Sausage fest in Alexandria offers food, vendors, music and more

Butch Cole, owner of Lake Country Meats, grills foot-long sausage brats at the Meat Street Sausage Fest in Alexandria Saturday. (Al Edenloff / Echo Press)

By Al Edenloff

September 06, 2020 at 10:12 AM

If you’re looking for music, unique food, axe throwing and craft vendors, Alexandria’s “Meat Street” is the place to be on Labor Day weekend, Sept. 4-6.

Lakes Country Meats, 1700 North Nokomis NE, is presenting its second annual sausage fest, which continues today, Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Downtown Eli Brown will perform from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Alexandria volleyball team has set up a dunk tank to raise money. There is also a variety of food and craft vendors.

Lake Country Meats, for instance, is grilling foot-long brats – a treat you won’t see at your typical county or state fair, according to owner Butch Cole.

Other food vendors include Beef Stampede (Lake Country Meats), Best Fry Company, Patty Wicken’s Lemonade and Doug’s Kettle Korn.

Morgan Mulder of Balaton sits on a Clydesdale while his mother, Taylor, take a photo during the sausage fest on Saturday. Coyote Crossing Farms south of Starbuck brought horses to the celebration. (Al Edenloff / Echo Press)

By Al Edenloff

Al Edenloff is the editor of the twice-weekly Echo Press. He started his journalism career when he was in 10th grade, writing football and basketball stories for the Parkers Prairie Independent.