While Gary West may not be from the Old West, serving the city of Jacksonville, Oregon for 50 years is still quite an accomplishment! This is a place that The Today Show called the “Rolls-Royce of jerky” and it is the place to go for the best smoked meats in Oregon.
We pulled into their parking lot and saw there were a couple of signs celebrating their 50th anniversary.
When we opened the door, we could see the place was packed with all different varieties of meats! The store clerk was very friendly and asked what we were doing in town. When I told her we were in Jacksonville for my sister’s wedding, she told us that some of our relatives had been in the store earlier that day! They may have a national reputation, but they still have small town friendliness.
They also have lots of tasty samples! There were meat samples, cheese samples, even popcorn samples. The meat samples were all very tasty; one sample case even had mustard to dip it in. They even have wine tasting there, but we didn’t try that this time. Neek, her sister, and I all found a good piece of jerky to buy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P7Mkc5bKIM
