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Jenn Plitzko’s little German bakery in Roseway charms with cheesy, peppery scones and zwetschgenkuchen plum coffeecake in a chamber decorated with comfy couches, cookbooks, and old photos. Order a sourdough waffle to share: a pretty, crisp-edged pleaser heaped with tart whipped yogurt, bee pollen, and berries, with a little bowl of maple syrup on the side for max decadence. Danke. Read more...
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Olympia Provisions Public House rebranded from its previous iteration as OP Wurst, but still sports a long fire pit, Adirondack chairs, and painted wurst puns. The menu is less “fancy hot dog” and more “schnitzel and schweinshaxe,” with standout seasonal salads. It’s also the unofficial taproom of Portland’s long-homeless Rosenstadt Brewery, whose popular German-style lineup includes roasty Dunkel and even a Read more...
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At Occidental Brewing’s spacious, sedum-hemmed rooftop in the shadow of the St. Johns Bridge, the fare is hearty and well-crafted: warm potato salad savory with stock to toothsome, creamy spätzle, and paprika bierwurst with serious snap. Wash it all down with clean, crisp pints of Occidental pilsner. Read more...
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This beer hall from the folks behind North Portland’s Prost, lures bierstube enthusiasts deeper into the world of Germanic brews while raising the bar for the country’s comforting cuisine. Stammtisch’s airy space and sidewalk beer garden boasts an impressive, rotating 18-tap beer list that ranges from a rare, malty maibock to a smoked helles lager—the kind of craft beers one Read more...
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Hawaii meets Switzerland at this tropically decorated Euro café that’s the proud home of “Martin’s Swiss Dressing.” Say “aloha!” to a mighty dish of émincé zurichoise—a supremely salty comfort of slivered pork (in place of traditional veal) bathed in a rich mushroom sauce alongside a mound of hand-pressed spätzle. Wash it all down properly with a frosty can of Salzburg’s Stiegl Read more...
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The age-old pleasures of Bavaria have finally found a home in Portland at Prost, an obsessively authentic German beer hall on N Mississippi Avenue. Picture windows rimmed with golden orbs of light frame the small pub, its walls bedecked in dark wood and grainy photographs of co-owner Chris Navarra’s ancestral farm in Germany. Inside, spires of glassware brim with frothy Read more...
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If this quaint delicatessen feels like a living room, that’s because it is. Since German-born Otto Eichentopf migrated west and erected a Southeast Portland meat market in 1922, Otto’s sausages have been prepared by four generations of Eichentopfs. No matter what the weather, piles of chicken, old-fashioned wieners, and pork sausages are fired year-round on the outdoor grill for neighborhood Read more...
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With 22 authentic varieties of sausage, Edelweiss is a Germanophile’s dream realized. An enclave for Portland’s German community since the Baier family founded it in 1982, Edelweiss has become one of the city’s busiest meat counters. Nearly every sausage recipe originated on Bavarian soil, and every available meat product has been cured, ground, and cased onsite—from the mild, pleasantly lemony Read more...
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A sort of Martha Stewart version of a German brew house, Gustav’s nonetheless proffers some excellent Happy Hour deals—schnitzel, fondue, cabbage rolls, sausage and sauerkraut—and boasts a superior selection of European beers. Time to launder the liederhosen! Read more...
