Any suggestions for an Old Timey Butcher Shop??

In days past, Louisville had many neighborhood grocery stores. They were excellent and personal and most preceeded even the expression, Super Market.

Often, these stores were run by a family. The wife daily solicited orders over the phone to be later truck delivered by other family individuals. . The husband was the butcher.

Mostly, the various hand cut meats were sliced and some times ground right before your eyes ! No plastic wrap, often with darkening meat, was seen then.....just butcher paper for your wrapped fresh meat.!

Do you know of such shop in Louisville??.. In Cincinnati, A v r i l s comes to mind as a top notch butcher shop.

JJG Jr

FRANKS!

My suggestion is Franks meats and produce on Preston HWY. I use them almost exclusively and have sent everyone I know to them and they've all been very pleased. Frank has been at the meat counter every time I've been in and has helped me on a few larger orders that I ordered by phone.

They have a pretty nice fresh produce selection and a really good (and affordable) deli.

We usually walk away with some very nice beef tenderloin or strip steaks for around $12/lb. Try getting either of those at Krogers and you're looking at $20+/lb. and there is no comparison when it comes to quality. Plus, like you, I like the fact that the butcher has HIS name on everything that walks out the door.

I've always had good luck with Kingsley's..........

Mike Best's Meat Market at 4864 Brownsboro Road has an excellent selection of meats. Everything is in a display case for you to select or they will cut to order. They also have homemade sausage and other such items as well as a selection of deli items, sauces, etc.

Kingsley Meat and Catering at 2701 Taylorsville Road also has a good selection of meats and they too cut to order. They also do smoking on site so they have a good selection of precooked items available.

Also will not really butcher shops, Whole Foods and The Fresh Market also have excellent meat counters and will cut to order. We actually goto The Fresh Market quite often because it's near our home.

I'm sure there are others too if you look around.

BURGERS MARKET (1105 RAY AVE) is exactly what you described. It's a small neighborhood grocery that is run by the Burger family. The butcher case is great. They'll also make country ham sandwiches to go. There's an excellent cheese case and the produce is always really good. It's one of the few places in Louisville, where I know I can find a good tomato in January.

I've always had good luck with Kingsley's..........

Agree with Bill. Nice family-feeling place that will try to do anything for you.

I second (or third) Kingsley's. We've always gotten great food and service from them.

BURGERS MARKET (1105 RAY AVE) is exactly what you described. It's a small neighborhood grocery that is run by the Burger family. The butcher case is great. They'll also make country ham sandwiches to go. There's an excellent cheese case and the produce is always really good. It's one of the few places in Louisville, where I know I can find a good tomato in January.

Leann, I moved just two blocks down from Burgers earlier this year and have wondered what kind of place it is. Do they have regular grocery items like say, toilet paper? I don't have a car and when I just need something small (like milk or t.p.), I don't really want to walk all the way up to Valu Market. I'd love to know I could just go there for easy stuff.

[Robin Garr]

I moved just two blocks down from Burgers earlier this year and have wondered what kind of place it is. Do they have regular grocery items like say, toilet paper? I don't have a car and when I just need something small (like milk or t.p.), I don't really want to walk all the way up to Valu Market. I'd love to know I could just go there for easy stuff.

It is a full-service market, and I love it (we're in Crescent Hill, but it's still well within range for me), and it does have at least a limited selection of the basics. But from a hard-nosed consumer standpoint, you might want to compare prices of those fundamentals at Valu ... my guess is that you'll have to pay a premium at Burger's simply because it's small. I'd buy pheasant or capon or duck breast there like a shot, and their produce department is very good. But it's probably not your best buy for staples unless it's an emergency.

i think the meats at fresh market are great

Yes. Like Robin said, they have everything including t.p. and milk. It's a little more expensive than ValuMarket, but not outrageous (especially if it saves a walk in 90 degree heat with grocery bags). I think you're going to be impressed.

Not that this has anything to do with places to buy good beef. I've been testing all of the different certification programs over the past two months from all of the various farms and supply houses throughout the US and even some from Australia. CAB (certified angus beef) is winning the majority of the tests...hands down. I even put an 32 day dry-aged CAB Ny Strip up against an American Kobe Strip and the CAB came out on top. The beef industry is going through a very rough time right now. CAB and Certified Organic seem to be weathering the storm well. In my opinion, a butcher with a good supply of CAB choice or Prime...you can't go wrong. The blue ribbon loser so far - Certified Hereford Beef. (yes, they are actually certifying dairy cattle these days, go figure) Hope this helps out your grilling season.

Not that this has anything to do with places to buy good beef. I've been testing all of the different certification programs over the past two months from all of the various farms and supply houses throughout the US and even some from Australia. CAB (certified angus beef) is winning the majority of the tests...hands down. I even put an 32 day dry-aged CAB Ny Strip up against an American Kobe Strip and the CAB came out on top. The beef industry is going through a very rough time right now. CAB and Certified Organic seem to be weathering the storm well. In my opinion, a butcher with a good supply of CAB choice or Prime...you can't go wrong. The blue ribbon loser so far - Certified Hereford Beef. (yes, they are actually certifying dairy cattle these days, go figure) Hope this helps out your grilling season.

The Louisville Karem Family has been in the 'food business" seemingly forever!
Recently, their Deli-Grill-Bar (Norton Commons) has received much well earned publicity.

In days past, they had excellent Butcher Shops. One was on Preston out by Fern Valley Rd. Eddie Karem was the talented butcher. Another Shop was in town located nr the old Haymarket area.

Does any one know if they are still in business??

JJG III

Burger's Market is what you are looking for. Family owned and operated with great service. I have always liked Kingsley's, but I had a few odd experiences where the person helping me didn't seem to know much about cuts of meat.