Carl’s Vineland Farm Eggs

I live around the corner and I’m finally fed up with this place.
Pros: Cheap eggs
Cons:
— their chicken is always incredibly fatty
— The people that work there are incredibly slow.
— the really big guy that works there might be the slowest moving person on the planet. he’s made comments to me like, «I can’t believe you waited this whole time. I’da left ten minutes ago.» I’m not even kidding.
— If you ask for 4 of something they will give you 6. If you ask for a pound, they’ll give you a pound and 3 quarters
— Ten guys behind the counter will have 15 minute conversations while there are 4 people just waiting for someone to help.
I’m a local and they know my face but this place really is the worst. They’ve lost my business for good. If I’m ever out of meat and the other butchers are closed, I’d rather eat only veggies for dinner. that’s how much I hate this place.
If you walk by and see no one in there, get some eggs. If you walk by and there are only two people in line, go somewhere else because it’s still going to take all day.

Carl’s is such a nice family establishment! The people who work there are wonderful and helpful. They have so many specials and anytime I cook for friends, I get the biggest compliments when the meat comes from Carl’s. High quality.
Thanks for the tip about asking for cooking tips! Very helpful!

Gross. Their property is totally blighted and constantly covered with graffiti/​trash. Carl’s keeps raw chicken festering on the small side street next to their establishment. Go ahead — check it out. On any given day you will see cardboard boxes full of chicken/​meat/​ice-​shavings/​trash just sitting out in the alley next door — in the blazing summer heat. It’s revolting. (Seriously folks — this is NOT the place to buy your meat. It may be cheap, but it’s cheap for a reason.)
Their patrons are constantly blocking traffic and they do NOTHING to stop them. The workers/​owners/​delivery trucks/​patrons use the RESIDENTIAL streets as their personal loading dock. There are various of meat shops in the Italian Makers. NONE of them block streets, allow patrons to disrupt neighbors, or use the street as a warehouse. Graffiti takes ages to be cleaned off of their various abandoned and blighted buildings. And the smell, dear me! Trust me, don’t walk down that side street during the summer months. Phew! It’s as if Carl’s uses the side streets as their own personal warehouse for meat. (Who needs refrigeration? Or cleanliness? It’s only raw meat we’re dealing with.) There is meat juice all over the sidewalk and adjoining roads because they clean equipment on the PUBLIC sidewalk and road.
The owner also owns blighted properties all up and down the block AND the trash dump that is across the street on the SW corner. He’s also responsible for the gratified, abandoned building on directly south of the shop. Yep, same folks.
It is vendors like this that keep the Italian Markets down. Who would blight the very market they sell in? It’s shocking to everyone who lives in and loves the neighborhood. I can’t imagine owning business and letting my other properties literally rot and decay all around it. If you’re not going to use them, fine. Fix them up and sell them to a entrepreneur who will actually bring foot traffic and $$ to the markets. Instead Carl’s owners just let them sit, rot and fester. How is that good for the neighborhood or business? It was once brought up in a zoning meeting (the general uncleanliness of his properties) and he said, «You live in Philadelphia — what do you expect? It’s trashy.» (Naturally this guy does not live in the Italian Markets.) It’s trashy because of vendors like this, who don’t even live in Philly. What does it matter to him? He makes a quick buck, and leaves the street filthy — why take the effort to clean it up?
There are plenty of wonderful meat shops in the Italian Markets who are clean and respectful of the neighborhood and the markets as a whole. Skip this Carl’s and support vendors who support a vibrant (and clean) market! (You don’t want to eat the meat anyway, trust me.)