Smokehouse of the Catskills

[Fat Guy]

I've been meaning to post about this place since I first went there last year, and a recent delivery by my friend reminded me of how great it is:

SmokeHouse of the Catskills, Inc.

724 Rt. 212, Saugerties, NY 12477

845-246-8767

"Authentic German Specialty Meats Made on Premises, Est. 1945" reads the business card, and that's how it is. This place is simply the finest smokehouse/butcher I've visited. I just scored some of the double-smoked bacon, sliced about an eighth of an inch thick, and it was just phenomenal -- this is the way Col. Klink would run a smokehouse, people. If you get the opportunity to go upstate anytime soon, stop by and stock up.

(Not to be confused with some other place in the Catskills that pops up on Google searches.)

[Varmint]

Do they not have a web presence, Mr. Guy?

[Fat Guy]

None that I can find. They have an e-mail address, though:

smokehouse@hvc.rr.com

[Fat Guy]

My friend who has a house up there just brought me some more of the double smoked bacon. I'm very excited.

[melkor]

Before I moved out to CA I lived 4 miles away from said smokehouse of the catskills. A website they have not got. You can smell bacon smoking for a mile in every direction. It's definitly worth a visit.

[babyluck]

Don't forget Oscar's (Warrensburg, in the Adirondacks). My father-in-law has been going there since he was a kid. Apparently it was featured on FTV (the Best of, I think) and it's gotten more popular, but nothing else has changed. Stopped there a few weeks ago -- it looks like you're going to visit Hansel & Gretel with all the Bavarian kitsch on the grounds. Love it.

If I start talking about the meat, the beautiful, succulent meat, I will never stop. But they also have excellent cheddar -- it's as sharp as the best crumbly NY stuff, but miraculously creamy at the same time.

And they have a website. With an online catalog.