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Why Slava sends people here
Hillsdale is one of the Pascack Valley towns Slava sells in, and Karl Ehmer is the kind of shop that makes a town feel like home: a real butcher on Broadway, a sausage cart out front, and a counter full of imports at Christmas. If you are moving to the Pascack Valley, start here for your first barbecue.
The story
Karl Ehmer has been a name in German meats since 1932, when Karl Ehmer opened a small store on 46th Street and Second Avenue in Manhattan. The Hillsdale shop on Broadway carries that tradition in the Pascack Valley as a family-owned butcher shop and deli, specializing in German and Italian products.
Out front, the cart sells sausages, hot dogs and Italian sausage with peppers and onions; inside, it is aged USDA Prime beef, the house wursts and, at Christmas, a counter of imported German stollen, marzipan and chocolates. Bergen County has noticed: Bergen Health & Life readers voted it tied for first as Best Butcher in 2013, it was a Best of Bergen finalist for butcher shop in 2024, and New Jersey Monthly lists it among the state's German food markets.
Behind the counter
Photos: Karl Ehmer Quality Meats
Living near Karl Ehmer Quality Meats
Homes in Hillsdale
Want this on your doorstep? Slava sells in Hillsdale and the towns around it. Here is what homes have sold for over the past year.
- $856K
- Median sale
- 90
- Homes sold
- $1.75M
- Top sale
