Atlanta has a handful of great butchers — we’re looking at you, Chop Shop and Shields Meat Market — but now there are three ways to access the same meats you can find at your favorite local restaurants. Two deliver to your door; one, you’ll need to travel to West End to pick up the meat.
Pork, beef, cornmeal and grits from Riverview Farms
Charlotte and Wes Swancy’s Riverview Farms in Ranger long has supplied beef and heritage pork to Atlanta’s butcher shops and restaurants. Pine Street Market uses their pork for its delicious sausages and cured meats, and now Riverview and Pine Street are partners in the Chop Shop on Memorial Drive. Miller Union, Staplehouse and Deer and the Dove regularly order meat from them. You also can have their pork and beef scheduled for a Thursday delivery to your door. You can order one delivery, or set up for monthly packages. The farmer’s pick option includes a mixture of 10 pounds of things like bone-in pork chops, pork roasts, ground sausage, beef roasts or ground beef. Contents will vary with each delivery. There are other options, or you can go for all pork, all beef, all ground meat or a custom box. We love that you can add organic, non-genetically modified organism grits or cornmeal to your order, all milled on the farm the day before delivery.
Prices range from $75 per 10-pound pork and beef delivery to $90 per 7-pound beef and pork grill mix; $6 per 2.2-pound bag of cornmeal or 1½-pound bag of grits when added on to meat order. Meat is delivered frozen. Order at app.barn2door.com/e/3Jrx3.
Credit: Handout
Credit: Handout
Fresh cut bison and beef from Ted’s Butcher Shoppe
Fresh (never frozen) bison and beef, in the form of hand-cut steaks and premium ground meat, delivered to you within a day of ordering — that’s the promise of Ted’s Butcher Shoppe, coming to us from the good people of Ted’s Montana Grill. You can order preset boxes of beef or bison, mixed boxes, or order just the cuts you’d like to try. We really enjoyed being able to taste a beef strip and a bison strip side-by-side. The beef had the well-marbled texture and the flavor you expect in a great steak, but the bison was richer, with a very satisfying chew. Every delivery comes with a 2-ounce jar of Ted’s special seasoning.
Prices range from $32 for a bison Delmonico to $10 per pound of ground beef. There is a $50 minimum purchase required, and deliveries are made by FedEx Next Business Day delivery. Order before 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday and your order ships the same day. Available at tedsbutchershoppe.com.
Credit: Jessica Jackson
Credit: Jessica Jackson
Fresh butchered meats from Boxcar ATL at Hop City
Boxcar ATL at Hop City in West End is selling its house-butchered meats for the rest of us to cook at home. What’s available can vary, but you’ll usually find Italian sausage, breakfast sausage, and beef and pork from Stone Mountain Cattle Co., including beef rib-eyes, New York strips and pork chops. We loved their breakfast sausage. It’s not the sage-seasoned mix you might expect; we thought it would be perfect for pork burgers. And, the 1-inch-thick pork chops were perfect for the grill. While you’re ordering, check out the quick bites from Boxcar ATL, including West End Wings and eggplant caponata, Cobb salad, and a half dozen sandwiches, including the Butcher’s Bun, with shaved rib-eye, Swiss, horseradish aioli and fried onions on a house-made bun. Ordering is available 3-8 p.m. Wednesdays-Fridays, and orders are ready 20-30 minutes after you place them.
Prices range from $5 per pound of sausage to $28 for a 16-ounce bone-in beef rib-eye. All meat is sold frozen. Available for pickup at Boxcar ATL at Hop City, 1000 White St., Atlanta. Order via app.upserve.com/s/box-car-atlanta.
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