Cow Palace Butcher Shop is a family business rooted in Long Island, where Jerry Masotto opened the original Middle Island shop in 1974. The Rocky Point location followed in 1984 on the historic Rock Level Farm site, and the company now serves shoppers and local restaurants from three Long Island locations with the old-fashioned counter service that has defined it for more than four decades.
Berk Lombardo Packing CoBerk Lombardo Packing Co. grew from Paul Lombardo’s family butcher-shop roots in Brooklyn into a meat-processing company founded in 1971. Now based in Hauppauge, the company serves the New York metropolitan area while preserving a hands-on tradition: its butchers portion and package meat on site under daily USDA inspection. Many employees have stayed with Berk Lombardo for more than 20 years, giving the operation an uncommon depth of experience.HAUPPAUGE, NY
House of MeatsHouse of Meats is a family-owned butcher shop serving Northwest Ohio since 1972, with six Toledo-area locations offering fresh meat and prepared favorites such as its homemade kielbasa. The business remains in its founding family, with third-generation co-owners Jim Meads and Kate Horner, and it also provides deer processing at its Alexis and Point Place locations. Its stores are built around an old-fashioned butcher’s-counter approach: trained staff, fair prices, and help choosing what to cook.TOLEDO, OH
Fischer BrothersSince Morris and Louis Fischer opened a butcher shop on Manhattan’s West 72nd Street in 1949, Fischer Brothers has remained a full-service glatt kosher butcher serving New York with custom-cut meats and poultry. The shop, also known as Fischer Bros. & Leslie, carries the legacy of partner Leslie Niederman, a Holocaust survivor, while preparing homemade foods and baked goods alongside its butcher-counter specialties. Orders are cut and wrapped to each customer’s specifications, preserving the old-fashioned personal service that has defined the business for more than 75 years.NEW YORK, NY
Arnold's MeatsFamily-run since 1974, Arnold’s Meats grew from a small wholesale business serving area restaurants into a two-store butcher shop and wholesale operation serving Western Massachusetts and Connecticut. Its butchers cut orders to size—from a single steak to quantities for restaurants—and the company has expanded to 160 employees and ten delivery trucks. Alongside its meat counters, Arnold’s offers a self-service deli and a broad selection of grocery and specialty barbecue items.BENSALEM, PA