where they are often frying up samples to give to curious passers-by. I'm a big fan of the chicken parm sauage, but their maple breakfast is also excellent. And while you'll see them at the farmers mar...
Scratch Meats
On the one hand, you've got the Hot Italian and Sweet Italian, Beer Brats, Bokwurst, Merguez, and Chorizo. And on the other there’s the “Taj Ma Sausage,” “The Angus Khan,” and “The Reuben.” The puns are epic.
Sheridan Fruit Company
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Places to have some delicious sausages in Portland.
Enjoy food of the Alps here, including sausages. Their sausage platter is a terrific option as is their charcuterie board. Also consider, though not a sausage, their Jägerschnitzel.
Alpenrausch
A variety of German sausages are on the menu: Bratwurst (pork), Weisswurst (veal), Knackwurst (pork and beef)j and Currywurst (made with Knackwurst). Don't miss the dill pickle soup.
Otto & Anita's Schnitzelhaus
This German restaurant offers Currywurst, Bratwurst, Braunschweiger, and Knackwurst, with plenty of beer to wash it down with.
Prost!
Chef/Owner, Eugen Bingham, is a world traveler and offers an eclectic menu based on his experiences. When it comes to sausages he offers Vegan Tofu, Turkey, and Hungarian (pork). You may have seen his restaurant on an episode or two of the TV show, “...
The Slide Inn
Here, in this German pub, you'll find small, medium, and large plates of German food, including sausages: Currywurst, Bratwurst, Weisswurst, and Knackwurst.
Stammtisch
One of Portland's only Swiss restaurants, they have one sausage on the menu, a Bratwurst: Traditional Swiss-style sausage sautéed and topped with browned onions and au jus or with sauerkraut.
Swiss Hibiscus
The Balkan Ćevapi and Sudzuka are the main sausages on the menu and they are fabulous. This is one of the few spots in Portland where you can find Balkan food.
Two Brothers Rakia Bar + Grill
Sausages here area a big deal, and are made at Carlton Farms with locally raised pork. At the St Johns' neighborhood restaurant, you’ll find sausages in sandwich form: Bratwurst (Thuringian), a spicy Bavarian bratwurst, a mild frankfurter, a Nürnberg...