Started by Erv Holzman in Montgomery in the mid-1970s, Holzman Meats & Deli remains a family-run butcher shop and deli known for hand-cut meats, house-made sausage and prepared foods. Erv’s son Ron now carries on the business, which has grown to twice the size of the original store while keeping its family presence at the counter. Cincinnati Magazine named it one of the area’s best butcher shops in 2016 and has featured its pot pies.
Snider Bros. MeatsSix generations of the Snider family’s butcher-shop tradition come together at Snider Bros. Meats, a family-owned Salt Lake City meat market offering hand-cut meats and custom preparation. The family opened its first butcher shop in 1938 and brought the business to Utah in 1981, opening the Salt Lake City shop in 1992; today, its butchers still use family recipes while preparing orders to customers’ specifications. The shop also draws on its professional pitmasters to share barbecue know-how alongside its deli and homemade offerings.PITMAN, PA
Laudermilch MeatsFounded by three Laudermilch brothers in 1919, Laudermilch Meats is a family-owned and operated Pennsylvania country butcher shop that hand-cuts and processes fresh meats in Annville. Its own smokehouse produces signature double-smoked hams and Lebanon bologna, while the in-house kitchen and bakery carry the old-fashioned tradition into homemade prepared foods and scratch-baked goods. The shop continues to pair those family recipes with personal, full-service attention.ANNVILLE, PA
Hasselbach MeatsSince Ervin Hasselbach slaughtered his first hogs for Fremont-area neighbors in 1931, Hasselbach Meats has grown into a family-owned butcher shop and meat processor serving Northwest Ohio. The operation works with area-fed livestock and handles custom butchering in-house, including curing and smoking, while its meat market is known for old-fashioned specialties such as homemade lunch meats and sausages.FREMONT, OH
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