Price gouging at its damn finest! Lighting is horrible and presentation of meat is not up to par for me. Service was ok but still didn't purchase anything. I suppose if you're a local and desperate you'd stop by. I'd rather travel to a bulk meat house. read more

I have come here for over 20 yrs, the service I received 1/182024 was reprehensible. The female employee was so rude while doing my order that I said that's okay. I let her know that she was being very rude and I changed my mind. She got Loud and even more rude. I called back to report my experience and was met with even more bad behavior. I asked for the owners name and the male employee would not give full names i said okay asked for his name and he proceeded to tell me Uncle Sa. I thanked him and hung up. I realize that the people running and working this market now do not care any longer. I will not spend my money here any more read more

Good prices and variety. Like a good old fashioned butcher shop. Worth the distance to make the trip.

The people that work there seems like they are prejudice. The old man butcher was really the worst. The cashier was too. I don't think they like black people. The place has really changed over the years. The fish in the freezer may have been old as it looked freezer burned. read more

Came here as a kid with my family. Smells bad. Some prices are more than average grocery stores but they do have good deals. Need to know market rate prices. Meat seems fresh. Think they slaughter most if not all of their meat. Mostly beef, pork, lamb, goat, dry spices, eggs, and some poultry like duck. Will cut to order. It is wheelchair accessible. No public restrooms. There were people selling items in the parking lot on a Sunday afternoon; Tamales, Mexican groceries, honey, etc. read more

T & J Meat Packing - Poster - Butcher Near Me - Chicago Heights, Illinois

See all

Went in on a Saturday afternoon to find a moderate crowd and 3 workers. We waited for 20 minutes only to be skipped over repeatedly even when people who came in after us were served before us. One butcher asked "who's next" so after my husband looked around he spoke up but the butcher looked at him and decided someone else was there before us. It appeared that Spanish speaking customers were being serviced first but as an Afro Latina I opted not to use this inconsiderate form of preferential treatment and left instead. Will not be returning. read more

I was on a mission, to find rare collectibles I could sell. I found a Meat market with a twitching mule and a fowl smell. T&J market is in Chicago Heights, which as far as I am concerned is Indiana. As you pull into the parking lot you are hit with that livestock smell. I thought no way do they raise their own animals and slaughter them? No, well not as far as I could tell. There was a mule tied to a tree twitching and acting nervous. There was also a large cage holding chickens, peacocks and pigeons. I never understood peoples fascination with caged animals for gawking, sure the exotics at the zoo is a whole nother discussion, but pigeons and chickens? I don't get it. The market itself is simple, big cuts of meat, fat steaks look decent, better than the grocery stores in my hood, decently marbled but lacking a high quality butchers trimming. The prices were reasonable on most things. I settled on a brisket for the weekend meal, I also was coerced into some house made bacon, probably not as good as Fernando's but i will make do. Points of interest in this market are the huge capons, head and all for $1.59 a pound, whole baby pig for twenty bucks, quartered goat looked mighty tasty. Forty pound bag of hard wood charcoal. Most customers seem like regulars, yelling out "one liver" from across the market. One gentleman bought a rather large bag of pig testicles, I looked at the bag. I looked him in the eye and smiled. I wanted to say something, anything, I searched his face for clues as to how this would be welcomed. He stone faced me, a large man about 6'2" he stared at me as if to say, "go ahead boy say it, say anything so I can kill you." I said nothing, I imagined him stuffing raw pig balls down my throat asking me "what's so funny now whitey." Probably not a destination spot, but if you are lost on the edges of Illiana, poke a donkey with a stick, buy a chicken with a head on it, and buy a testicle or two. You can always feed it to your buddies and then show them pictures of their meal before you minced it up into their hamburger. read more

I have up to this point patronized, recommended this place to people and churches. My husband ordered 12 pounds of turkey wings and asked to have them cut. They cut through the drum bones of the wings, so their we're top and bottom of the drummet. They cut through the flats etc. The cuts were all off. I never expected them to not cut at the joints. I called and spoke with "Donny"! When my husband went to return the wings they said, "Donny" wasn't at work. I had just spoke to him. I called back and "Donny" answered the phone. They offered no apologies or effort to right their wrong. I am truly disappointed with how this matter was handled. When you pay your money but you are being disrespected, move on. I will NEVER accept treatment like this. read more

They are tricky!!!! I buy2 pks. beef short ribs in double stack pack and the first lie looks very good but the bottom full of fat the price was average but that is Not right, put the meat with more fat chipper read more

T & J Meat Packing - two trays of raw meat - Butcher Near Me - Chicago Heights, Illinois

See all

Dark, smelly, disorderly. Stood at the chicken counter for 10 minutes with nobody there. When I asked if anyone was working there, got a rude remark from a crabby old woman. Won't be back. Will go to Minnie Joe's in Richton Park from now on. Far, far better! read more

Great prices, can't go wrong beats paying to much for meat from a grocery store. Smells like a slaughterhouse. Is what it is. Clean and they do not have restrooms. read more

I like T & J Meat Packing. l go there to buy pork belly for making homemade bacon. There is no one else in a 50 mile radius where l can get it (at least as far as l've found, l'm always looking). The first thing l notice when l pull into the parking lot is all the cars! The place looks busy as hell. But l go into the shop and there's hardly any customers, certainly not compared to all the cars parked outside. The lady at the register says it's mostly people who work there. Well they must be in the back of the place cause l never see them. Upon looking through the meat cases you'll notice the great cuts of all the different meats and poultry, they have everything you could want whether it's beef, pork or chicken. lf you have any questions just step up and ask, they're very helpful, but there's a little bit of a language barrier as it's mostly all Mexican. No matter, l just buy my pork belly, pay the lady and get going. That seems to be what they like best - get your shit and go, lol. l wish more places sold pork belly. But l regard it as a business trip - bacon making - so it'll do just fine. My end result of several pounds of delicious bacon using my own ingredients is more that worth it! As for the smell - do your best to ignore it. It's just how butcher shops smell and they do better than most to keep it vented out. read more

Went the Saturday before Easter to get lamb for a dinner for 3 people. I went because I heard their meat is very fresh. After waiting for twenty minutes to be waited on we left after never being acknowledged. They really need a number system here. It's too easy for people just to jump in front of customers that have waited longer. I decided to come back later and see if they were less crowded. They were and so I asked if they could cut a leg of lamb smaller as I was only feeding 3 people. I was told no they couldn't do it. I was flabbergasted as I'd seen them cutting custom orders earlier. I left and went to Jewel on Halsted where they had absolutely no problem cutting a leg of lamb to my specifications. And instead of paying $7.99 a pound at T and J, I paid $4.99 a pound at Jewel. Hmmm, seems someone needs to work harder on service. Don't know that I'll go back to T and J. read more

Odd place. We make bacon and after curing the belly we bought here we had to throw it away due to rancid smell. I don't trust this place!

The best ribeyes ever. This is a family owned business that treats its customers fairly.

Still same opinion of everything else after a couple more trips here. But I wouldn't recommend buying the barbecue sauce; you're better off with a number of the grocery store varieties. read more

The store does have a strange smell when you walk in...but I'm thinking it might be from processing all the meat...not sure. I tried the ribeye steaks and pork chops...both were excellent and I paid a lot less for them than what I would have paid at Jewel or Dominicks.. both were tender, tasted great and didn't have tons of fat to rack up the price per pound. They have a nice selection of meats...and I will be returning again. p.s. I didn't see any mule or chickens so I'm not sure what was up with that ..just a normal parking lot now. read more