Olympia Provisions

Formerly	Olympic Provisions, OP Wurst
Industry	Charcuterie,restaurant
Founded	December 1, 2009 (2009-12-01) inPortland,United States
Founders	Elias Cairo Michelle Cairo Tyler Gaston Nate Tilden Martin Schwartz
Headquarters	123 Southeast 2nd Ave, Portland, Oregon , United States
Number of locations	5 restaurants, 1 production plant
Area served	United States
Products	Charcuterie,salami,sausages,cured meats,ham,bacon,pickles
Owners	Elias Cairo Michelle Cairo Nate Tilden Martin Schwartz
Website	www.olympiaprovisions.com

Olympia Provisions (formerlyOlympic Provisions) is an Americanmeat andrestaurant company that produces artisancharcuterie based out ofPortland, Oregon.^[1]

Founded in 2009 as Olympic Provisions, the company began as Oregon's firstUSDA salumeria in a 900 square foot production facility attached to a European-inspired restaurant in theOlympic Cereal Mill building.^[2][3] The owners came from a variety of backgrounds, with Nate Tilden also co-owningClyde Common and Elias Cairo having background as a chef and first generation Greek-American.^[4][5][6] The idea began when Elias Cairo decided he wanted to open a meat plant inside of a restaurant, and he gathered a group of cofounders which included his sister Michelle, Tilden, Martin Schwartz, and Tyler Gaston.^[3] Nate Tilden and Elias Cairo worked together atCastagna prior to opening Olympia Provisions, where Cairo served as head chef.^[7] The company began by selling their salami exclusively atfarmers' markets and in their restaurant.^[8] After receiving nationwide recognition they needed to expand their production facility to meet their demand. In April 2011, Olympia Provisions opened a second restaurant alongside a 4,000 square foot production facility. Two years later, Olympia Provisions had outgrown its second production facility, and in February 2014 production moved to a 34,000 square foot building two blocks from the Southeast restaurant.^[9]

In September 2014, the company received acease and desist notice from theInternational Olympic Committee, which holds the trademark for the word "olympic" in order to "protect Olympic corporate sponsors against dilution of the value".^[4][10] The company had performed a name search and an LLC search when they first opened, but no trademark issue arose during their research.^[5] Originally named after theOlympic Cereal Mill building which housed its first restaurant and production facility, the company agreed to a deal which allowed them to phase out and rebrand to Olympia Provisions throughout 2015.^[5]

The company currently owns two European-style restaurants in Portland which share the company name. They are known as Olympia Provisions Southeast and Olympia Provisions Northwest.^[11] The first restaurant opened in 2009 inSoutheast Portland. Their second restaurant opened in April 2011 inNorthwest Portland. In 2018, restaurant manager and sommelier, Jessica Hereth, was named as one ofFood and Wine magazine's Sommeliers of the Year.^[12][13]

In early 2016, Olympia Provisions opened a small bar-restaurant calledOP Wurst, located inPine Street Market.^[14] The restaurant focused onfrankfurters,sausages, andbeer. Later that year, they opened another OP Wurst inOregon City at Oregon City Brewing. In March 2017, a third location, and the first OP Wurst located in a stand-alone building, opened on Division Street in Southeast Portland.^[15] This third location replaced Honky Tonk Taco, an unrelated taco shop started by Olympia Provisions owners Tilden, Schwartz, and Gaston, which had closed after only three months.^[16][17] The location has an outdoor patio, which the bar-restaurant frequently uses to host events, and in the winter hosts a Christmas tree lot.^[16][18][19] OP Wurst was rebranded as Olympia Provisions Public House in May 2018, which serves food based on owner Elias Cairo's apprenticeship inSwitzerland.^[20] This was partially because customers did not recognize that OP Wurst was connected to the Olympia Provisions brand.^[20][18]

On May 4, 2018, Olympia Provisions andTillamook Cheese collaborated and opened a food truck inPioneer Courthouse Square in Downtown Portland.^{[21][22][23][18]} The truck sells six types of grilled cheese sandwiches using Olympia Provisions' meat and Tillamook's cheeses.^[24][18][25]

Olympia Provisions released its first cookbook on October 27, 2015. The book was written by owner Elias Cairo and co-author Meredith Erickson .^[26] It was published byTen Speed Press.^[3] The book follows Cairo throughSwitzerland, where he completed hisapprenticeship as a young adult, and includes recipes from the restaurants, the meat plant and his time in Switzerland.^[3][27] It is split into two parts, with one part focusing on meats and another part focusing on recipes from the Olympia Provisions restaurants.^[28]

Michael Russell ranked Olympia Provisions number 9 inThe Oregonian's 2025 list of Portland's 40 best restaurants.^[29] Katherine Chew Hamilton andBrooke Jackson-Glidden included Olympia Provisions inEater Portland's 2025 list of the city's best restaurants andfood cart pods for large groups.^[30]

Olympia Provisions has won fifteenGood Food Awards, and at one time had more than any other entrant.^[31][32]

In December 2025, a consumer reported finding metal in their ready-to-eatkielbasa sausages. About 2,000 lbs of Olympia Provisions' products were recalled for possible contamination with metals.^[33][34][35] In May 2022, Olympia Provisions products were recalled for havingpistachio, a tree nut allergen that is required by law to be labeled.^[36] They also had a recall for undeclared pistachios in August 2019.^[37][38]

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