As the co-founder and CEO of Love a Bee, Louise Derrick collaborates with beekeepers to source 100% raw, unpasteurized and unadulterated honey from California. We got the full story in this interview with Louise. Stop by for our anniversary celebration Saturday, August 20th to meet Louise and taste Love a Bee honey. Love a Bee grew out […]
This week, we kick off our fourth annual Cinco Tortas de Mayo celebration, an ode to the great Mexican sandwich. The mastermind behind Cinco Tortas is Kel Troughton. Kel is the head of prepared foods here at The Local Butcher Shop as well as our artist in residence. His beautiful lettering adorns our shop walls and signs. […]
Four years ago today, we opened the doors of The Local Butcher Shop. We started out simply wanting to offer people delicious, trustworthy meat, and we have grown to offer so much more than that! At The Local Butcher Shop you’ll find good meat, an experience, an education, a friendly face, a community and a […]
You can tell from Bill McCann’s biography that his life as a butcher has a theme. His career has focused on learning from others and passing on his knowledge to the next generation of butchers. In this guest post, Bill shares one of his memorable experiences as a mentor at The Local Butcher Shop. […]
We cut steaks and roasts, chops and shanks from whole animal carcasses here at The Local Butcher Shop. If you’ve been in the shop, you’ve probably noticed our butchers carving intently next to metal bowls to collect the scraps. Those bits of meat, fat, bones, and skin are not thrown out. Bones go to make […]
We’re excited to launch our new Butcher Basket Program here at The Local Butcher Shop! Inspired by traditional CSAs, or Community Supported Agriculture programs, in which members support farms by agreeing to a share of whatever product is available throughout the season, we’ve developed the Butcher Basket Program for our shop. When members sign up […]
Dear Customers, You may have heard news of a USDA beef recall issued on February 8th for the Petaluma slaughter plant (Rancho Feeding Corp.). In an effort to be completely transparent, we want to address this issue with you, our customers, directly. Many of our cattle ranchers do in fact use this slaughter plant to […]
This is the fifth guest blog in our series! Heather came to us from New York as an intern determined to “be the best intern we’ve ever had” (she told us that in her interview). She was indeed a great intern and she now works here part-time. Below are her musings on being a butcher […]
I made this for dinner last week and boy, oh boy, it was sure dang tasty! Now is the time – summer is here, the corn is on point, but the Bay Area fog and chill can sneak in right around dinner time and make you wish you had a warm bowl of soup. This […]
This post begins a new series of writings on our blog by guest writers. We’re excited to lean on our vast community of friends and colleagues to tell their stories, informing your food choices by sharing their experiences and viewpoints. Bill McCann is a butcher at The Local Butcher Shop, and came to us by […]