Mt. Angel Meat Company

Great service. I admit we haven’t consumed the meat we bought yet, I’ll be sure to follow-​up then. But… this place is the real deal. NOT for the faint of heart, though.
Real… as in they walk ‘em in the door on one side, and then you buy the cuts on the other side. There is no storefront. There is no pretty marketing. This is a custom meat packer (kind phrase for a small slaughterhouse) at the end of a road. You drive by the big receiving door where animals walk in (or game is carried in), and after you park, you walk into a room that’s just a few steps from the cutting floor. It’s cold. It’s a concrete floor with a drain in it. There’s no service counter. There’s a disconnected, don’t-know-when-the-last-time-it-ran cold case (not sure if it once ran, or is for future plans).
As I read this, it’s sounding really bad. But… if your goal is fresh, local, custom cut meat…
Eric (who I later found was the owner) cheerfully took my call asking about hours, and then when we arrived at the address we’d put into our GPS, again my call asking if we’d gotten lost. (We just hadn’t gone down the road far enough — you go all the way to the end, turn left, and park in front of the gray building with the blue trim.) There are no signs.
We’d read good things about their meat packs. Their web site tells of all the cuts they have available, and the prices. (
) It recommends calling in an order, which we’ll do next time.
When we arrived we clearly were like, «Uh…» as we walked into the large, bare room. Men with aprons full of knives sorted through huge tubs of off cuts. I told Eric what we were looking for — we actually like sirloin for the texture and taste — and he recommended flat iron, better texture and flavor. We left with some hamburger and flat iron steaks, all he had were frozen.
I found this on their Facebook page:
«Walked in for the fist time today, hoping to find a beef brisket that still has the ‘point’ attached. Met Eric, who said he might have something for me, and when I asked to see it, he says it’s still attached to the cow… so he straps on his knives, heads to the back and returns with a fresh cut piece o meat that was exactly what I was looking for.»
So… it’s a unique experience. But if you aren’t afraid of where your food comes from, I’d say it’s a great option.

Would not recommend to anyone. We have used them for over 2 years with our Locker Meat Business. Besides the fact that you can never get a hold of them via phone or email, they continually mess up orders, cut differently then instructed, and take way longer then they say. They are always quick with the excuses. We have moved all of our business over to Century Oak Farms. And so have many other people. I gave them multiple chances and the benefit of the doubt time after time, and finally said that was enough.