I moved to the Hagerstown area two years ago, and immediately fell in love with the rolling…read morecountryside and it's miles and miles of produce, dairy and cattle farms. It's changed what I cook and how I eat. Horst Meats is my go-to place for beef, pork, and chicken. The product quality is high, and they'll do custom orders - even on the spot if they have the primal available. I can't say enough about the Horst family and their emphasis on quality and service. And such a happy place! The singing - sometimes in three part harmony - of the front-of-house staff as they work is inspiring and soothing. And, yes, they sell whole, half, and quarter cows. Yummy yum yum yum!

Wow!! What an amazing experience! I was traveling to visit family and found this gem on the way…read more.. the quality, the people, the price, is unmatched! Talk about farm to table... it doesn't get any better than this! The cuts of steak were perfect, the bacon was outstanding, and the carrots tasted like something completely new to me! I want to find a shipping method. Must go here!

They have the best ribs and sauce. The soups are hit or miss. Ordered the broccoli cheese soup but…read moreit had noodles which was a bit offputting. I forgave them when I had the ribs. Good side dishes too and LOVE their salad bar. A bit pricey but a wonderful healthy option that's lacking in the area.

I have ordered several times for myself and have been very pleased every time. I worked with Wendy…read moreon a catering order for an office lunch and the process was so easy!! She helped with every aspect of the process and was wonderful. We had to feed an office with 45 staff members so we needed a large amount of food. They also gave us the option to have it delivered for a very reasonable fee. The food was absolutely delicious and received many compliments.

I like Dick's! There I said it…read more.. I've driven past this place so many times. I just knew it as the shack on Salem Avenue. Never saw myself going in there.. But I needed black walnuts. Martins sold them for crazy prices, as of yet I am not crazy enough to pay crazy prices. So I asked around where to get black walnuts. Thus a thousand people said "In my yard free for taking! You'll have to open them yourself though." I googled how to effectively open black walnuts. Many answers came with 'use a cement mixer' As I am not Bob the Builder I do not have a cement mixer on hand. I thus re asked my question specifying that they already need to be shelled. Dick's came the answer. Thus I headed off to the little dicks market. This place is old timey. Wooden floors, wooden shelves & aisles that required my sucking in my massive gut so I could pass down them. They have a bit of everything. Think of a mom & pop store back in the 50s... The assistant was chatting to a customer as I approached her. She was polite to my question, but shouted 'Dick!' loudly... I wondered if she was insulting me. 'What?' came a reply from no where. 'Black Walnuts?' 'Sure' Thus a man who must be in the better side of 70 brought me my prized walnuts & thanked me for stopping by. As I paid I saw movement behind the counter... Oh crap it must be a rat! Nope it was a toddler playing in the box shelving. See I told you its an old timey place... I left the store to the tune of Dick shouting 'Ass I cut myself!' Dick is a character, I like characters. I like old timey stores. As I said before. I like Dick's!

Love this place, not to many old locally owned stores like this.. he has the best sharp cheese's in…read morethe area!

Amazing service and the quality of meats is so above the normal. Must stop!!!…read moreThe pepper meat sticks are a must!

TERRIBLE SERVICE. Would give NO stars, if possible. We took 2 bacons that we had butchered in to…read morehave our bacon cured and sliced. They claimed it would be 2 weeks for them to finish our meat. Three weeks later, we had to call them to see if our food was done. They stated yes, it had been sitting there. we get it back and they wasted half our bacon, calling them "ends." I grew up in a butcher shop and the ends we left weren't half the bacon side as these people did. When dropping our meat off, they acted like it was the world's biggest inconvenience for them to DO THEIR JOB. I'm absolutely livid that they claim this is decent work. We will NEVER return here, and will tell everyone to avoid going to them.

Best butcher shop in the area. Excellent service. Meat is always fresh. Large selection and if you…read moredon't see what you are after, just ask. Prices are reasonable and quality is excellent. If you want fresh meat this is the place.

Horst's meats is, without qustion, the best meat market in the Hagerstown area. Outstanding…read moreselection, excellent service and reasonable prices. If they don't already have it in stock or if it is an unusual cut, they will gladly get it for you. My only complaint is that I wish they had longer hours, but they still get 5 stars.

Purchased 4 Apples and 3 peches. All were rotting from the…read moreinside out. Traveling so not able to return. ​

Unique experience. I loved the opportunity to see an original, round barn. The countryside is…read morebeautiful. So many options - crafts, vegetables and other cool, unique gifts.

Americans tend to eat turkey only on big holidays. Which is a bummer; it's a great protein choice…read morewhether it's roasted, grilled, smoked, ground, or made into broth. The better the bird the better the end result - and Hillside Turkey Farms has the best fresh birds around. I've been coming to Hillside since my dentist (a local who worked there as a kid, many, many years ago) recommended them. My Thanksgiving tradition involves picking up a fresh bird a few days before The Big Day after standing in line in the cold/rain/snow waiting to get in the store. Besides turkey (whole, breasts, parts; raw and smoked; sausage and broth and other finished products) they also offer chicken, duck, pork and beef. You can find cheaper (frozen) birds at big box groceries, but you will never find a better bird. Hillside has limited hours so check out their website before making the trek from wherever you are. Trust me, it'll be worth it!

Hillside Turkey Farms opened in 1939 and is family-owned and -operated. It is a processor,…read morewholesaler, and retailer of fresh turkey and poultry, and it consists of a farm, plant, and retail store. Their menu of foods is large: many types of turkey, chicken, duck, pork, beef, venison, bison, elk, cheeses, eggs, prepared foods (e.g., meatloaf and cornbread), and more. From Hillside Turkey Farms, I purchased a turkey pot pie for several dollars. Its serving size was enough for one person. I ate it at home, and it tasted very good. Pickup, home delivery, and shipping are available.

Heard through the grapevine that J&D sold beef plate ribs AKA Dinosaur Bones (officially USDA cut…read more123A). They are located in the Pennsylvania Dutch Market in Hagerstown, not all THAT far from my home, and a nice drive on a hot summer day. The first person I asked didn't have a clue what I wanted; she pulled the manager over and he repeated that he was sorry but they didn't have any. (They did have flanken-cut short ribs which are the same basic cow part but cut into 1" slices across the bone, and from a bit further down the carcass). Oh well; it was a nice drive... But I then saw that Ben's BBQ a few stalls down had precooked Dino ribs. I asked where they got their ribs and they said "J&D". Huh. The nice guy behind the counter walked me down to J&D, hooked me up with the Head Guy What's In Charge, and he brought me a 7# cryovac pack of 8 untrimmed short ribs - not quite the same but closer than anything I've been able to find anywhere else. I bought 'em, brought 'em home, portioned them into 2-rib packs, and put three packs in the freezer for the future. Today I smoked the remaining 2-rib piece (about 2 pounds) on my pellet smoker. Seven hours at 250 degrees, wrapping in foil for the last hour, pulling them off the smoker at an internal temp of 200 degrees. After resting for an hour, Sposal Unit and i ate them with corn, coleslaw, cucumber salad, and potato salad. OMG! The meat was amazing - and the best part is that I have three more packs in the freezer. Bottom line: J&D can hook you up IF you know to ask for the cryovac packs of untrimmed short ribs. And if you do, leave some for me!