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Where to find the finest cuts of meat in America: Top 10 butcher shops
Best Butcher Shop (2024)
If you're looking for quality meat, friendly service, and reasonable prices, your local butcher shops can be great resources. Independent butchers know their products inside and out, and they can offer you expert advice and ideas on what you can make with your proteins. They also source their meat from local farms and ranches, which means you get to enjoy the variety and freshness of cuts that can often be made to order.
Here are 10 top-notch butcher shops that have been selected by an expert panel and voted by our readers as the best in the United States.
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Amanda Mactas
Amanda Mactas is a freelance journalist based in... Read More
Amanda Mactas is a freelance journalist based in New York City. Her work has appeared in Time Out, Women's Health, Eat This Not That, Bella Magazine, and PureWow, among others. Her favorite pastime is eating and drinking her way around the world, and when she's not doing that, she's probably thinking or writing about doing just that. Besides being on the hunt for the best food offerings in any given city, she's often looking for a cozy independent bookstore, beautiful cemetery, or haunted locale to discover. You can follow her work and her travels on Instagram.
Amanda Mactas
Amanda Mactas is a freelance journalist based in New York City. Her work has appeared in Time Out, Women's Health, Eat This Not That, Bella Magazine, and PureWow, among others. Her favorite pastime is eating and drinking her way around the world, and when she's not doing that, she's probably thinking or writing about doing just that. Besides being on the hunt for the best food offerings in any given city, she's often looking for a cozy independent bookstore, beautiful cemetery, or haunted locale to discover. You can follow her work and her travels on Instagram.
Jacky Runice
Born in Bucktown (Chicago) when bulletproof was a... Read More
Born in Bucktown (Chicago) when bulletproof was a home safety choice and not a coffee order, Jacky Runice has been knocking around Chicago as a professional print, online and broadcast journalist and editor specializing in separating the riff from the raff in culture, entertainment, food, travel and pure unadulterated fun. Jacky is a member of the International Food, Wine & Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA) and relies on her vast experience and gray matter to produce informative, entertaining content.
Jacky Runice
Born in Bucktown (Chicago) when bulletproof was a home safety choice and not a coffee order, Jacky Runice has been knocking around Chicago as a professional print, online and broadcast journalist and editor specializing in separating the riff from the raff in culture, entertainment, food, travel and pure unadulterated fun. Jacky is a member of the International Food, Wine & Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA) and relies on her vast experience and gray matter to produce informative, entertaining content.
Jamie Davis Smith
Jamie is a travel writer who has visited over 50... Read More
Jamie is a travel writer who has visited over 50 countries, many of them with her children in tow. She loves visiting everything from theme parks to ancient ruins and packs strictly carry-on-only. Jamie can be reached at [email protected].
Jamie Davis Smith
Jamie is a travel writer who has visited over 50 countries, many of them with her children in tow. She loves visiting everything from theme parks to ancient ruins and packs strictly carry-on-only. Jamie can be reached at [email protected].
Marlynn Jayme Schotland
Marlynn is a former broadcast news anchor/reporter... Read More
Marlynn is a former broadcast news anchor/reporter who has combined her love of writing and publishing with her passion for cooking, baking, wine, and travel. She is a cookbook author, recipe developer for food & beverage brands, and longtime food, wine, and travel writer. In 2004, she launched Urban Bliss Life, a leading food, wine, and travel website. She is a regular guest chef on the Portland, Oregon ABC affiliate'sAfternoonLive show, where she cooks different recipes live each month. She has also been featured as a recurring guest chef on The Drew Barrymore Show, as well as Season 3 of the Magnolia Network and Chef Andrew Zimmern's TV show Family Dinner. Her recipes have been featured in Oprah.com, Martha Stewart, Shape, Eating Well, Good Housekeeping, the Pioneer Woman, and more. Marlynn is also a certified wine pro, holding a WSET 2 with Distinction certification and currently is working on her Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW) certification. You can connect with Marlynn and find her easy, comfort food recipes, wine pairings, and foodie travel tips on Urban Bliss Life as well as on Instagram, and you can find her cookbooks, The Ninja Foodi Pressure Cooker Meal Prep Cookbook and The Super Easy Teen Baking Cookbook, in most major booksellers online and on her website.
Marlynn Jayme Schotland
Marlynn is a former broadcast news anchor/reporter who has combined her love of writing and publishing with her passion for cooking, baking, wine, and travel. She is a cookbook author, recipe developer for food & beverage brands, and longtime food, wine, and travel writer. In 2004, she launched Urban Bliss Life, a leading food, wine, and travel website. She is a regular guest chef on the Portland, Oregon ABC affiliate'sAfternoonLive show, where she cooks different recipes live each month. She has also been featured as a recurring guest chef on The Drew Barrymore Show, as well as Season 3 of the Magnolia Network and Chef Andrew Zimmern's TV show Family Dinner. Her recipes have been featured in Oprah.com, Martha Stewart, Shape, Eating Well, Good Housekeeping, the Pioneer Woman, and more. Marlynn is also a certified wine pro, holding a WSET 2 with Distinction certification and currently is working on her Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW) certification. You can connect with Marlynn and find her easy, comfort food recipes, wine pairings, and foodie travel tips on Urban Bliss Life as well as on Instagram, and you can find her cookbooks, The Ninja Foodi Pressure Cooker Meal Prep Cookbook and The Super Easy Teen Baking Cookbook, in most major booksellers online and on her website.
Meg St-Esprit
Meg St-Esprit is a journalist based in Pittsburgh... Read More
Meg St-Esprit is a journalist based in Pittsburgh who covers family travel, lifestyle, education, and parenting. With their four kids in tow, she and her husband love to travel anywhere and everywhere — but have a soft spot for camping and outdoor adventures. In fact, her kids are well on their way to achieving their goal of visiting all 124 state parks in Pennsylvania. Meg believes travel doesn’t need to be luxurious or costly to be valuable, and aims to share that with her audience. Meg’s work has appeared in publications such as The New York Times, Thrillist, The Washington Post, Fodor’s, Yahoo, Good Housekeeping, Romper, and more. Follow Meg on Instagram and Twitter at @megstesprit or check out her work on https://megstesprit.com/
Meg St-Esprit
Meg St-Esprit is a journalist based in Pittsburgh who covers family travel, lifestyle, education, and parenting. With their four kids in tow, she and her husband love to travel anywhere and everywhere — but have a soft spot for camping and outdoor adventures. In fact, her kids are well on their way to achieving their goal of visiting all 124 state parks in Pennsylvania. Meg believes travel doesn’t need to be luxurious or costly to be valuable, and aims to share that with her audience. Meg’s work has appeared in publications such as The New York Times, Thrillist, The Washington Post, Fodor’s, Yahoo, Good Housekeeping, Romper, and more. Follow Meg on Instagram and Twitter at @megstesprit or check out her work on https://megstesprit.com/