Our Story
No Shortcuts. No Compromises. Just Real Salami.
Gastros was founded by two guys who know food — and know better than to fake it.
More than ten years ago, Owen and Travis started serving food out of a small truck in Rhode Island. Cold mornings, long nights, and a whole lot of hustle.
That food truck earned them four features in the Providence Journal and helped build the foundation for what Gastros is today — a salami company built on real craft, real integrity, and real ingredients.
What started as a truck has grown into a USDA-inspected salami operation — but the mindset hasn’t changed.
For over a decade, they’ve relied on their culinary and hospitality backgrounds to do things the right way: crafting small-batch, naturally fermented salami, dry-cured for six weeks, using pasture-raised heritage Berkshire pork sourced from small American family farms.
No GMOs.
No antibiotics.
No fillers.
No mystery meat.
Just honest ingredients and old-world technique.
Built Like the Big Guys. Crafted Like the Old Days.
We use the same professional drying and curing equipment as national brands — but that’s where the similarity ends.
Every salami stick we make is cut, seasoned, stuffed, tied, and hung by hand.
It’s slower. It’s harder. It costs more.
But the result speaks for itself:
Bold flavor, perfect texture, and zero shortcuts.
This is salami crafted the way families across the U.S., Italy, and the Balkans have made it for generations — brought into a modern, controlled environment with true consistency.
Old-world technique.
Modern standards.
Real integrity.
Our Standards
Old-World Quality
Small-batch salami, dry-cured for six weeks — handcrafted with real ingredients and rooted in centuries-old European tradition.
Pasture-Raised Berkshire Pork
Rich marbling. Real flavor. Heritage Berkshire pork raised outdoors on small U.S. farms with no shortcuts, ever.
Only Natural Curing
Cured the old-world way — with natural celery salt, fermentation, time, and craft.
No synthetic nitrates or nitrites.
No artificial tricks.
Nothing to Hide
No fillers. No additives. No shortcuts.
Just pure salami made right — with honesty you can taste in every bite.
USDA-Inspected Craftsmanship
Every batch is handmade in our USDA-inspected facility, ensuring unmatched care, safety, and consistency from start to finish.
From a Food Truck to Nationwide
Today, Gastros salami is sold coast-to-coast — through our online shop, to chefs, specialty retailers, butcher shops, and people who know what real food is supposed to taste like.
We’re not trying to reinvent salami.
We’re just committed to doing it the right way.