Is Otto's Sausage Kitchen Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Part 1 — Season 21, Episode 17 Aired December 25, 2014

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives' 'Hometown Heroes' clip episode, aired 2014-12-25, replayed Guy Fieri's stop at Otto's Sausage Kitchen and Meat Market in Portland, Oregon. The segment, first shown in season six's 'Go-To Joints' episode, focused on hot dogs made from scratch alongside bratwurst and knockwurst prepared in the traditional German style. According to Triple D Nation, the Eichentopf family opened the shop in 1936, and four generations later the family still runs the same Southeast Portland meat market and deli, making sausages by the same methods. Food Network's own restaurant page for Otto's confirms the business remains a family-owned German butcher and deli in Portland.

Part 2 — Season 34, Episode 2 Aired May 21, 2021

In the 'Takeout: Best of the West Roundup' episode (S34E2) of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, which aired 2021-05-21, the show returned to Otto's Sausage Kitchen in Portland, Oregon, for a segment on its takeout counter. Otto's Sausage Kitchen is a longstanding sausage maker and meat market that has made its own sausages and deli meats in-house for decades.

Part 3 — Season 6, Episode 7 Aired May 25, 2009

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network) featured Otto's Sausage Kitchen in the episode "Go-To Joints," aired 2009-05-25, highlighting the shop's German-style sausages made on site from recipes brought over by founder Otto Eichentopf. German immigrant Eichentopf opened Otto's Meat Market in Aberdeen, Washington in the 1910s before relocating to Portland in 1921 and opening on Southeast Woodstock Boulevard in 1922; the current building dates to 1936-1937, according to Wikipedia's July 2026 revision of the shop's page. Eichentopf's son Edwin later ran the store, and Edwin's son Jerry took over in 1983 with his wife, expanding its retail offerings; the Eichentopf family, including Jerry's children, still operates the business today.

A site check of ottossausage.com on 2026-09-08 showed the shop's Woodstock neighborhood storefront listing Monday-Saturday and Sunday hours, a phone number, and a title identifying it as Otto's Sausage Kitchen & Meat Market. The family now makes more than forty sausage varieties, several based on Eichentopf's original German recipes, per the Wikipedia entry.