Former Portland butcher Fred Carlo died on January 30 at the age of 72 from various health issues, longtime friend and former colleague Robert Ballato confirmed. He is survived by his sisters Claire and Maria.
Carlo was a pioneer of Portland’s early specialty meat movement — his sausage shop, Salumeria di Carlo, was located in the former Pastaworks space on Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard in the late ‘80s, where he made Italian-style meats such sausages, porchetta, and prosciutto. “He commenced to do your conventional cold cuts, but he also began one of the city’s first fresh sausage programs,” Ballato says. “His hallmark was, every Friday, he would take a
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