I'm not particularly sure about this place still, but here's my impression so far.
Both butcher and cashier here today upon my first visit were really friendly, sweet, pleasant and helpful. Would come here just for the staff. But it is worth noting that the butcher went from talking on the phone (it seemed business related) to handling our ground beef we just ordered with his bare hands... and i checked: there wasn't a sink behind the counter lol. I'm not super put off by that necessarily, (firm believer in exposing my immune system to enuf bacteria to make it supa strong...), but i know most people are definitely put off by that, so it is worth mentioning i think.
Presentation and product. Well they try. Gotta give 'em that. But they have very few items on their shelves which they artfully space out symmetrically, which looks nice but kinda silly at the same time. Their meat counter goes all around the store almost, but each item is placed one next to the other sometimes with tons of space between products (the exception being the beef/brochette section see photo). Scarce would be the best way to describe it. We are willing to come back n give it another few tries though to see if it is seasonal (it's late February).
Bought house made Italian sausages and 1lb of ground beef today. Will update this review when we try them but first impression is pricey for what it is so far.
Update 17-05-04: forgot to update this sooner but original assessment confirmed. The sausage was very fresh which was nice...but bland beyond words, not worth almost 9$ for 3 sausages. The ground beef again tasted fresh but had ..um.. no love ?...yah i duno what i mean by that either ...but just no love lol.
All in all cute lil local butcher and deli but i think i'm sticking with Tondreau, it's further for me but so far seems better. read more