Since we’re talking about meat…..
on the way home from school I stopped at DJ’s Butcher Block (Butcher Shop) on Penn Avenue.
What a selection of-
antibiotic free, local, grass fed, custom cut and ground meat.
There is also Amish Butter and Organic Cheese, one item I bought today was from Mercer County.
Local farms provide fresh eggs and rich milk that separates in a glass 1/2 gallon bottle (to be returned)
DJ the proprietor is a also a chef, trained at the Culinary Institute of America (I read in this Pgh CityPaper Article)
He knows what he is doing
for the vegetarian? A couple of vegetarians were in front of me buying sausage today.
Someone else was picking up a custom order of braciole.
You can get a Savory Meat Pie to take home and bake.
I bought a pound of the grass fed ground beef and made burgers which were delicious, fried up in a cast iron skillet.
During Little Italy Days I had photographed DJ at night. Thanks for allowing me to tour your butcher shop and photograph you again.
Great post featuring one of our small business’.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
Thanks Francine. I forgot to say he had some local pasta and Italian bread to sell as well.
Thanks for your visit and comment today, 🙂
I’m going to have to make a trip to Bloomfield!
Nice local color.
No sawdust on the floor? Growing up all the butcher shops I visited had sawdust on the floor.
That cleaver is something else! Whew, don’t let him get angry at you.
Wow, grass fed ground beef from the local shop!
Especially like the 1st photo!
Bacon scented soap? I heart bacon. Not sure I’d wanna’ smell like it though.
I bet he does have cheeks! How lucky that this guy decided to open a butcher shop. There aren’t many around these days. I’ve got one around the corner but I fear they’ll be closing in a few years. The owner and helper — or is it 2 owners? — are getting on in years and there’s no apprentice to replace them. It’s a shame.
Vegetarians were buying sausage? Then I hate to break it to them, but they are not vegetarians. (By definition.)