The Chop Shop

The Chop Shop helped us get through being first time parents and still getting food on the table even if we weren’t getting any sleep. Twelve years later they still help us put healthy meals on the table and keep family mealtime a priority.

This is a great little place if you want to get some meals ready for your family or yourself and have them in the freezer and ready to go. Essentially, they have a different menu per month of meals that you can prepare there (or for an additional cost have them prepare it for you). You make the selection of meals you want and then choose a day to go prepare them. They rest is done there — all the food, ingredients packaging, and directions are all waiting there, they even do the clean up!
My friend and I went there last Friday to try it out. We bought 6 meals and paid the «splitting» fee to cut the 6 serving sizes into 3 serving sizes each. We went to each of the six stations and prepared our meals and then you take them home and freeze them until you are ready to eat. It is a great idea if you don’t want to spend a ton of time or money thinking and preparing meals as everything is ready for you when you get there. You get 2 hours for your appointment, but my friend and I were out of there in 45 minutes. The price is pretty reasonable as for 6 meals, with splitting, comes to $ 4.44 per serving, which sounds pretty cheap compared to the $ 75 I spent that weekend eating out for 3 meals!
I would hope in the future they add a price for people who only want to do smaller portion because they are single or live alone. On the website it states everyone in the kitchen has to be making their own meals. My friend and I called, as we wanted to do it together, and asked if we could split the meals between both of us and do the meal prep together. They were happy to oblige, but said they don’t normally allow it. However, my friend and I did not need 6 servings of food per meal! It was a fun experience and it is nice to have food ready to go when I get home from work. I am still going through my meals, but what I have had is good. I hope to try it again sometime!