Besides my family-in-law's cooking this was the highlight of our Missouri culinary experience…read more After a 3 hour flight it was a three hour drive to our destination. About 2 hours in we see signs on highway 54 for "Barnyard Smokehouse". Drooling over the signs and starving my wife start calculating by the time we arrive at our destination it'll be too late to eat with family so we follow the signs. There's no offramp, just hang an instant right off the highway onto the dirt road at the barnyard. Used to clearly marked offramps I missed it and had to take a detour. Luckily in Missouri you can make u-turns on the freeway :-D The entire property is the "Central Missouri Meat & Sausage". There's a deli, market, and restaurant called "Barnyard Smokehouse". Beef and pork is locally raised and butchered on site. Walking in the door we're greeted by warm and friendly people telling us to sit wherever. The restaurant is inside the market/deli to the right. Lots of tables. To start we order some fried pickles. They're sliced thin and battered in cornmeal and served with ranch dressing which is one of the food groups in Missouri. I wish the pickles used were more sour but they tasted really good. For dinner I had their smoked brisket with Texas toast, BBQ beans and Mac-n-Cheese. My wife had the same thing but with "bacon, cheddar, and ranch potato salad" and mac-n-cheese. When it came out I was skeptical since the tri-tip came out in paper thin slices but I shouldn't have judged a pile of meat by its looks since it was fantastic. Beef was saturated with smoky goodness and due to the thin cuts it was super tender. On the table was several made in house BBQ sauces. I really enjoyed their spicy one and my wife liked the sweet one. Side dishes were great too. Due to our odd flight times we only had a tiny sandwich on the airplane so we both devoured everything on our plates. While waiting for our food I walked over to the dessert case and perused. Another standard item in Missouri are refrigerated whip creamed based "pies". We ordered the oreo cookie one. It was gut busting rich. Thick slab of dense vanilla custard topped with crushed oreos and whipped cream. Super rich and decadent. We both felt like we were going to burst after our meals but it was a great start to our vacation. When walking around the market after we saw these giant 6 to 7 foot cured meat sticks made from pork. Since we were going to a potluck in a few days we got 4 of them and at the party cut them up into bite sized pieces. These pork sticks are AMAZING. The BBQ flavor was the favorite followed by the jalapeno. They have them in more reasonable sized pieces too that are vacuum sealed. I bought some for myself and some co-workers. If you find yourself driving on Highway 54 through Fulton, MO do yourself a favor and follow the signs to this great place!!

Wonderful drink and diverse beer options, not a super big menu but I do enjoy the food! Has a…read moremini-store inside the restaurant so you can browse meats and cheeses after you dine! Lovely experience, service was wonderful as well!

The best butcher shop around! The establishment is always clean & tidy. The staff is friendly and…read moreknowledgeable. And the meat? Always top notch! They also have great seasonings, cheeses, etc available. I've had everything from their deli meats to prime rib, as well as having whole hogs processed -- and I've never had a bad experience with them.

From the owner: Bacon, Beef, Brats, Cheese, Deli Meat, Lambread more

I have eaten here several times now and never disappointed. Everything is always so fresh and…read moreseasonal. Tonight I was pleasantly surprised by the gnocchi. Lamb can be heavy but this one was not and the broth was great also. Our server Ash was attentive and prompt but not overbearing. I will definitely return.

Had really high hopes for this place after a long day on the road. The menu looked inventive and…read moreamazing. Things started out well, the BF had a tasty Manhattan and I had a mocktail that was subtle and delicious, and not overpriced as mocktails often are. But alas. The house salads that we ordered were overdressed in a vinaigrette so acidic we couldn't finish them. And there wasn't much to them. Other than greens and fried shallots and pickled red onions, there was a tiny dusting of some finely grated cheese. And who needs two kinds of onions and nothing else on the salad? Then we each had a bowl of the matzo ball soup, which was ridiculous. Three matzo balls sitting in a quarter-inch of broth that was so unbelievably salty that we couldn't eat that either. We ended up asking for hot water to dilute the broth to a level of saltiness that was edible. The chicken was okay and the matzo balls were okay. A little gummy. But the broth was just awful. It all made me wonder if the chef had lost their sense of taste due to Covid or something. Seriously. I've had that happen to me a couple of times and all I could taste was really basic stuff like sour and salt. And our waitress was totally uninterested in trying to make our experience better. She wasn't rude, she was just indifferent to the fact that we'd been served two courses that we absolutely couldn't eat. Didn't offer us anything to compensate or even express any sympathy about it. We got out of there as fast as we could and made ourselves feel better with an Andy's frozen custard.

Fair price. We had a hog butchered and there are several things I didn't care for. the sage…read moresausage didn't have much sage in it. I have to add a-lot more sage while cooking. But maybe that's just me. The "cured" bacon isn't. It wasn't cured, smoked, or seasoned in any way even though it was supposed to be. Worse bacon ever. On a brighter note, I am learning how to cure bacon. Not a bad skill to learn. The ham is ok but they don't do a sugar or a salt cure it is smoked but not bad. The rest of the meat is good. I even got the fat for rendering and the organ meat for the dogs. They even gave me a pail of lard ready to use. So overall a good experience

the best meat shop I have ever been to. The owners and their employees take pride in their work…read more They make sure that you get good meat and not some store bought junk. This is the best butcher shop probably ever highly recommend Horns Butcher shop.

Always has what I need. The owner is very nice, helpful and always smiling. I never have to drive…read morearound anymore to find the taste of home.

I love this place. The owner is very polite and helpful. I shop here regular they have the best…read moreolive oil, and I am finding other jewels in there too.

very courteous and helped pack it to the truck. I got no compaintsread more

Hired tunes meat locker come out to my farm and slaughter and then butcher a pig I raised. Raised…read morethe pig so it would have a good life and death. They came out and shot the pig once, the pig got out pen and ran around my yard for 15 minutes. They didn't attempt to shot the pig again or do anything to remedy the situation. I mentioned this calmly when I picked up my meat and I did not even receive an apology. I also do not think that I received all of the meat from my pig, I think they kept some of it.

ALWAYS A MUST STOP if I get through. HAVE to stock up on a good meal that lasts me a few days and…read moresome meat roles that will carry me an additional few weeks. That's the only time my wife and I FIGHT- when we are down to 8 inches of meat role left.

Fantastic ambiance. Great food and very friendly people. The turkey sandwich was very moist and…read moretasty. Nice shopping area too. Picked up some Bourbon there