Otto's Sausage Kitchen

4138 S.E. Woodstock, Portland, OR - (503) 771-6714

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Posted By Michael Stern on July 17, 2007 11:09 PM

A while ago, we got a note from Diane Chaffin of Portland that said, in part: “When we moved into the neighborhood, we did not have to concern ourselves with good schools anymore, we wanted to live near OTTO'S. If our realtor had said "huh?" we would have fired him for sure. We give directions to our house: just turn left at Otto's, but buy some dogs on your way.”

What a superlative tip that turned out to be! While it is a full-scale meat market and smoke house with sausages of all kinds to take home and cook, it is also a place to eat lunch. When the outdoor grill starts up late in the morning, a smoky sausage aroma perfumes the area for blocks around – an aroma, Diane wrote, that sometimes creates traffic jams along Woodstock Avenue

Whether you choose an ordinary beef-and-pork hot dog (with snap to its skin that is far from ordinary) or an extra-large sausages made from chicken or pork, you might just find yourself amazed, as we do, by just how much better these fresh, homemade tube steaks taste than factory-made ones from the supermarket. The grandchildren of Otto Eichetopf, who opened this neighborhood meat market in 1927, maintain the highest standards of old-world sausage making. The beauty of the links they make for lunch is that you really taste the meat of which they are made. Spices are used to accent, not overwhelm the primary ingredient. They are served in soft buns with a choice of onions, kraut, relish, mustard, or ketchup for you to apply yourself.

Otto’s appeal has a lot to do with its casual ambience. Dining facilities are nothing more than a bunch of wooden tables arranged on the sidewalk outside, as well as a handful of places to sit indoors. It’s a neighborhood picnic every lunch hour. And by the way, the beverage coolers contain four or five dozen different kinds of beer, including little-known local and imported brands.

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Posted By Melissa Roberts on December 21, 2011 12:14 AM

My mother is 88 and grew up a few blocks away, when Otto's was the neighborhood butcher. She still loves those hotdogs. Really great that it's still in the family after all these years.

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