Uli's Famous Sausage

Uli's Famous Sausage is a butcher shop and sausage vendor in Seattle's Pike Place Market, founded by German master butcher Uli Lengenberg. The business is associated with traditionally styled sausages, including bratwurst, chorizo, and other German sausage varieties. Its Pike Place Market location serves the products for takeaway and also offers sausage sandwiches in an indoor beer-garden setting. The brand's identity is closely tied to its specialist butchery heritage, market location, and focus on prepared sausage dishes rather than a broad restaurant menu or packaged-food portfolio. Seattle Metropolitan has described the vendor as offering chorizo, bratwurst, and other German sausages in the center of Pike Place Market. Travel and local food guides have repeatedly highlighted the business as a notable destination for sausage sandwiches. Frommer's Seattle recommended that sausage enthusiasts try one of its sandwiches, while the Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle identified Uli's as offering the city's best sausage in its 2014 and 2015 editions. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer later included Uli's in its 2020 and 2021 selections of iconic Seattle bites. These references position the business as a recognized Pike Place Market food stop and a specialist local sausage brand. Publicly available reference material does not establish a founding year, ownership structure, corporate parent, financial figures, stock listing, or a broader distribution network. Its documented presence and reputation are centered on the Seattle market location and its prepared and butcher-counter sausage offerings.

Uli's Famous Sausage was established by Uli Lengenberg, described in reference material as a German master butcher. The business operates from Pike Place Market in Seattle, where its setting is an important part of its identity and customer experience. Rather than being documented as a large packaged-food manufacturer or chain, it is presented as a market-based butcher shop and sausage vendor specializing in prepared and takeaway sausage products. Its known range includes bratwurst, chorizo, and other German sausages, along with sausage sandwiches served at the market location. Seattle Metropolitan has characterized the business as a place for German sausages in the heart of Pike Place Market and has noted its indoor beer-garden seating. This combination of specialist products, market location, and casual service has made Uli's a recognizable stop for visitors and local food followers. In Frommer's Seattle, published in 2011, Karl Samson recommended that sausage lovers have a sausage sandwich at Uli's. The Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle named the business as offering Seattle's best sausage in both its 2014 and 2015 editions. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer subsequently included Uli's in lists of iconic Seattle bites in 2020 and 2021. These mentions indicate sustained local and visitor recognition over more than a decade. Public sources supplied for this entry do not provide a precise founding date, details about the business's legal structure, ownership changes, financial performance, executive team, or operations outside its Seattle base. Accordingly, the documented history is primarily one of specialist food retail and prepared food service within Pike Place Market.

• 2021

  Again included among iconic Seattle bites

  [1]Uli's Famous Sausageen.wikipedia.org

  The Seattle Post-Intelligencer again featured Uli's Famous Sausage in its selection of iconic Seattle bites.

• 2020

  Included among iconic Seattle bites

  [1]Uli's Famous Sausageen.wikipedia.org

  The Seattle Post-Intelligencer included Uli's Famous Sausage in a list of iconic Seattle foods.

• 2015

  Repeated recognition from Not for Tourists

  [1]Uli's Famous Sausageen.wikipedia.org

  The Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle again described Uli's Famous Sausage as offering the city's best sausage.

• 2014

  Named Seattle's best sausage by Not for Tourists

  [1]Uli's Famous Sausageen.wikipedia.org

  The Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle identified Uli's Famous Sausage as offering Seattle's best sausage.

• 2011

  Featured in Frommer's Seattle

  [1]Uli's Famous Sausageen.wikipedia.org

  Frommer's Seattle recommended that sausage lovers try a sausage sandwich at Uli's Famous Sausage.

A specialist German-style sausage vendor and Pike Place Market food destination, emphasizing traditional sausage-making, prepared sandwiches, and an informal beer-garden setting.

• Sausage

  Bratwurst

  German-style bratwurst is one of the sausage varieties specifically associated with Uli's Famous Sausage. It is offered as part of the vendor's specialist sausage range and may be purchased or served in the market setting.

• Sausage

  Chorizo

  Chorizo is among the named sausage varieties sold by Uli's Famous Sausage. Reference material identifies it as part of the vendor's broader selection alongside bratwurst and other German sausages.

• Sausage

  Other German sausages

  The business offers additional German sausage varieties beyond the specifically documented bratwurst and chorizo. Public reference material does not provide a complete product catalogue or stable list of individual varieties.

• Prepared food

  Sausage sandwiches

  Sausage sandwiches are a prominent prepared-food offering at the Pike Place Market location. Travel coverage has specifically recommended the sandwiches as a way for visitors to experience the brand's sausages.

1. 1Uli's Famous Sausageen.wikipedia.org