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.   […]

It’s been awhile since I posted about what we’ve been eating at home.  Don’t fret – we haven’t been starving.  We’ve been eating quite well actually.  I just haven’t had the forethought or the energy to take photos of our dinner before the dinner becomes dirty dishes… With that being said, I have been cooking […]

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 […]

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 […]

Monica attended Brown University in Providence, RI where she mastered the art of cooking in a toaster oven and a microwave. Her junior year, she attended the University of Bologna in Italy. It was here that she learned that a tomato isn’t orange but a deep crimson, and that truly fresh food tastes amazing without […]

We did a butchery class at Kitchen on Fire last Sunday and we focused on Poultry.  It was a great class!  All of the students got to work on their own chickens and then take them home.  Bill and Aaron reminded me of the two old guys in the balcony on The Muppet Show as […]

Aaron Rocchino Aaron’s culinary career began at age twelve when he realized that if he wanted a car when he turned sixteen, he had to start making some money.  So, he got a job as a dishwasher at his grandparents’ favorite eating establishment.  He moved his way up to a busser position and then into the kitchen as a prep […]