Otto’s Sausage Kitchen and Meat Market on SE Woodstock Boulevard in Portland has been making sausages the German way — house-ground meat, traditional spicing, natural casings, smoked over real wood — since the Eichentopf family opened it in 1936. Four generations later the family operation is still running, still making the same bratwurst, knockwurst, and specialty sausages that built the reputation almost 90 years ago. Otto’s appeared in Season 6, Episode 7 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Go-to Joints,” which aired May 25, 2009. Guy Fieri found a family-run German butcher and deli doing things the old way by necessity — because the old way produces sausages that the modern shortcuts cannot match. The shop also produces smoked meats, cured hams, and a deli counter that makes Otto’s a full-service German provisions stop in a city that is deeply appreciative of artisan food production.
Quick Facts
Restaurant: Otto’s Sausage Kitchen and Meat Market
City: Portland, Oregon
Cuisine: German / Sausages / Deli
DDD Season: 6
DDD Episode: 7
Episode Title: Go-to Joints
Original Air Date: May 25, 2009
Address: 4138 SE Woodstock Blvd., Portland, OR 97202
Phone: 503-771-6714
Website: https://www.ottossausage.com/
Status: Open
About Otto’s Sausage Kitchen
Otto’s is a working butcher shop and deli as much as it is a restaurant — you can order a sausage plate to eat on the premises or buy the same sausages to take home and grill yourself. The smoked meats case and the deli counter produce the same house-made products that the Eichentopf family has been making since the Depression era. The Woodstock neighborhood around it has grown and changed dramatically in 90 years; Otto’s has not changed in the ways that matter.
What to Eat at Otto’s Sausage Kitchen
The Bratwurst is the standard-bearer — house-ground pork, traditionally spiced, smoked over real wood, and served with house-made sauerkraut and mustard. The Knockwurst and Weisswurst are the other traditional German sausages worth working through on multiple visits. The Smoked Meats and Cured Hams from the butcher counter are the take-home items most food-serious visitors leave with. The Sausage Plate with Potato Salad is the full Otto’s experience in one order.
Find a Portland hotel on Booking.com and add Otto’s to your Portland food itinerary — it pairs well with a morning at Arleta Library Bakery a few miles away.
Plan Your Visit
Check the website for current hours. Otto’s is a butcher shop and deli — arrive with time to browse the case.
Address: 4138 SE Woodstock Blvd., Portland, OR 97202
Phone: 503-771-6714
Website: https://www.ottossausage.com/
Status: Open
Triple D Essentials
Stream the Go-to Joints episode on Amazon and bring Otto’s German sausage tradition home — Guy Fieri Cookware handles cast iron sausage cooking beautifully.
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Otto’s Sausage Kitchen and Meat Market appeared in Season 6, Episode 7 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Go-to Joints,” originally aired May 25, 2009. The Eichentopf family has been making sausages at this location since 1936.