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Binkerts featured as a Local
Flavor in October 2009 Baltimore Magazine
In The Wurst Way
A local sausage
maker provides brats and sauerkraut to Oktoberfests.
By Suzanne
Loudermilk
Photo Credit: Cory Donovan
Once again,
Binkert’s Meat Products (8805 Philadelphia Rd., 410-687-5959,
binkerts.com)
is gearing up for a season of Oktoberfests. The company—founded in
1964 by German immigrant Egon Binkert, a master butcher who had an
American dream to open his own place—expects to deliver bratwursts,
sauerkraut, red cabbage, and mustard to more than 50 October
celebrations throughout the area, says second-generation owner Sonya
Weber....
(read more at BaltimoreMagazine.net)
Binkert's is back in business!
The wait is finally over. We obtained the necessary approval from
our health and safety inspectors Friday morning [10/10/08], and we were able to open
our doors once again. We are now back to our normal business hours, and welcome you to come by
for all of your favorite Binkert's meat products and to see our newly
restored storefront. Another bit of good news is being awarded
City Paper Best of Baltimore 2008 for Best Sausage. To top it all
off you can look forward to a Grand Re-Opening party planned for later in November
to celebrate the completion of the restoration, and to thank all of
our many loyal customers for supporting us through this difficult
time.
Check out the news coverage on
Binkert's re-opening:
 Video
Report from WJZ
Binkert's German Meats is
back in business in Rosedale, Baltimore County.
Richard Sher reports.
Sausage shop reopens in time for Oktoberfest by Jacques Kelly
[baltimoresun.com]
The phone at Binkert's German
sausage factory rang nonstop yesterday. It was the first day for the
wholesale delivery of sausages, hot dogs and cold cuts since early
August, when an electrical fire and subsequent water damage put this
Golden Ring business out of commission. Production stopped,
threatening to take the taste out of local Oktoberfest celebrations.
Its retail shop opens today - so that this component of a venerable
Baltimore niche market will be well-fed and satisfied.
So why all the fuss about a little Baltimore County business that
employs only the owners and eight other workers? One phone call gave a
clue:
"We don't have any places in Florida that sell our liverwurst,"
explained Sonya Binkert Weber, who co-owns the business with her
husband, Lothar. "We do ship in dry ice."
Such is the fame of the little shop with the right stuff...
[read more]
In case you didn't already know the
story:
On Monday, August 4, Binkert's experienced
an electrical fire that started above a freezer in our
production area and spread itself in the attic. The fire damage to the roof, and the water damage to
the interior of our building from extinguishing the fire forced us to
shut down production and close our strorefront for two months. You can visit the following links to read and watch the
local news coverage of the unfortunate event:
Video Report from WBAL
Video Report from WJZ
BaltimoreSun.com article
You can also
view the
slideshow of our reconstruction process.
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