The Chopping Block Meats

This is the fifth straight Xmas meal we’ve enjoyed thanks in large part to meat provided by the Chopping Block. There’s a line-​up out the door on the 24^th but it moves fast and there are no complaints — because that’s the price of customized service and pre-​orders that come out just as you expect.
Not only are the cuts customized, but I believe the butcher orders as much as possible from local and sustainable livestock producers. Wish he would be more explicit about that, and promote that aspect of the business.
In my e-​book on food and city building, I argue that independent main street retailers like this are essential to a local and sustainable food system because they can customize their orders, rather than insisting on – as the supermarkets do – making one order for one specific formula item for an entire chain — which virtually makes local and sustainable food impossible.
The same attention to customization and smaller orders applies to the condiments that are sold here. All the ones we tried, including one of the sauces we used for baked beans on Xmas Eve, turned out perfectly.

I have my doubts that the only other reviewer so far is talking about the same place as I go to… The ‘servers’ are amazing and extremely nice! The meat? Fantastic! The lasagnes? Some of the best you’ll ever eat! The pies, sauces, jams, sausages, quiches… All fantastic! I don’t I’ve ever eaten anything from this place that isn’t amazingly tasty and all the people that I’ve suggested the place to seem to feel exactly the same.
On top of all the above, the food is extremely cheap! For example: $ 10 for a meat lasagna that weighs almost a pound and a half!
Go check it out! It’s worth the time and the money.

First experience with The Chopping Block will be the last. My girlfriend was treated with contempt by an unfriendly and dismissive server who seemed to be «put out» by having to help a customer. The meat we purchased was among the worst I’ve ever had, laden with gristly fat, over spiced (probably to mask the low quality meat) and over priced. Avoid at all costs.