StreetLevel: Park Slope's No Meat Market
A reader writes in to tell us that what he believes to be “the last full-service butcher shop in Park Slope,” Western Beef on 5th Avenue between 7th and 8th streets, “has abruptly closed its doors.” Buzz is that the shop’s proprietor owned the building and simply decided to call it a day. Anyhow, was…
A reader writes in to tell us that what he believes to be “the last full-service butcher shop in Park Slope,” Western Beef on 5th Avenue between 7th and 8th streets, “has abruptly closed its doors.” Buzz is that the shop’s proprietor owned the building and simply decided to call it a day. Anyhow, was this indeed the last butcher operating in the Slope? We know there are a couple of businesses like the Italian deli/butcher on 5th between 1st and Garfield that are still going strong, but we’re not sure whether this was the last place in the Slope that was only a butcher, and nothing else. Anyone know? GMAP
I wanted to use these guys more often—they were nice and helpful, but their meat selection was very basic and not that great. Good luck to you going there to get a brisket or something, much less anything beyond the basic beef-chicken-pork that wasn’t frozen. Staubitz and even the place in Windsor Terrace have much better selections. They’d order anything for you, of course, but it could take several days.
That said, I feel bad. They were nice guys.
Now there’s A&S, and a butcher counter at Union Market, but Park Slope really could use a genuine butcher a la Staubitz.
it has been in and out of contract to the guys who own the aveda shop that use to be between 8th and 9th street on 7th avenue.
oh and their meat stunk.
A&S will make sausage to order. You can tell them less fat, more spice, extra fennel, whatever. They’re the best and they make their own mozzarella.
That really stinks. I tried to use them whenever I could, but I just don’t think they had the traffic to keep going. Too many people just bought their meat at C-Town around the corner and never made the effort. I always found their meat to be excellent, and they were fun to buy from!
Hope that Save on Fifth (next door) stays open. That place rules.
it’s mos def not a butcher shop, but there’s a limited selection of quality meats at Bierkraft.
A butcher, and nothing else? Jeez, I wish my grandfather was still alive; he was a master butcher.
Sad to see this go. Nice bunch of people ran the place. They had a wider variety of cuts than A&S, but they had less high end stuff and are less expensive.
We’ll be heading up the hill to WT more often, now.
So, what is this space going to be? Another pet spa?
Yeah, I like A&S. Your reader needs to move north a bit.