I kept hearing really good things about the original Harvest Time off Mulberry Rock Rd - so I was thrilled to discover that a second location had opened, much closer to me. They're located at the corner of 278 and Old Harris Rd (according to Google, they are in the building formerly occupied by Ashlyn Drugs). The exact address is 1160 Old Harris Rd, Dallas, GA 30132. I'm typing this here because - for the time being - Yelp has deleted the entry I created and merged / moved my review to the original location.
A note - I traveled from Marietta and my Navigation told me to turn left on Old Harris. While sitting at the light waiting to turn left, I happened to glance to my right and to my complete and utter frustration - there was Harvest Time. I had to make the left turn (as a responsible motorist) and when I turned into the apartment complex - my idiotic navigation told me I'd arrived at my location. SO I'm just warning others in case it happens to them.
Customer service - Folks were friendly. I was made to feel very welcome. They have the same phone number for both stores, answered by an automated system. You have to dial 1 or 2 to select the store, then make some other selections to get to a specific dept. No stars deducted for this - I was just a bit surprised to get an impersonal, automated system when calling a small, personable shop like this. I would have been really frazzled if I got lost and tried to call them from the car.
Value / Pricing - I've mentioned in previous reviews - I don't really pay close attention to prices per pound in meat market settings because it's hard to do this and make a visual comparison to meat in packages like you'll find at the grocery store. I feel like the prices were better than or equal to grocery store prices. I bought a bone in Boston Butt - but it's probably been about 10 years since I purchased a bone-in Boston Butt in the grocery store, so I have no idea if I got a good price. I definitely got a good price on the boneless pork chops. They were $2.99 per lb and looked beautiful. But the bone-in pork chops were marked $3.89. So I guess he boneless pork chops were on sale. :-)
Interior / Exterior / Cleanliness - Ample parking with clean & organized interior. Flow was nice - except near very end where desserts are. I've got a thing about space and felt a bit crowded by the couple browsing the cake & cookie section. Friendly couple, even pre-pandemic - don't like standing close to strangers. It's set up so that you stand in a line and wait for one of the butchers / attendants to call you forward. Like most meat markets, there's always at least one rogue customer who can't wait in line and decides to come over and stand near you, peering into the cases, crowding you. There was a group of 3 - 5 women, in line behind me & they were shopping as a group and kept crowding me. Especially, the older curly haired lady. Because I kept moving down to get away from them, I didn't really have the chance to be leisurely / take my time and look at everything. Honestly, I probably would have spent even more money, so they ultimately did my purse a favor. Lol.
Quality - Everything looked very fresh. No 'bad butcher shop' smell.
Notables - They have seafood (shrimp, crab legs, salmon, etc). They also have lots of delicious beef offerings. Thrilled to see Tomahawk Ribeyes!
I was super impressed with all the semi-prepared foods they had - a wide variety of gourmet burgers, chicken habanero bites, bacon wrapped meat loaf, chicken bombshells, beef bombshells, stuffed peppers, kebabs, too much to fully list.
In addition to the bone-in Boston Butt and boneless pork chops, I purchased a pork steak, a couple of ribeyes, a few chicken habanero bites, a half pound of bacon, a bacon wrapped meatloaf and a few beef hot dogs.
They had my favorite - smoked pork chops - cut a bit thinner and unable to cut more today. The owner said they source them from a reputable Amish company. I told him I was a 'Patak's refugee' - he raved about both Patak's and the chops. Fingers crossed.
This location sells sandwiches. They don't now, but at some point in the future, they will allow customers to also purchase deli ham, chicken, turkey and cheeses. I ordered an ultimate (ham, roast beef, turkey) with mayo, spicy brown mustard, lettuce and tomato. It was delicious!
They also had Cakes, Cookies, Pies, Cheese Straws from McEntyre's Bakery (Concord Rd, Smyrna). There's candy & popcorn at check-out.
Negatives - Honestly - aside from the older lady & the group of young ladies who moved as though they were joined at the hip and kept crowding me out of the way - they were none. Lest I sound like a paid shill - if I had any suggestions: I wish they had a listing of their various items. And I wish they wrapped meat in either paper - or zip-seal plastic bags. Right now they use plastic bags withOUT ties AND butcher's paper.
Overall - I really like this spot and will definitely be back! read more