Bavarian Meats
IndustryFood manufacturing
Founded1961 (1961) in Seattle, Washington
FounderMax Hofstatter
Headquarters
Seattle, Washington
ProductsMeat products
Websitehttps://bavarianmeats.com/

Bavarian Meats is an American meat producer and processing company based in Seattle, Washington. The company supplies meats to various delicatessens and grocery stores in the Pacific Northwest. From 1961 to 2020, Bavarian Meats operated a delicatessen of their own in Downtown Seattle, including a space at Pike Place Market.[1][2]

Locations

Bavarian Meats is a wholesale supplier of meat products for delicatessens in the Pacific Northwest. The company also produced packaged meats for sale at grocery stores in the Pacific Northwest.[1][3] Bavarian Meats also has stands at several Seattle-area stadiums, including T-Mobile Park, where they offer the "Mariner Dog",[4] Lumen Field,[5] and Climate Pledge Arena.[6] Since 2021, the company has sponsored the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League; the team's logo is featured on packaging for Bavarian Meats' "Seattle-style sausage".[6]

Seattle delicatessen

Exterior of the vacant shop at Pike Place Market, 2022

Bavarian Meats operated its own delicatessen at Pike Place Market in Downtown Seattle. The shop served German cuisine such as bratwurst, currywurst, knackwurst,[7] Jäger schnitzel with spätzle and knödel, and weiner schnitzel.[8] The menu also included Reuben sandwiches and whisky cured bacon.[9][10] The bratwurst meal had sausage, sauerkraut, potatoes, and mustard.[11] The Wrecking Ball sandwich, called an "edible tribute" to the Alaskan Way Viaduct by John Knicely of KIRO-TV, had pulled pork, ham, coleslaw, pickle, and barbecue sauce.[12] Products stocked by Bavarian Meats included German elderflower syrup and Haribo gummies.[9][13]

History

Bavarian Meats stand at Lumen Field, 2023

German immigrant Max Hofstatter ("Grandpa Max") established the sausage-making business at Pike Place Market in 1961, initially in the Municipal Building,[14] which caught on fire in 1974.[15] The family-run[16] business operated mostly via take-out service, but offered on-site dining at times and had a retail branch to supply butchers and other delicatessens.[8] Andrew Zimmern visited the shop in 2017.[17]

Bavarian Meats moved its production facility from Belltown in Seattle to Kent in 2017, selling its former building to an investment firm with plans to build a residential and hotel tower.[18] The Pike Place delicatessen closed in 2020.[8] The family issued a statement suggesting a possible return, saying: "During this challenging time in all our lives it may take us a few extra months to find a home, however, find a home we will!"[19]

Reception

Naomi Tomky included the bratwurst meal in Thrillist's 2016 list of "The 50 Best Things to Eat and Drink at Pike Place Market", writing: "A lunchtime trip to Germany, courtesy of this little meat shop and their lunch counter. The simple bratwurst meal ... is as German as it gets, but also shows off what this place does best: cook good meat.[11] In 2018, Leslie Kelly of Seattle Magazine wrote, "Bavarian Meats not only has one of the most interesting deli counters in the city, it’s become a destination for sausage lovers looking for their lunchtime link fix." Kelly said the Jalapeno Popper Bratwurst "will warm you right up down to your wool socks, with those fiery peppers, cream cheese and caramelized onions tucked inside the casing, turning this German classic into something that once you try it, you're going to go to bed thinking about and wake up craving. Yes, it's that good."[10]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Ausley, Christina (May 15, 2020). "After more than half a century, Pike Place Market's Bavarian Meats to close". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Archived from the original on October 26, 2022. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
  2. ↑ Coughlin-Bogue, Tobias. "All the Secret Good Stuff at Pike Place Market". The Stranger. Archived from the original on October 22, 2022. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Locations" (PDF). Bavarian Meats. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 19, 2022. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  4. ↑ Schaefer, David (October 4, 1998). "M's new grand salami". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on November 2, 2022. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Concessions Guide". Lumen Field. Archived from the original on November 2, 2022. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Kraken & Climate Pledge Arena Announce Partnership with Bavarian Meats" (Press release). Seattle Kraken. September 8, 2021. Archived from the original on November 2, 2022. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  7. ↑ Leson, Nancy; Irving, Stephanie (1996). Seattle Best Places: The Most Discriminating Guide to Seattle's Restaurants, Shops, Hotels, Nightlife, Arts, Sights, and Outings. Sasquatch Books. ISBN 978-1-57061-055-4. Archived from the original on October 26, 2022. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
  8. 1 2 3 Guarente, Gabe (May 14, 2020). "Pike Place Mainstay Bavarian Meats Will Close Its Market Location Permanently After 60 Years". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on October 26, 2022. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
  9. 1 2 "Chef Steps Guide to Pike Place Market". Vox. October 23, 2015. Archived from the original on October 26, 2022. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
  10. 1 2 "Winter is the Perfect Time for Locals to Visit Pike Place Market". Seattle Magazine. July 8, 2022. Archived from the original on October 26, 2022. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
  11. 1 2 "The 50 Best Things to Eat and Drink at Pike Place Market". Thrillist. Archived from the original on October 28, 2021. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Pike Place Market artists crafting beautiful creations out of Alaskan Way Viaduct demolition". KIRO-TV. June 20, 2019. Archived from the original on October 26, 2022. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
  13. ↑ Thomson, Jess (May 8, 2012). Pike Place Market Recipes: 130 Delicious Ways to Bring Home Seattle's Famous Market. Sasquatch Books. ISBN 978-1-57061-799-7. Archived from the original on October 26, 2022. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
  14. ↑ Yaeger, Michael (1999). An Insider's Tour of the Pike Place Public Market: Featuring Profiles of Market Personalities. Studio Solstone. ISBN 978-0-931693-24-3. Archived from the original on October 26, 2022. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
  15. ↑ Inside Pike Place Market: Building a Model Public Market into the 21st Century. Pike Place Market PDA. August 17, 2021. Archived from the original on October 26, 2022. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
  16. ↑ Craighead, Callie (August 17, 2021). "Today in history: Pike Place Market opens for business in 1907". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Archived from the original on October 26, 2022. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
  17. ↑ Callaghan, Adam H. (September 8, 2017). "Andrew Zimmern Spotted Filming New Show at Pike Place Market". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on October 24, 2022. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
  18. ↑ Miller, Brian (November 2, 2022). "12-story Belltown tower, from Olson Kundig, set for first design review". Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce. Archived from the original on November 7, 2022. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  19. ↑ "At least 20 more Seattle-area restaurants have permanently closed during the COVID-19 crisis". The Seattle Times. July 16, 2020. Archived from the original on October 26, 2022. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
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