Halal Meat

I’ve been here twice, hoping this would turn out to be a great neighborhood butcher. It definitely caters to the local Senegalese clientele, which is great, but unfortunately it will probably not appeal to anyone else. I was shocked at the smell – the back smells like a barnyard, though I did not see any live animals. The first time I bought leg of lamb, which they sliced up to order on the bandsaw. It was fine, but quite expensive and the clerk at the cash register was not going to give me any change until I asked for my eight dollars. The second time I bought a bag of beef bones for soup (which many places don’t sell, so I was thrilled). They were also fairly expensive, considering that they were just bones. When I got them home, I found that they were full of animal hair and smelled gross. I tried making broth anyway, but it was disgusting. Apparently halal does not mean good or clean butchering practices. I’ll look elsewhere!