The German Bakery

Closed. So sad, where will I go for my German breakfast fix now? Authentic German baked goods will also be missed, as will their fresh-​baked Leberkaese. If you’re looking for a nearby alternative, Old Country Sausage a couple doors up on Sandy is a good option, though not quite as authentic.

Its a sad day. German Bakery has CLOSED it’s doors as of March 15^th 2015. Their oven didn’t last and it’s too expensive for a new one. I always got their eclairs while growing up since I lived less than a mile away. The cream was like no other and it didn’t taste «plasticky» like other places do. You can still get pastries at some Bavarian bakery out in Tigard but that’s too far for me. And apparently the next owners for the building where German Bakery was will be selling them as well. Let’s hope so!

We were heading back home after our PDX weekend when I remembered that I’d bookmarked this place. We stopped in shortly before they closed but the counter staff was still friendly, not rushing us as we looked around.
I bought some lovely salted Laugenbrezel for the trip home, a bag of day-​old breads, and several different thinly-​sliced sausages. My husband chose a variety of glorious cookies, Marzipan goodies, and a couple of pastries. Don’t judge, he has a sweet tooth! And before we returned to the car, I assembled a couple sandwiches from the day-​old breads with sausage (plus cheese for him) for our trip home.
We were pleased with every item that we purchased. There was a ridiculously good flaky cookie, half-​dipped in chocolate. The pastry/​sweets selection was almost overwhelming but worth taking some time to peruse. They also sell a variety of European chocolates/​goods plus there was also cold Almdudler in the fridge near the door!
I’m definitely a fan of this place and it will be a new tradition to stop here before heading home. Maybe if we can make it before they close, we can pick up goodies for the hotel room in PDX!

The pretzels were ok, not the greatest but decent. However the cakes were really good. If you haven’t had a cake from a bakery in Germany you should get one here as they are excellent. Things are a little on the pricey side, but overall it is a good place for authentic German desserts.

THE place to go when you’re missing Germany. So authentic I get misty eyed. The breakfast will keep you full all morning, the lunch options never get old, they have the best selection of treats, and no one can turn down their killer rolls or pastries. I’ve also noticed they have currywurst now!!! Absolute heaven.

Authentic, reasonably priced, unpretentious, and really friendly staff. My kaiser roll was only $ 0.55 and so fresh it was delicious without any condiments. Marzipan Danish was a bit of a splurge at almost $ 4, but I’m glad I got it as it was the best Danish I’ve ever had.
The woman who helped me had a really cute German motherly accent that made me feel like I was back in Germany with my host family.

Awesome food. Variety of bottled German beer. Low keyed. Great prices. Leave room for dessert.

A friend of mine who’s parents are from Germany demanded that we make this place a priority visit during a trip to Portland for cosplay materials. I must say, I’m glad I listened. The place is adorable, and the food is delicious. I got a Ruben for lunch, and it was just… it was heaven. As far as Rubens go, this place competes with the Rogue Brewery in Newport, these two are practically neck in neck.
The pastries are to die for, so many choices it was hard to settle on just one treat. I can’t recall the name, but what I got was this pound cake that had been layered with three roles of butter-​cream (chocolate and raspberry), using some raspberry jelly to keep the two things together. Then it’s dipped in chocolate. It was amazing! Next time I’m in Portland, I’ll be stopping by again.

Mann hört fast soviel deutsch hier als englisch. Spätzle wie zuhause. Schmeckt hervorragend. Fleisch ein bisschen trocknen, aber trotzdem immer noch gut.
Gern empfohlen.
You hear nearly as much German here as English. Spaetzle like at home. Tastes wonderful. The meat was a little dry, but still gut.
Gladly recommended.

This place is just terrific! The German breakfast was so-​o-​o-​o-​o-​o-​o good! A decent selection of German deli meats/​cheeses, grocery items and German beers. The coffee was also great, and the array of desserts did look splendid. What we ate was first rate, and we’ll be back tomorrow to try more.

The hazelnut danish is delicious with a coffee or hot cocoa, the customer service was amazing and this place felt very authentic
I highly recommend The German Deli and Bakery because of their food, service, and authenticity.

Am visiting the Portland area and drove straight from the airport to the German Bakery to pick up some edible gifts. What a great choice (thanks, Unilocal!). Very good cookies — and a huge array of cookie options. Fantastic looking bread. And, as others have pointed out, the grocery section is small, but filled with specialty items that can be difficult to find — spaetzel, jams and preserves, cured meats, and German butters.
Highly recommended.

This being my first time, I have one thing to say. Ich liebe diesen Ort.
Why should you do the same? Because the German Breakfast is f*cking amazing, that’s why. Not only that, if you ever wanted a good, custom-​made cake, or German bread/​pastries of almost every sort imaginable, you would be hard pressed to find a more friendly, helpful staff to sort you out. I was disappointed they no longer had the German coffee other Unilocalers raved about. But at least they serve local java.
In addition to the aforementioned baked goods, there’s a huge array of meats and cheeses, as any good German place should have. Then off to the side, they have foodstuffs and German sundries (I only saw stuff for men, like deodorant and cologne). There’s also German beer, and probably other bottled drinks, though I didn’t investigate too closely.
Yeah, it’s a bit of a trek on Trimet, but so worth it. I don’t know if I’m ‘over’ my childhood dislike of German food, but this place has earned a new repeat customer.

What a great little pastry shop! I absolutely love the cannoli! Best cannoli of my life! The ladies there are always really sweet and although parking to get to it can be a little challenging sometimes, it’s definitely worth it! Yum!
They even put it in cute little boxes to go.

This place is just THE CUTEST! The staff here are very helpful and friendly. I love looking at all the interesting pre packaged German food. Plus the cookies I tried were tasty!
I also had the German breakfast: boiled egg, jam & bread, and a variety of sliced meats and cheese. At first I thought, «what an odd breakfast.» But it was actually quite good & filling. Oh, and the coffee! The coffee was creamy and strong. I don’t think I’ve ever had German coffee but I surely want more. We also had the goulash & spatzel. Now that was tasty! The flavor and texture combination has this warm, cozy, down home feel. There was just the right amount of flavor. Reminds me of my grandma’s cooking in Minnesota.

It always nice to find hidden treasures in the city, especially offering international delights. Most know that German food is just eh but this place does an awesome job of sprucing up the German classics. The ladies are wonderful and you definitely get a Cheers type of feeling when folks in the neighborhood stop by and chit chat with the ladies. The day of my visit, I had the lunch special that offered Goulash & Spaetzle. Wow! The goulash was incredible, perfectly seasoned and tender pork chunks. The spaetzle was a perfect compliment to the goulash and wasn’t as dry & thick as you find in other places. Let’s not forget the sauerkraut and fresh baked roll. My partner was happy enjoying her German breakfast platter which consisted of meat, cheese & hard-​boiled egg. Give these ladies a shout-​out because they have done a wonderful job creating that good olé’ German feel.

German Breakfast. Order the German breakfast. An assortment of house cured meats, cheese, hard boiled egg, bread and house made jam (killer jam!) and a drink.
The drink wasn’t worth it until now – now they have an espresso machine!
I have gotten the German breakfast about a dozen times now. Although the portion has gotten smaller, I will always be a fan, and its 6 bucks!
And their house made mustard is out of this world – they have to start bottling and selling that stuff!

Yum! Great German pastries at a reasonable price! The shop is pretty small… but overall, a nice place.

The gals in front are very sweet. I guess I just don’t connect with German baked goods, most of it is hard and crumbly (which is probably the way it’s supposed to be.) I do enjoy their sausage rolls and grocery offerings. I wish they had more of a hot food selection. Service is efficient, but it takes awhile to order something because they’re usually busy.
The $ 1.75 crème coffee is my favorite non-​espresso java in town.

This place is one of those bizarre hidden gems. I drove past its storefront and thought to myself, «Haha! Dilapidated ‘German Bakery!’ You mean MONEY LAUNDERING ON SANDY!» I parked my car and decided that I was really quite famished after an exhaustive day of doing nothing and I wanted to treat myself to lunch. I searched for «sandwiches» on Unilocal (yes, this is a true story). And my Unilocal app was like, «Hey, Lin H., did you know that dilapidated ‘German Bakery’ is actually really good and serves sandwiches?» Well, no I didn’t and since I was parked right outside it, what the heck.
I went in and this is truly one of those places where as soon as you open the door, a wall of AMAZING BAKED GOOD SMELLS hits you smack on the face. It reminded me of when I was a little kid and my dad took me to Nate n Al’s to buy cookies — And I’m not entirely sure why many bakeries nowadays just don’t have that pervasive cloud in the air of fresh-​baked happiness. Perhaps we’ve invented ventilation. But man, it made me happy.
The cases after cases of beautifully constructed European pastries were overwhelming. I immediately texted my mom a photo of marzipan and cream delights. «Oh my God, where are you?» Why, some wacky, tiny bakery on Sandy! Who knew!
I ordered a reuben with a macaroni salad and took home a little elaborate marzipan and jam cake. All of that totaled to less than $ 9 while I was helped by the nicest staff. The reuben was handed to me freshly made with melting cheese, amazing saurkraut, lightly toasted and with their freshly sliced pastrami (they have a meat section on an opposing wall). The marzipan cake was a little raspberry and almond cloud of heaven. I could pretty much live here, like a creepy, ever-​expanding fixture, eating nothing but cream cones, streudels and danishes.
This is the kind of bakery from your childhood, that inspires that kind of visceral happiness because it smells of nothing but their freshly baked goods. I’d say that if you’re ever in the neighborhood, drop on by – but it actually deserves a special trip, if not several, to try it all, many times!

*pretzel review only*
I accidentally found The German Bakery while scrounging for food near the airport hotel mecca this weekend. I made a sudden turn in the U-​Haul I was driving (which was used to hold Star Wars toys from the late 90s/​early 2000s), parked about 4 feet away from the curb, and B-​lined it to the entrance. The place was popping. Cakes, danishes, bread rolls galore. Plus another side of the store dedicated to meats. There was no line just tons of people drooling indecisively so I made a move getting one of the German-​accented clerk’s attention for a pretzel. The pretzels were in a basket on the counter, and I got one of the last ones. $ 1.50.
This pretzel is the most unique I’ve tasted thus far in the throw down. A strong lye crust on the outside and an airy, almost dry french bread crumb on the inside. The salt was Achilles ankle dipped. It was super fresh and good, but would have been 200% better with some kind of mustard/​cheese/​butter to fill some of those air pockets.
None the less, this was a score of a deal pretzel at $ 1.50 and just like a real deal German bakery in Deutschland so the pretzel is authentic.