Goulart Sausage

A classic SJ institution, right in «Little Portugal» the Alum Rock area is bad-​ass.
The shop is classic. Great linguiça. As a matter of fact it’s so good, that the Portuguese cultural center and hall in SD where I live buys thousands of pounds from Goulart’s. The day I was there, a huge truck was there from San Diego loading up thousands of pounds.
They have all the Portuguese goods your are looking for. Olive oil, several types and styles of linguiça, blood sausage, great can’s of tuna, large chunks of smoked uncut bacon-​fat, which would be great for making garbanzo bean soup; Hawaiian Portuguese red bean soup, or feijoada. Or make a BLT with super thick cut bacon and blow your face off with amazing flavor.
The shop is OLD-​SCHOOL, I mean real old-​school, you can still write out personal checks. The operation is old-world…and is just the right kind of grit and grind that you can only find up in the Bay Area.
Support this shop, it’s one of the last of its kind. Walk the area, check out the massive Catholic church near by, and check out the Portuguese hall and Portuguese soccer club locations, very cool.

Let me start out by saying that the absolute BEST linguica I have ever eaten was the Moniz brand from Oakland. My Grandmother would gift us with a few links of linguisa for Christmas, along with her homemade sweet bread. What a feast we’d have for Christmas breakfast! She would go right to their plant to buy it, never from a store. I remember going once with my Dad, and smelling the wonderful aroma of linguisa and seeing all the sausage links hanging up. After Moniz retired, we tried Santos. Yuck. After Moniz, Santos was very gross. Could. Not. Eat. It. Silva’s wasn’t so bad. Goulart’s is good, but not as good as Moniz was. Still… if you need a linguisa fix, I would recommend Goulart’s as it seems to be the best around, but still; not as good as Moniz. (And I preferred the spicy Goulart’s to the non-​spicy linguisa.) I fear I will never again have as delicious a linguisa as Moniz although my cousin told me about a place in Massachusetts where I could order linguisa comparable to Moniz and have it shipped here… but as good as it may be, I don’t think I can swallow spending $ 30 for shipping. I feel very sorry for those that weren’t around or had never tried Moniz linguisa, and think that Santos was as good as it gets. You was robbed. ;)

Like many from the Hayward area, I could not find a good linguica since Santos & Amaral have departed.
While searching online for linguica, I found reviews here mentioning Santos. Today I drove to Goulart and purchased some. It is very much like Santos was but more smoky.
I gave 5 stars in comparison to the only brand I can find at Safeway’s or Lucky’s.
Goulart is on the smoky side, if I was aware of another good tasting linguica I would have rated 4 stars because of the smoke.

My family and I live near by and we have been coming here for sometime now. We love the quality and freeness of the products.

There are few things that I would go out of my way for– however this is the real deal! Customer for life!

Closest linguica I’ve found that taste like santos. Love making it for my family. Reminds of my grandparents and growing up in San Leandro.

Best linguica around!!! You will never be disappointed with GOULARTS! Excellent flavor, perfectly seasoned.

Bought our traditional holiday load of Goulart linguica last week. Amazing as usual and THE best available linguica I’ve had to date!

It takes a lot to earn a five star rating from me. The linquica produced here is the best quality I have had in years. Love, Love, Love the great taste. I grew up on Santos linguica and finally found one as good and even better. Hard to find but worth the effort. They will ship anywhere. Cash & Check only. Try it you won’t be sorry!

I haven’t eaten linguica for years after Santos’ went off the rails. Nothing compared until I tried Goulart linguica and I think I like Goulart even better. It’s like the linguica of my youth. You can’t go wrong buying it here and I won’t be trying any brand X from here out! Good stuff! Thanks Galvan’s in San Leandro from keeping a supply on hand.

awesome just down home at it’s finest,

I am so impressed with Goularts. My family has been getting our Linguica from them for years. I now live in North Carolina. Goularts ships to me!!! It is a real taste of home from far away and the quality is still as good as if we would have just walked in to get it. Thanks for keeping the family coming back!

My late Uncle Joe told me about Goulart’s has the best linguica. I called a few years back and talked to the owner Tony and I ordered some to try. The Best Tasting Linguica Ever! I will never eat Silva’s again. The flavor is just great and reminds me of the linguica my grandmother (was from the Azzores) used to make when I was a child. Now I order the original mild. Tony is friendly and the customer services is excellent. I order on Monday and have it by Tuesday by UPS.

I grew up on Santos’ linguica, which became the benchmark for all sausage in my mind. Since the «Sausage King» went nuts and Santos became a delectable and distant memory, I’ve hunted everywhere (everywhere) for good linguica and failed in my hunt. Until I discovered Goulart Sausage Company.
Goulart’s regular linguica has got the flavor of Santos’ «cold» smoke process, but it’s done using techniques which are approved under modern food safety guidelines (the part that got Santos in trouble). And this may be blasphemy, but I like the texture better than Santos: it’s all high quality pork and the seasoning is phenomenal, without the hideous salt+paprika+MSG+nitrates kick of nearly all other store bought brands (which aren’t even fit for soups, in my opinion).
This is the kind of linguica you’ll relish on its own, in a sandwich, or alongside some eggs and fried potatoes for family breakfasts, just like when I was growing up.
The best part, they put the invoice along with the food — they won’t take money up front. Talk about old country! And shipping is really reasonable, even to grandma in Hawaii.
I love these guys. I hope they’re around forever. Just make sure and get ahold of somebody who speaks English (owner may make you call back so he can get somebody manning the phones who can take your order).
Order 10 lbs, the low shipping cost makes it worth it (plus you’ll run out quicker than you think). Enjoy!

Goulart’s Sausage is as good as it gets for Portuguese sausage. While never having visited their shop I am able to order over the phone and it comes to my home via UPS, shrink wrapped and ready to cook or freeze. Tony, the owner is great to deal with. They do not take credit cards. Goulart’s LINGUICA is good but their MORCELA is great. Just like Ava (grandmother) used to make. Now putting in an order for MORCELA, CHOURICO and maybe some BACALAO as well

Went to my grandparents house over thanksgiving and noticed she had these sausages in the storage freezer (don’t ask, my grandmother can feed an entire army at any given time). I asked about them and she said that they were too spicy for grandpa so I should take them home with me. I did and cooked one of these linguicia’s. I was in heaven. I just ate it with some eggs for breakfast and it was great. I cooked the other 2 in a spaghetti and wow. I’m glad to hear that the place is located in San Jose because I’m in Hayward. I would like for them to list outlets where I could purchase a little closer to me on their site but It’s not that far away.
Best sausages I’ve ever tasted. And I didn’t find them that spicy BTW.

I hit this sausage shop after visiting Silva… and this place is super-​tiny and a smidge scary. ;) Lights off, not sure if anyone is there, barely any spot in the parking lot… but man, it’s worth it. Goulart’s linguica is the preferred brand amongst my Portuguese relatives, and they have several varieties. I appreciated the shopkeeper asking where my mother-​in-​law was from so he could direct us to the right version of the linguica from her island. ;)
Don’t be afraid of the surroundings — get some tasty authentic Portuguese sausages here!

this is a tiny little shop (retail and wholesale) in a working class Portuguese district (Portuguese auto shops, community centers, etc).
we walked in and the lights were off, it seemed like we were in a family cellar. you can see some meat processing machinery in the room just to the left of the main room.
the back of the shop has a rack of Portuguese imported canned goods, and the side wall has a few cases of home-​canned, homemade spicy sauce in mason jars with no labels. they looked totally delicious, so we bought one for $ 6.
the linguica and chorico comes in mild and spicy. the spicy is very hot, according to the owner, who was super friendly and likable. the two kinds of sausage are similar, they just have a slight variation in spices.
portuguese chorico is similar to the spanish kind found in paella, it’s hard, not like mexican chorizo which is more crumbly.
the meat comes in shrink wrapped packages of 2 – 5 long sausages,. i’m sure you can get them in any size, but that’s what’s in the refrigerated case out front. $ 4.50/lb. we got 2 packages of 2 chorico and 2 packages of 3 linguica, total was $ 21.
they also sell bacalao (salted cod) in regular and boneless versions, as well as a few other types of meat.
they don’t accept credit cards, just personal checks and cash.

Love this place !! Owners are very friendly and provide great customer service. Their linguiça is to die for. I especially recommend their «American sytle — HOT» linguiça – my favorite! Super tasty, with a little ‘kick’ to it.
And… LOVE the «Topo» Portuguese cheese, imported directly from the the Azores. It’s a firm/​semi-​hard, yellow, aromatic, slightly piquant cheese… that is great with wine, snacking, and cooking. Have gifted family and friends and they’re now hooked on «Topo» cheese.
At least once a month, we take the short drive from Fremont to stock up on Goulart’s goodies.
Happy Eating! Buen Provecho! Bön Appetit ! Bom apetite!

My wife and I hold on to our Portuguese roots dearly (she’s more Portuguese than I, but that’s beside the point). Goulart’s is simply the best Açorean linguicia in the region. We are planning on taking a bevy of links with us to our family reunion this fall. I’m sure there are some fantastic local brands around the state that we have not tried yet, but we will always stick with Goulart’s. Our local grocer told me that he tried selling another brand, as an experiment, and his customers practically rebelled. That’s all one needs to know.