The Butcher Shop

I’m SO SORRY I didn’t look at Unilocal before paying $ 324. We tried the filets last night. They seem to be beef, but tenderloin? I don’t think so. The filets are very small, but a good size for me. I only made it through about half of the «filet» before I got tired of chewing and hearing the crunchy sound of gristle. I actually bought these because my 93 year old father loves filet. He ate a couple of bites before giving up. Our dog was happy, but I feel violated.

This guy and his goofy-​looking partner came through our SSF neighorhood, and gave us his speil along with showing us the cuts of meat, in vaccum-​wrapped plastic. Looked good, but fortunately we don’t eat a lot of red meat, and it would take us 10 years to finish off a case.
Of course, I asked him if his meat «fell off the back of a truck.» The prices sounded too good to be true. Now I see why.

just tried choking-​down a new york strip I bought off this guy. Possibly the worst cut of meat I’ve ever encountered. A lot of gristle, and no flavor.
it’s no wonder the guy was 100+ miles away from his home base peddling crappy steaks door to door. Avoid at all cost

I got caught in Truckee working on the yard (Saturday 6÷25÷11). That truck stopped right behind me and Richard Lee Gonsalves started on his spiel. We were worn out and tired. We feel for a box of tri tip and two boxes of what he called filet mignon (baseball cut). We finally tried two of them for dinner this evening (Sunday (6÷26÷11). These were NOT filet mignon by any stretch of the imagination. Both were tasteless and tough; one just full of grizzle — this one was actually packaged round like a filet mignon but fell apart to look like something other. Tasteless garbage. I phoned and left a message. Tomorrow I will get in touch with the State of California Attorney General. I will also ‘Go to Curtis’ and reveal this scam to everyone. The payment is being cancelled first thing in the morning. They have been told to come back and remove their ‘product’ immediately. Do NOT ever buy anything from these jerks. They’re crooks to the endth degree!

So my name is Amy and I have a story to tell. About two months ago I had a knock at the door, I answered and it was a guy selling meat out of the back of a truck. I have to admit at this point I thought what kind of idiot buys meat out of a truck but he said something about just taking a look and I did not want to be mean so I said, what the heck.
The salesmen, who’s name I had learned by now was Robert, proceeded to bring 3 cases of meat into my home and lay all of it on the table for me. There is no way, I thought, I could possibly take all that and becides I did not really like one of them. Long story short I got the steak case and the seafood case. The cost was very reasonable for what I was getting and I even tipped the salesmen. After this I got on Unilocal and looked up the compay, I use this site a lot but have never posted till just now. When I saw all the bad press this company has gotten I imeadiatly got scared, I thought of calling the police but decided to call the rep instead, he had left his cell phone number. We talked about my concerns and Robert said that they did gaurentee the food in case i did not like it but he was sure if I tried him out I would love the food. So I decided to try it.
First I tried the T-​bones and they were the best stakes I had eaten in years. I was hooked and knew instantly I had not been coned. It took a few weeks and I discovered that all of the fish was awesome and the stakes were some of the juciest and flavorful stakes I have ever had. Like usually happens I did have one problem the fellets!!! I should have remembered that I do not like fellets when I was looking at them but I did not think of it till Robert had left. I called him a few days later after I tried them just to be sure and did not like them so called to tell him. He did remember me and told me he would be there the next day. Imagin my suprise when he showed up at my door 3 hours later. He said that he was having a sorta bad day and decided to come to my area again. He replaced the fellets with a stake I had never herd of «Flat irons» OMG they are good best stake ever.
Two weeks ago I had hosted a few bbq’s and was close to the end of my meat and called Robert. I did not have a lot of cash so I just got one case which he mixxed up for me with red meat and chicken, the chicken was awesome. After having a expeariance with this company I could not imagin going back to the store. I cant understand what all the bad press is all about, I would encourage anyone looking for a good deal on food to call this company. The office number is 916−371−0126. Robert was the salesmen I spoke to I cant say how everyone else is but he is GREAT!!!
If I had a complaint about this company it would be that I dont see them enough and did not know about them sooner but I cant see taking stars away for that

This place really is a scam, i should know i used to work there. they peel the usda stickers off of each case these list the grade and weight of each case. they do this so they can tell you it weighs a hell of alot more than it really does. Also, not licenced to solicit in any county except yolo county, lynn mosely the owner/​manager encourages his solicitors to tell people that the meat is «prime» ITS NOT!!! some of it is choice, some select, but i never saw anything prime. The fish is basically ice cubes since it has so much water added for weight, the chicken is tough no matter how you cook it, some of the beef is decent, but not for what you pay, most of you are paying 10 – 15 dollars or more per pound on average, and that includes for the burgers. Also there is a one year gaurantee on the meat supossedly, but lynn the manager will do anything to avoid taking care of customers, i have had a few that lynn burned and wouldnt exchange meat for. Bottom line its a scam, get out a calculator and do the math and you will see that you are being totally RIPPED OFF!!! I recomend the MAD BUTCHER for sac area, WAGON WHEEL MARKET in the oroville area, SWINGLES MEATS in amador county, And TREATS MEATS in calaveras county Oh yeah, if you have already been burned here is the real phone number, since none on the brochure are real…916– 2 160 898, and 916−371−0126 also they arent even at triangle ct. in west sac, they are located on glide ave, somone is there till almost noon everyday, and after 7 everyday…

Total scam! I bought 3 cases of what I thought were filet mignon. Only the top case was. The bottom 2 were cheap sirloin. I called all the phone numbers on the brochure– about 6 of them. They were all out of order. I then called the dude’s cell phone and told him I had his license plate number and was going to call the police. He called back and said he’d refund my money but this was yesterday and haven’t heard anything since.
Update: I did eventually get my money back with no explanation/​apology.

This place is a total scam. Do NOT buy anything from them. Their meat is NOT USDA and is freezer-​burned and inedible. No surprise that all their numbers are now disconnected. If you see them, call the police.