The Honest Butcher

I am just so happy to see more butchers selling grass fed/​grass finished beef, pastured chickens and eggs … etc
The quality of the products is great, and it isn’t cheap! no doubt, but it cost this much for a reason. There’re two things people have to realize:
1. there is a huge difference between just organic beef and organic grass fed beef, in nutritional value and price. It’s so hard to find organic GRASS FED beef and yes when you find them, they’re more expensive than your average organic beef.
2. When you buy meat from a local butcher who gets their stock from a small local ranch, you can’t expect to see the selection at a chain grocery store. (And I haven’t found any chain store carrying grass fed meat, not even whole foods or choices)
The guys at the honest butcher are super friendly and knowledgable. The bacons are delicious! The beef bones are very good quality. And, their meat is wrapped in brown parchment paper and not sandwiched between the BPA and chemical loaded industrial Saran wrap and the foam plates

It’s rare to find such a knowledgeable butcher with really good values and top notch products. No meat pumped up with hormones here. All properly and naturally produced from animals that are well treated when they are alive. So, it tastes better, and does you better. Support local small businesses like this, and your health and world will be a better place.

Made this my new stop for meat after being slightly disappointed by another local shop. I can never get me enough pork chops and I was not let down with the Honest Butcher’s quality or taste at all! Drooling just thinking about them actually… Tried almost everything else they carry, including some really hard to find cuts and some I never would have thought of buying either, by their recommendation of course. (Beef tongue tacos anyone?) The guys are pretty serious about their work but seem to enjoy it and definitely know what they’re doing. I’ve heard the classes are fun and helpful too so maybe that will be next on my list. The owner mentioned he visits all the farms personally before buying directly from them so that’s pretty cool in my books.
Scratch that pork chop comment actually. they’re no good. You can just leave them there and I’ll grab ‘em all later. Try the sausages though! Cheese steak made in house? Yes please…

It’s an okay butcher.
Very expensive, I’m not sure if the meats I’ve bought here before (short ribs) were really that great, though they were very accommodating to cut them again.
The selection is small, but given that they claim they locally source everything, that figures. I’m not sure about their seasoned meats, because I personally would never buy things this expensive if I didn’t plan to give them my complete attention, but I would guess they’re probably okay.
The décor is quite industrial, with neon lighting and complete white. That makes it kind of unappealing to visit but on the plus side, it’s really easy to see if it’s dirty or not, which I think is a lot more important.
Their service is kind of odd, because they keep trying to drive me towards buying their sausages when I want to make my own pasta sauces. I’m sure they’re fine but I’d rather have everything for myself to build from scratch if they insist they get everything from scratch…
And an interesting array of books about pork and whatnot, though I don’t know if those are ever popular.

This place carries great meat. If you’ve eaten enough organic beef, you know that there is a huge variation in quality, which is where a quality butcher/​buyer comes in. Just because it’s an organic rib-​eye, doesn’t mean it’s going to be a good steak. I trust whatever I buy from here, period.
Also, on the occasion that they do not have what I am looking for, the gent behind the counter has told me to come back in 10 minutes and he’d have done the work for me when I return (and cutting the fat off, and cubing a leg of lamb takes me a heck of a lot longer than that).
It’s not a starbucks atmosphere (smiles/​music) but I’ve never been treated rudely, and everybody likes different music.
On a final note, the cleanliness of this place is immaculate, which SHOULD be worth alot more than the music playing in the background.

I only tried their lamb sausages and new york strip loin. Lamb sausages were fragrant but a bit salty. NY strip was local grass fed organic 30day+ dry aged that sold for $ 29/​lb. This is where I really felt ribbed off after having found another organic place that sells basically the same thing for $ 22/​lb. Not to mention that I can ask for any size cut and whether with bone-​in or not. I think I would rather bring my money else where when it comes to local quality organic meats.

Got me a nice little pork loin roast here the other day. It was good quality meat and had a very generous amount of fat on it which resulted in an abundance of delicious crackling.
Picked up some terrine too which was also tasty and had a bit more texture and flavour compared to the Freybes version.
Not cheap, but quality was good and the guys seem to know what they’re talking about, although they could be a bit more upbeat and smile a little more.

I’ve lived in Kits for almost 3 years now and I’ve been waiting for an awesome place to buy wicked meat from wicked people who have a passion for it!
I was a vegetarian for 9 years but have been eating meat again for about 2. I found the honest butcher to be very affordable and clean and i saw a bunch of phillips beer bottles near the back. not sure if they used them for sauces or just a few beers after work but good taste in beer is a plus for me in any establishment!
I also love how close it is to my usual produce market (young brothers) its practically a one stop shop! *recommend*

Face Bacon.
You had me at hello Piggy!
This has got to be a new low/​high for scandalous breakfast side options in Vancouver.
No no no, I don’t just want to eat pig fat in the morning. I want you to cut it off its face first and then slap it down on my plate. Oink Oink mutha f*#ker!
Oh, and sweet sweet pork belly rillette. $ 6 for a jar of this proved to be a big mistake on my last two visits. It’s got me hoarding it stashed away from prying eyes in the fridge. Mom comes to visit. Break out the piggy? Naaaa that’s for me. How bout some wine instead.

I’m very happy this place exists. Leading up to Christmas, I was having trouble finding beef kidney (a breakfast tradition in our family for x-​mas morn). I found some frozen at The Butcher on 10^th, which was great — but I was overjoyed when I happened to swing by The Honest Butcher and found some fresh. It’s a bit out of the way for me, but I will certainly be back to sample some other products.