They never ever ever answer the phone for days on end and the machine doesn't let you leave a message. It just beeps immediately.

The new home of Myers Boston knishes! If you remember the small Boston-style oblong yellow meat knishes previously made by Myers Kosher Kitchen and sold all over the Boston area, and have missed them since they went out of business, then take a trip to The Butcherie. They purchased the original Myers recipe, and are now producing them. They taste EXACTLY like they used to! I grew up eating these and used to get them from our local grocery store. I thought that wonderful taste had disappeared forever. If you haven't had them, they are delicious! read more

I went to this store looking for Sesame seed Halva, and I am glad I came here. It's not the best Halva I have had, but it's still comparable. The best one I had was in a Turkish bakery in Atlanta and even they no longer make it. The thing I like the most is they make it fresh and in different flavors. Chocolate, Vanilla, Marble and with nuts. What more can you want! If you are a Halva fan and have a craving definitely give it a shot, am sure you are going to love it. I even shipped some Halva to my fiance in Canada. He still loved it and found it fresh :) read more

What can I say? It is not just that the food at the Butcherie is delicious, but that the people there are truly wonderful. When my child became ill and I was several hundred miles away, Binyamin and Mottie provided white-glove service, ensuring that everything I ordered would arrive that same day. I am so grateful to Binyamin and Mottie, who gave of their time and effort to provide what I would have cooked and baked and delivered myself, and in the same generous, caring spirit. I trust that the special z'chuss of their efforts will amplify the medicinal properties of the chicken soup! read more

Let's talk about knishes. The Butcherie's offerings are the apotheosis: small, flavorful, savory, perfectly proportioned. NY's commercially made knishes are, by comparison, a grotesque joke. I feel terrible that tourists think they exemplify Jewish food. I moved away decades ago, but I still make an annual pilgrimage to the Butcherie to buy as many packages of their mini knishes as my cooler will hold. They are in the cold case of (mostly heavy but delicious) prepared foods near the back counter, a huge variety, some more successful than others. I'd say the traditional beef are the best, the more experimental vegetable varieties an acquired taste. Oh, right, the Butcherie sells other things. Israeli candy is an especially strong suit, including the elusive "Popping Chocolate" that Elite almost never exports. Lots of Israeli and domestic canned and packaged goods, all of them kosher, obviously. There's a small wine section, so poorly placed that I wonder if anyone has ever succeeded in buying anything from it. Good but expensive meat and poultry. Baked goods are ok. Yes, coming here the week before Passover is a nightmare, although frankly not much different from your average Sunday afternoon. But the Butcherie transcends its tightly packed, style-free interior with knish perfection, plus the occasional, unexpected sweetness of its dour-looking Russian cashiers. read more

So, the Butcherie. They are the only game in town, but man I can't help but feel jealous when I go to Baltimore and see Seven Mile, a real supermarket that is completely kosher. I like the dry goods section, as there are many things one cannot get at any other markets in the region. It's the meat section that drives me bonkers. The red meat tends to be a bit chewy and over-salted. I don't know if they transport it in, and it doesn't keep as well but I've had significantly better luck with mail-away kosher meats. Their poultry tends to be high-quality. Short story is they're the only game in town, and they do a decent job of it, but still not a fan of their red meats. read more

Holy Passover Batman, Is that a kosher brisket in Boston?! My jewish bubbe (grandmother) was spinning in her grave last year when I couldn't find kosher for passover matzah at the Hannaford in Norwell. The "ethnic" foods section had one sad ass can of matzah farfel and one pathetic looking, crushed container of matzah ball mix. And a whole mess of matzah that was clearly marked with NOT KOSHER FOR PASSOVER. While I appreciated that the management of the store in our very homogenous South Shore community was culturally aware enough to have passover items, I didn't end up keeping passover because I couldn't get anything but a box of matzah farfel. (For the uninitiated, matzah farfel is roughly equivalent to styrofoam peanuts. delish. Next on the menu, marinated bubble wrap.) Enter The Butcherie and its fantasia of kosher glory. I'm hardly religious, but I do wax nostalgic over the promise of a nice fat slab of brisket. My husband almost fell over when I brought home traditional foods for him to nosh (nibble in yiddish) on like knishes and potato latkes. This place has the mother lode of Israeli import items and carries a mind-boggling number of treats. I was able to find the elusive Israeli chocolate spread (similar to but better than Nutella) and spied kishke and vernekes in the freezer cases. If you don't know what these are, don't fret. Go to the Butcherie, buy something with Hebrew writing on it (pretty much anything) and take a chance- if you close your eyes and bite into said vereneke's tender dough exterior and soft potato interior, you'll be instantaneously transported back to Poland in 1870. Time travel by jewish dumpling. Note that this isn't the place to come before any major Jewish holiday- before passover, it was like the scene from the Ten Commandments depicting the slaves fleeing Egypt (apropos, but annoying). With the crushing mass of people pressing toward the cash registers it can feel claustrophobic and the line veritably snakes around the shop. Also, be aware that kosher meat and special imports can be pricey. A 2 lb. kosher brisket ran me $47.00, but it was a small price to pay to keep my mother-in-law quiet. Also consider avoiding the herring case. Though they have a remarkable variety of herring, unless you're a 90 year old man with hair growing out of your ears, herring is sketch. Oy vey! Like Moses, I've been shown the promised land (I just can't get in because of the line). read more

The Butcherie has all of my favorite Israeli imports (it is a grocery store, not a butcher shop-- though they have a wide selection of kosher meats), as well as the entire Tofutti --dairy-free products-- collection (even those I'd never heard of before). The Butcherie's prices are a little high, but their selection makes it worth it. Rumor has it they deliver. read more

Amazing selection of ethnic items. My favorite market on the east coast. Try the Jewish wines here as well - quite a treat.

Still lovin' it! I've gone here about once a month for half a year now and it's really a great little store in the heart of brookline. read more

The Butcherie - Kosher Near Me - Brookline, Massachusetts

My first time at The Butcherie was the day before Passover, and it was total and utter chaos as I nearly got into a fistfight with a bubbe over the last jar of gefilte fish in water. I decided to come back recently as I have just moved to Coolidge Corner. The first thing on my agenda: find the ingredients for Jewish penicillin. I was very impressed by the kosher meat section, which had the pullets and capons I was looking for and cut in whatever which way you like. When fully stocked, I was very impressed with the selection of boxed and prepackaged foods on their shelves. The only problem I see is the lines at the cashiers being poorly placed, as they can feed into the other aisles very easily when it gets extremely busy in the store (such as when I first went there). But now, on a quieter day, I was pleasantly surprised at how well stocked The Butcherie is and I'll definitely be back for more. read more

Well, I think I was definitely warned that being Jewish is not easy. Now I know why. LOL........finding a great Jewish or Israeli grocery store in Houston is not easy when you have been exposed to ones in Brookline. The Butcherie is great and wish there was one closer to home. It has the hard to find and difficult to get items that all Israeli's and Jews need in their kitchen. I definitely recommend the sweets. Then again I have a sweet tooth. LOL.... My only true complaint about this place is that the prices are a bit high and that you can get pretty much the same thing in Philly for less but I guess supply and demand is at its best when it comes to this stuff. Definitely worth a visit every time I am in town. :-) read more

Tasty food in a grocery store setting, all under the guise of "It's all Kosher!" How can you go wrong? (well, aside from exhorbitant prices...) read more

Great experience ordering on-line for my disabled sister who is unable to travel to Brookline. Thank you for delivering her Passover food a bit outside your typical delivery zone, and so fast after ordering. A sincere thank you to the order and delivery staff for being so customer focused and helpful. Chag Pesach! read more

Being a born-and-bred Brooklynite, and a Yankees fan, anything pertaining to Boston automatically carries a negative connotation to me. However, life has had an interesting way of bringing me into Boston at two occasions in my life, and both times in Boston, I had the opportunity to not only stop in here, but also to peruse all of the offerings at The Butcherie. While we have dozens of kosher stores in Brooklyn, where one can find everything from parve cheese doodles, to cholov yisroel cappuccino beverages, kosher Dunkin Donuts and Krispy Kreme, to glatt kosher kibbeh and vegan dim sum, acheinu bnei yisrael living in New England lack these options. The Butcherie is their lifeline to Jewish observance, as it is the only kosher market in the region, and its selection and quality impress even this jaded New Yorker; deli, wines, cheeses, frozen foods, plenty of Israeli imports, and many other kosher specialties. I find that the Butcherie's prepared foods are excellent and the quality is superb and prices not outrageous for an out-of-town establishment. My one and only complaint is that their hours are not friendly to tourists or night owls, but that seems to be a trend in Boston, regardless (the city is dead at 9 pm, whereas NYC is bustling 24/7). I have had the opportunity to sample several of their specialties, including the New England favorite, American Chop Suey; this concoction of chopped meat, tomatoes, and elbow macaroni bears no resemblance to the Chinese original, but the Butcherie's version, I'm sure, presents this dish in its fullest simplicity and allows us kosher keepers to sample regional offerings we wouldn't otherwise have access to. The parve cheese noodle kugel reminds me of my own version of this dish (one can tell that they've used quality parve sour cream, cream cheese, and margarine in making this dish as close to its dairy counterpart as possible), the chunky chicken soup is as heimish as can be (although it requires salt), and the knishes are all scrumptious, with a flaky dough; the beef knishes (both American and Jerusalem) and the spinach and cheese knish are excellent (At separate meals, of course!) and they rival many of the knishes we have in Brooklyn. Likewise, their parve cheese blintzes are excellent, and the other prepared foods available are mind-boggling. The variety of prepared foods is astounding, and I've sampled the following: Parve tofu balls taste very close to their fleshig cousins, the beef pot pie is a true mechaye, treat, and the veal cutlets and patties are to die for. Their Passover menu looks absolutely impressive, and perhaps a day trip to Boston may be in order before Pesach to sample these offerings, including chicken pot pie, chicken cacciatore, kreplach, couscous, veal patties, and other delights none of the Pesach stores in Brooklyn carry. read more

I have never encountered such rude people. I was so excited to give these guys my business, and when I called they told me that they were too busy to do everyone's personal shopping for them. My request was 1) how much are 4-5 lb chickens, to which I got the answer "we don't give prices over the phone." Then I asked if I could order chickens ahead of time to make sure they'll have them around the holiday. They said "we wont run out. we are too busy with catering and cooking to do everyone's personal shopping for them." Real nice! Wasn't asking you to do sh*t but order a chicken! Go to the MeatHouse instead. Jerks! read more

The Butcherie is perhaps the most profitable grocery store in Massachusetts. This works because the core customer is utterly insensitive to price, quality and service as long as its "kosher". You can get most things the Butcherie sells at other stores (especially russian grocers with an Israeli clientele), and it will on average be fresher, and cost 1/3rd less. read more

Frustrating. Administration - they've been playing around with their hours. That's fine. But it's now impossible to know when they'll be open. Their hours aren't listed at all on their website. You have to call. And if you do, you can't trust that the recording is correct. Currently, the recording is mentions holiday hours for next week. But they don't mention a date. This is December 22. Is "next week" the week of 12/22? Or the week of 12/29? The hours are probably not the same both weeks. I stayed on the line, trying to figure out what to do - the recording launched into a recording of a different set of hours for the holiday week. I hoped that might solve the question, until the recording finally mentioned that they would be re-opening on Monday, April 22. It's now December. So that's meaningless, too. I did manage to get an actual person. She tried to give me hours for the week, but wasn't sure what they were. This is Sunday, and she doesn't know what hours they'll be open on Tuesday. And she works there. She said I should call back tomorrow. Their recording starts out by saying that for a quick response, we should e-mail them. Really? If I'm calling them on the phone, then e-mailing is the opposite of a quick response. Also, they supposedly post their specials each week. It even says "Updated weekly". The flyer currently posted is five months old. Food - inconsistent. There are times I've tried a pre-made food item and it's been great. The next time I see it, I buy much more, because I know it's good. And it's not. Clearly meant to be the same item, but just edible, not very good. Selection - inconsistent. The items I like, they almost never make. When I ask how to get them to make a particular item more often, I get a song-and-dance about how the person who runs the kitchen is an expert and knows exactly how often to make each item. Clearly not, if I've been watching for a given item for months and it hasn't been available. The bottom line is, they're the only game in town. So they can get away with poor communication and inconsistent food. Too bad they don't have any competition. read more

Though I've known about The Butcherie for years, I never thought to go in. I figured that the shop would sell mainly meat (which I don't eat.) A co-worker recently told me that it did sell other products, so I decided to check it out. For vegans, this place is awesome! There's a good selection of packaged foods and frozen items. The prices aren't too bad when compared to Shaw's/Star Market (some items are even cheaper here) and the selection is interesting. Due to kosher restrictions on dairy, there are many items that are "accidentally vegan." Case in point- I came home with M&M's, white chocolate chips, pre-made miniature tart shells, and three types of whipped cream-- all vegan. They carry some fun fake meat products, vegan cheeses, candy galore, and a wide variety of convenience foods (from vegan chicken ramen to to fancy heat & eat appetizers to frozen dinners.) For the non-vegan folk, they seem to have a decent selection of cheese. read more

Ok I know this sounds weird, but the Butcherie is a great place for vegan and vegetarian groceries. They have a huge selection of Tofutti ice cream, which does such a great job at fake ice cream. A lot of kosher items you've never seen but might want to gamble on. read more

The Butcherie is a smallish-medium Israeli food store with a good selection of meat, shelf stable food, condiments, and candy. What's good is their nice prepared foods section near the back which has a really good assortment of stuff like knishes and rugallah. What I really enjoy is their fresh stuffed grape leaves which are delicious and cheaper than the canned stuff I have found everywhere else. With that said, please do not buy all the stuffed grape leaves and leave some for me! read more

The Butcherie may not be perfect, may not have every item, but it is without question a true treasure for the Brookline Jewish community. Josh Gellerman is a true mensch and makes sure his customers are happy and find what they need. read more

I am 5th generation to shop here! It will be around long after I am gone. Do buy the chalah bread there and never ever forget to get some pickles. Ask for them at the deli counter! The corned beef can be asked for frozen and then they will shave it on the slicer for you. They have the best selection of kosher food. Kinda pricey but always well stocked and fresh foods. How could I forget...pick up some kinishes they have every kind, they are made right there! Love this place, it's great when the jewish holidays roll around too, get in there before it gets busy though :) It's a Brookline tradition to shop and eat here!! read more

If you need food for Jewish holidays, this is the place to go. They have good kugal, latkes and deli items, including kosher pickles that are quite tasty. Unfortunately, parking can be a problem here. Prices are high for the freshly prepared food but are worth it if you want authentic holiday food. Be aware that Friday hours vary by the season and they are closed on Saturdays. read more

right now it's a love/hate thing for me with Butcherie. I LOVE this store! They have the best food: real Israeli hummus, pita bread, smoked salmon, burekas, crembo, bamba and much more... Great stuff! Sure it's a bit expensive, but it's worth it - this stuff is GOOD! Oh and if you haven't tried any of the things I mentioned before - stop reading this and get your ass to Butcherie ASAP! But they close early on Friday and all day Saturday - which as a full-time worker is often the only time I can get there, but I assume the owners must be religious. But what I'm really annoyed about tonight is: they say on their website open till 8pm, and they were closed! Oy Vey - I wasted 2 hours of my day in rush hour to get there and they weren't even open. Perhaps on their website - a heads up we're still observing Rosh Hashanah would have saved me some time... Tomorrow I am going to call before I attempt driving over there again in vain. You better be open... I'm out of hummus and the American stuff just doesn't cut it! read more

The Butcherie is a great place for fresh meats and authentic heat-and-serve food. I hosted my first Hanukkah dinner for some friends and everyone raved. I owe that to the scrumptious potato latkes and helpful butcher who selected the right cut for me. read more

The Butcherie is a disgrace! Exorbitant prices on EVERYTHING (often 2 or 3 times as expensive as the exact same item in kosher groceries in NY), and incredibly rude service. If the staff even bother to acknowledge basic questions you politely ask them, their response is incomprehensible mumbling, or "Uhh... I dunno...". And the owners know they can get away with it all because they've cornered the market on kosher groceries in Boston and can rob the local Jewish community as much as they want. read more

An old-school Kosher market that wouldn't be out of place in Manhattan's Upper West Side, The Butcherie is definitely a throwback. I don't get here often (it's not all that convenient for me), but when I do, I tend to stock up on everything from knishes to cold cuts to kasha varnishkes to kugel to blintzes. It's all good at this little market, and while the prices can be a bit high, I don't mind paying since the quality of the food is well worth it. read more

Expensive. 15$ worth of jacnun, borekas, melawa.. cost you 70$ in this overpriced racket. They are making a fortune on profit. Sad that this is one of the only places where you can find israeli food. read more

Do NOT visit this place on a Friday morning or immediately prior to a Jewish holiday (particularly Passover) or you will walk away shell-shocked, overwhelmed, and empty handed. Now, with that said, this place offers an extensive array of kosher foods (prepared, packaged, ingredients, etc.) including a full deli/meat case. The prices are pretty exorbitant which on one hand is to be expected (foods that have to be koshered, like meat, just cost more - it's a fact of life) but in other cases seems a bit unfair/extreme (I can get a package of kosher-for-Passover certified Streit's Matzoh Ball Soup mix at the Shaw's on Comm Ave for $1, but it's almost $3 at the Butcherie?!). So, if you're in need of a particular kosher meat item, a specialty Israeli food, or something ethnically "Jewish" that you can't find elsewhere (such as prepared kosher food), this is a good place to go. HOWEVER so many packaged food items these days are Kosher certified (by OK, OU, or Star K) and can be found at the Shaw's on Commonwealth Avenue, which has 3 shelves of Kosher items, including a meat case and freezer case. read more

Any place where I can buy delicious food AND keep my Russian in practice is a good place in my book.

They have the best hummus, it has pinenuts in it. That's the only thing I have bought here. Everything else looks pretty interesting. I wish I lived closer to the area so I could go there often. read more

Kosher if that's important for you. Closed on Sat though. No place to sit. Nice deli selection of a few types of corned beef and pastrami. Better than Michael's Deli but no place to sit. Also has a good grocery selection including an Asian seciton (quite cosmopolitan for a Jewich grocer/deli). Definitely pricey but there is nothing nearby to compare to its niche. read more

I bought the chicken soup and broth and matzo balls. It was delicious definitely homemade. the chicken tenders were very tasty as well, conveniently located. read more

I just moved to Boston and I needed kosher meat. EVERYONE sent me to The Butcherie. They have a great selection of deli, chicken, beef and cheeses. They also have lots of israeli products and prepared food. The prices are a little high but definitely lower than what you would pay in Manhattan. All in all, this was a successful trip! read more

Please do not be so dumb as to give this place your hard earned money. The majority of the posts here are either from (1) people who moved away a long time ago and remember a time when the Butcherie was clearly different or (2) people who have appallingly low standards for what passes as 5 star quality. I am convinced the only reason the Butcherie is able to stay in business is because they have the monopoly on kosher products in the area and that the Boston shomer-kashrut clientele is so undiscrimating. Look at the kosher restaurants... I totally agree with Goudy L's negative assessment of the Butcherie (see below) except I would add that the core customer is also unaware of expiration dates. Walk through the canned pickle isle sometime and look at the rusted cans. Check the expiration dates - most passed 6 months ago. Who would be so stupid as to pay $2.99 for this? The same goes for their cheeses from Israel and the refrigerated Sabra olives - all are routinely past expiration. Sadly I once bought a bottle of Kedem grape juice that was so old it had sediment at the bottom. Evidently, the owners are too cheap to throw out old products, and they have learned that they don't have to because the Boston Jewish consumer is so mindlessly immune to poor quality food that he will fork over money for just about anything so long as it has a hechsher. Disgraceful. This place deserves to be shut down. Boycott them. read more

The freshest and the best knishes in the world!! Can not wait to have the lox and white fish! We thank the Butcherie for quality and service with a smile, Laura and Bill Kocen read more

The Butcherie's knishes are *not* the recipe from Myer's Kosher Kitchen. They did not purchase the recipe from Myer or Marion (my grandparents) or Gary (my father). That they taste far inferior to Myer's knishes is a matter of subjective taste (though it is true); that my father and grandfather did not and would never have sold the recipe to a business which treated them as poorly as the Butcherie did is a matter of simple fact. After Myer's closed, my father often said the knishes he thought came closest were those made by American Kosher. The Butcherie seems to be taking advantage of Gary's death to spread this false provenance around. read more

I have been going here for years, because they are near where I live and they have an ok selection of food.... however, I can only give this place 2 stars because the staff is constantly rude. Its come to the point where I have decided I would rather get crappier food than being treated like crap every time I walk into this place. I always go out of my way to be pleasant, yet unlike most places in the area, they just don't respond to civility. Goodbye Butcherie, I really do hope you guys change your tune. read more

Good selection both grocery an prepared foods. On the expensive side, but its in an expensive area to begin with. Only game in town so they could charge big bucks per pound for beef and people would pay it. read more