Vinnie’s Italian Importing

I’ve been coming to Vinnies for a few years now and just never bothered to write a review. It’s a great place for meat. It’s far from fancy inside but don’t let that bother you. The chicken cutlets are hand sliced to order (5lbs $ 17.00). They are nice and thin like a cutlet should be. You can cut them with a fork easily once cooked, same goes for veal cutlets. Porketta can be preordered and they will season and vacuum pack it for you. The sandwich steaks are like nothing you’ve ever seen in any grocery store. At $ 4.50 a pound you can go home and make yourself the best steak and cheese sandwich you’ve ever had. They are paper thin slices of beef that you will only find here and a Rosa’s deli in Wallingford (Vinnie sells them to Rosa) I ordered a whole filet mignon 8lbs @12.99 a lb for Christmas and though I could have gotten it cheaper at a grocery store I knew the quality would be better at Vinnies. It was like butter, my 11 guests all said it was the best filet they ever had! (and they eat it often) Don’t let the «no frills» look scare you, the meat is the best and they sell to half the restaurants you eat at in New Haven, they do a big wholesale business. It is so much better than the meat market just across the street, trust me!