Taste & Quality
The Metropolitan Market Butcher Shop standard focuses on quality, animal welfare, and, of course, flavor. Our meat has to be consistently delicious, so we only purchase cuts we love from suppliers we know and trust. From grass-fed beef to free-range chickens, we offer the very best for your table.
Standards & Practices
The meat we sell is what we cook ourselves—free of added hormones, growth stimulants, antibiotics, and preservatives. We insist that all animals be naturally raised, living stress free on a vegetarian diet.
Painted Hills
Fossil, Oregon
Tucked in the shadow of Oregon’s famous Painted Hills, seven families with ranching resumés that span generations got together and founded Painted Hills Natural Beef. The goal? Raise the best-tasting beef they could. The big rule? It must be all-natural.
They didn’t stop there. Not only has Painted Hills succeeded in producing some top notch steakhouse worthy cuts, but they’ve also done so without the use of added hormones or antibiotics, all while keeping their cattle on a 100% vegetarian diet.
Superior Farms
Dixon, California
Animal welfare is of the utmost priority to the people at Superior Farms; the herd comes first. Their lambs feed only on natural vegetation and are always treated humanely.
Superior Farms is at the forefront of innovative sustainable farming practices. They graze lambs in giant vineyards to cut down on heavy equipment while also managing to replenish some nutrients back in the soil.
Mary's Free-Range Chicken
Sanger, California
Family owned and operated since 1954, Mary’s birds have plenty of room to roam cage-free and are fed a hormone free, vegetarian diet. The chickens are also air chilled before being packaged, which helps preserve their natural flavor. Now that’s the stuff family dinners are made of!
Butcher Shop 101
What’s the difference between a sirloin and a short loin? Is cooking lamb any different than cooking beef? How much do you need if you’re trying to feed two…or twelve people? Not to worry! We’ve put together an all-inclusive meat crash course so that you can navigate your neighborhood butcher shop with confidence.