Gladstone Butchery

This is boutique butchering at its best! I absolutely loved the meats on show at Gladstone Butchery.
Now I love to cook, serve up and eat a nice lamb chop, standing rib roast or steak. What I love even more is when said cut is trimmed to perfection and wrapped in the white butcher paper. I really get irritated about how polystyrene trays are the mainstay of supermarkets and butcher shops, just another thing for the landfill.
But I digress, Gladstone Butchery display these ready to eat cuts of meat, they will trim a piece to your order if it is not already done and all with a very big smile from the butcher. You can see him at work at the butcher block behind the counter, all very hygienic as well which is another big plus.
I loved their sausages, home made and in different gourmet varieties.

A very high quality butchery on the Gladstone Road in Parnell. I first came here when I was housesitting across the road — the pies are to die for. The pastry is melt in the mouth and filling is pretty good too. Most of the meat here is organic and you can taste the difference. The fillet steak is really good and worth coming here alone for. You may be wondering how I could afford to shop here but the guy I was housesitting for had an account here. I could order anything I liked and could tell the butcher to ‘put it on the tab’. Happy Days. One night however I needed some meat for the dogs in the house. When I told the butcher I was looking for meat for the dogs, he did not look impressed. I explained to him that I just wanted some meat for the dogs dinner and didn’t want to go all the way to the supermarket for it. He gave me some left over meat and the dogs were delighted with it. In fairness to him, he’s a nice guy and saw the funny side of it.