First off as an out of towner a City girl with Southern roots..man ol' man, love Bright Oak Meats so much that when visiting I purchase enough meats to cook up and enjoy. See you guys on my next visit... read more

Stick it to the customer the rib eye steaks was so tough even under cooked raw. For 200 bucks we got two off cut little bittie peices a meat that u could actually eat the rest is bogus. Sticking it to the custmers seems a american ractic searving garbage but take ur hard earned money. A alagator couldnt chew that meat read more

The meat is always fresh and local I've been going there for over 25 years thanks for being in downtown Springfield read more

The bulk boxes were a game changer for us! We buy a 30lb box every month for a great price and we don't have to pay grocery store meat prices anymore. If you're a beef jerky person, it's some of the best jerky we've ever had for a great price! read more

Great Jerky, great steaks, great pricing. Been going here for years. It actually pissed me off that I didn't know about them because of how big the quality and price difference is from grocery stores. If you spend more than $150 a month on meat and your local than you need to go here. read more

First, my main reason for checking out Bright Oaks Meat was suet for making bird suet cakes. I had called ahead, and their price was great. I drove quite a few miles round trip, and picked up 10 pounds. As I melted it in a large stockpot, I noticed a great deal of it wasn't rendering at all, but remained in somewhat translucent fat chunks. There was a good gallon of residue and only 3 quarts of rendered suet, a ridiculous ratio. I also discovered that it wouldn't harden, as suet normally does, but remained fairly soft, not usable at all. I called them, and found that there is not only the hard kidney fat (the good stuff) but they also throw in random fat scraps from elsewhere on the critter. I think the majority of the 10 pounds was "elsewhere." Therefore, IMO, it definitely shouldn't be called "suet." I was told that they deal in such quantity that it can't be sorted out. That may be the key word here -- "quantity," as opposed to "quality." Also, when I came in there seemed to be a total lack of interest in helping me, an elderly female using a cane, employees standing there chatting, saw me standing there, and continued chatting. Eventually I was helped. I see, when writing this review, that it wants me to write about "ambiance." Okay: To put it bluntly, the ambiance sucked. The meat case was weird too, and 98% empty, with a few lone packages and nothing else. I'll stick with Long's, paying a bit more for the suet, but theirs is superb, fresh, the real deal, and the customer service is outstanding. And the meat case is always full of every cut of beef, pork, or chicken you can imagine, and some you've never heard of! Plus their freezer is chock full of a multitude of exotic choices. Terrific ambiance, cheerful and helpful employees. Ten stars for Long's, one lonely star for Bright Oak Meats. read more

Very helpful at the counter, great quality meat and great prices! The staff are always kind and professional and the meat is always delicious! read more

Incredible quality cuts of meat! Best homemade jerky ever!! Plus dog bones for my dog. One stop shopping for a meat lovers dream! I have been shopping here for 50 years. Yes. Started out in different location but same family owned and always same quality!! read more

Everything here is great...the selection, the service, the jerky (omg the jerky is amazing) and the prices.

The meat is ok but the selection of anything else is lacking and the rude unfriendly attitude I got from the store manager and employees made shopping there very unpleasant I definitely won't be going back read more

I am so appalled at the utter and complete lack of custoner sevice. Not only do you not reply to emails, as I sent a contact request several days ago with no response, but your service, or lack thereof, over the phone is atrocious. I am disabled. I physically cannot get into your shop. I just had a freezer delivered and would like to fill it. I don't know exactly what I want to fill it with, so I asked for prices and/or pack options. The person who answered was very curt to the point of rude, and even after i explained my situation, she rattled off the 21 lb package so fast I couldn't write it down. I told her I couldn't write that fast, but she was just rude and it didn't bother her one bit to lose a customer. Definitely not what I expected from the "family business" claimed on the website. I literally would have filled my freezer in one purchase...their loss. read more

It amazes me that I've spent years upon years going to this business and never wrote a review! I can remember when it was on Mill St, near A St, and going in with my parents many times. I love good, old-fashioned, local business, and this is it! They have amazing beef jerky, in a plethora of flavors, and they are happy to give samples. The customer service has always been excellent, and I have never had a complaint or a bad experience. They have a dingy looking convenience store as part of the shop, but don't let the ugly appearance fool you or dissuade you from stopping in. They have quite the selection of meats as well, from standard/basic to exotic. Parking is a bit annoying, as it's a small lot, and gets a little tricky if they are busy. They get extremely busy at lunch time, as there is an alternative high school across the street. So avoid it if you see a bunch of purple haired freaks hanging out there, just because it'll be busy. Other than the weirdos from across the street, it's a great place. Will I return? Of course! It's a fantastic local business that's been around for many, many years, and I will definitely keep coming back. Just avoid it at lunch time. read more

I have been coming to this little ma and pa place for quite some time for their local, fresh meat and jerky. They have so many different choices and cuts of meat to choose from. Bison, frog legs, goose, lamb, alligator? I wouldnt even know how to cook most of these things but its all here if you know what to do with it. The place is always very clean and they are always eager to help out with a friendly smile. read more

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I regularly buy my meat here. Some of it is local and it's always yummy. Today I am eating the best pork chop I have ever had! I highly recommend! read more

Bright Oak Meats - Tastes like ham! - Meat Shops Near Me - Springfield, Oregon

Great little butcher with many variety's of meats and cuts. I highly recommend their jerky or their ground sausage.

This place absolutely rocks! I love getting meat here and every time I go, I marvel again at how cool, clean and wonderful it is in there. The people are SO friendly, the meat is of SUCH high quality, OMG what an absolute treat. I'm so excited to make hamburgers this weekend! read more

I'm so happy I found this place! Best flat iron steak I've ever had! Also the bacon behind the counter is crazy delicious! The pork sausage was average but everything else was the best. Even the ground beef is more flavorful than my normal Costco meat. Really great prices too! read more

Imagine if your favorite corner convenience store, Fred Meyer meat department, and local Chocolate shop had a baby (huh?)- you will be better prepared not to dismiss this place outright. Looks sort of dingy and might even have exposed cement floors. Just keep telling yourself that awesome culinary treasures await anxiously for you to purchase and consume them- or just ask to try a tiny piece of their jerky and you should be sold. Pop in and you will see their small cold case at the right side of the store filled with some great looking beef (owners of the place also own a processing plant so it is all from local cows) along with some pork cutlets and bacon. If you look to the far side of the store, you will see a giant frozen case filled with every animal (many broken down into traditional cuts and flash frozen). They have all the holy trinity (beef, pork, and chicken), along with bison, alligator, rabbit, lamb, goose, frog legs, and more. If you ever been eyeballing any of those exotic recipes in your favorite cookbooks, but have passed because you couldn't find the protein- look no further. Another major sticking point- their beef jery is amazing. Some of the best I have ever had (and it's something I eat on a regular basis). Most people don't realize it, but the vast majority of beef jerky sold in stores contains monosodium glutemate, better known by it's acronym-MSG. That is right, look at the ingredient list on your go-to brand and prepare to be shocked. Bright Oak's jerky is MSG free, probably because it isn't sitting in individual vaccuum sealed packages, and is intended to be eaten now instead of after the nuclear holocaust in 50 years. Pack your jacklinks, oberto, and all those other ubiquitous gas station brands in your bomb shelter or basement in prep for the end of the world, and go out and eat some Bright Oaks jerky in the present.. 13.99/lb might seem like a steep price- but look at how much you get for that lb in the photos. Those are standard clear restaurant quart containers the jerky is sitting in (and those photos were taken after I had shared some with my roommate already) Their prices are even competitve with the major retailers- but Bright Oak's meat's quality I'd wage is dramatically better. And since it's within walking distance from my new place- I have found my new favorite carnivore toy store. read more

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Dear Albertson's, Our time was well spent, however I no longer need to swing by and purchase your beef. Why you ask? Because your prices are outrageous unless it's the 4th of July and I would like to eat steak during the other months of the year as well! I've found someone new. Who you ask? Bright Oak Meats! That's who! They not only provide locally sourced beef that is hormone free, grass fed and grain fed the last 6 weeks, but they do it at a fraction of the cost!! So why in the world would I pay WAY more for a steak that's nowhere in comparison to the quality that you offer? I know, I know, you're always willing to cut the meat to my exact specifications, well guess what! So are they! The service has always been fantastic, the quality of the food is out of this world, and I have no reason to go back to you. So please, don't follow me around begging me to come back. My loyalty now lays with Bright Oak Meats. Sincerely, Josh W. read more

Bright Oak Meats - Rib Eyes!! - Meat Shops Near Me - Springfield, Oregon

Funky little market with a cute redneck vibe to it. Surprising variety of meats including bison, elk, python, and ostrich. Not everything sold here is local, free-range, antibiotic, and hormone free, but they have a decent selection of meats that are. Big bags of ground chicken meat/bones for only $3 sold as pet food, which is way less than a place like Market of Choice. Tried their biscuits and gravy on a whim. Was surprisingly good and has to be one of the best value meals in Eugene/Springfield, if you don't mind self serve and an "interesting" ambiance. Priced per pound but my biscuit with a couple scoops of gravy came out to $1.07! read more

Bright Oak Meats - Sort of sums up the vibe of this place. - Meat Shops Near Me - Springfield, Oregon

I have stopped in on numerous occassions - no more qualms or complaints! Bright Oak meats listens and their focus is on quality - I am a staunch supporter of this serious meat market & the butchers read more

I bought a bacon order and it was mostly fat. I called the store and they put me in touch with Denise and she made it more than right. Very happy with these people. Every business has an issue here and there with product but, the way they handle it is what speaks about there business quality. They rocked it in a great way ! I had heard great things for a long time from a friend and now, I know it is true. I have a new place to buy my meats from. read more

I have been there twice. First time was awesome quality and service. This last time was on Wednesday this last week. There was a sign up saying they would wrap any meat as long was half pound or more. So I ordered 10 # of hamburger wrapped in half pound pkgs. They refused to do this. There was 4 people working. So I asked if they could wrap 1# pkgs also refused. They put 10 # of hamburger in a plastic bag and gave it to me. I am retired and I had driven from Florence or to buy meat. I will never go there again. You get penalized for buying more than 1 pound. Who in their right mind does this? I wonder if the owner knows what's going on. There was another customer standing there with me, he didn't understand what they did either. read more

I love your ground antelope... I am looking forward to trying your ground rabbit when it comes in and if you can make it, ground kangaroo tail, please read more

Best place to get local farm raised beef on the cheap. Their jerky is the best and I wont buy it anywhere else. I get my dog her raw food here. The price can't be beat. Sometimes they are out of the organ mix that my dog likes though, if you are travelling to get there call ahead to see what they have. The staff is very attentive and friendly. And they have a good selection. read more

This is one of my favorite place in town to come and get supplies for my dogs. They have a lot of selections for raw feed at good prices!

A real, local butcher shop with amazing local product at bargain prices. Their jerky is yummy, but the ground beef is like a buck cheaper than anywhere else in town and BETTER. These butchers can cut you a 3-inch Porterhouse if you want, or my favorite teres major steak, or a brace of rabbits or hell, alligator if you want it. The front of the store kind of doesn't match the back -- it looks like your typical convenience store with the usual drinks, ice, and snacks. One of the butchers also told me that more than 3/4 of the store's sales are paid for with SNAP benefits, but whatever product lines they need to sell, paid for in whatever fashion, in order to keep this beautiful butcher shop afloat, I'm all for it. Just don't go while all the school kids are there for lunch! read more

Bright Oaks is your quintessential neighborhood market. The staff are all warm and engaging. The selection of meat surpasses all of the nearby grocery stores. From the everday cuts to more exotic selections (ostrich meat) they have it all. I only buy my ham shanks here for making southern style collard greens. Beer and wine and snacks round it out for the one stop shopping experience! I come here almost every day and always leave with a smile. read more

Bright Oak Meats - Meat Shops Near Me - Springfield, Oregon

Great quality meat and prices. After going here for years I am spoiled and will not go anywhere else. Get the skirt steak when they have it, sells out really quick. Biscuits and gravy are to die for and a bargain. $4.85 a pack for winstons. Vegetarians beware, they do not have veggie burgers here ha ha ha. So if you want tofu go to the hippie market. read more

The best jerky and other meats! I really recommend the flat iron steaks or the teres major :) Wouldn't go anywhere else for meat.

The only meat market I go to in town to get amazing marbled rib eyes, butcher bacon, hamburger, and polish sausages. They also have a wide selection of jerky and my favorite is the cheese pepperoni sticks. Everyone who works here is beyond nice and super helpful! Yes the area is a little sketch but it makes for some fun people watching. read more

You like good beef jerky? How about variety of flavors? This is the place! We're from out of state, so Mrs. N. used Yelp to find out about it while we were in the area. We liked the jerky enough to see about getting more shipped to us. I don't think they normally do that, but they worked it out and sent us an order. So glad they did! Thanks again, Bright Oaks! read more

There are better meat markets and butchers in Eugene/Springfield area and unlike others Bright Oaks meats do not come from animals certified as humanely raised. Do the right thing and support a market/butcher who cares and respects the animals that provide their meat. read more

Do not let the lackluster appearance of this place stop you from visiting. All of their fresh cut meats are locally and sustainably sourced. Beyond the fresh case, you can find awesome, affordable beef boxes and a wide variety of different meats available. An example could include, but not limited to rabbit, gator, or kangaroo. The home made beef jerky is always delicious and I have continually found the staff to be friendly and helpful. Tip: if possible, you might want to try and avoid shopping during highschool lunch hours because it can get packed. Oh and there's also a little candy store inside with quite a sweet, eclectic variety. I've never been disappointed. I highly recommend checking out this lil' local diamond in the rough. read more

Your service will depend on who's in the store, at any given time. Which is usually BAD. I've known this business since they were on Mill Street, a good 20+ years ago. Not only are they're prices even more outrageous than 7/11s prices, but the Customer Service is Appauling. The guys at the actual MEAT COUNTER, claim that this store has NEVER EVER had Deer Meat. And i repeat the quote they made to me: "EVER". I hate that if you walking in on Wednesday, the guy says "There's no such thing as Venison here. It's NEVER been sold here". Then you walk in on Thursday, and the guys says "We Ran out of Venison YESTERDAY". Seriously!?!?? read more

Really torn in writing this review; but have to be as honest as possible. We purchased a frozen box of meat from Bright Oak ($130 was an o.k. price for 30 pounds of beef). The staff was super friendly (they get the majority of the rating here; 3 stars for them and zero for the meat); but unfortunately the meat was tasteless and bland. No matter how many spices we added to the ground beef, it sill tasted flat. cooked a roast, my wife actually spit it out due to the taste. Maybe a bad box? Who knows. Like I said, it pains me to say this due to the fact the staff being as nice a they can be, but the product falls WAY below expectations. read more

Best jerky I have ever found ! I now live in Reno and am able to get it shipped to me. I love the freshness and the flavor choices. I now have friends hooked on the turkey jerky too. Buffalo and venison as well as beef. I am planning on sending packages to my husband and his friends overseas for Christmas. read more

I've been shopping here for 2 years. I have purchased everything fom dog bones...they'll cut them to order, to boxes of special cuts on either beef or pork at very good prices. They have a few grocery items as well as great beef jerky, spices etc. Around lunch time, I avoid going in due to the high school kids from across the street. read more

One of my favorite downtown stores. They have anykind of meat you can think of. They also have really good jerky and also if you want a special cut of meat thell do it. They also sell regular stuff beer, wine energy drinks, sodas and candy they also sell deli stuff like hot burritos and corndogs. The people that work there are always happy and fun to talk with, my kids love it there and the staff always make them feel welcome. I wish there were more stores like this around! Like the other reviewer said...a real diamond in the rouph! read more

This is the best meat market I've done business with! The meat is delicious. I bought both ground meat and rib eye steaks. The flavor, quality and freshness of the meat is unsurpassed! The meat was also an incredible value. The rib eye steaks were $7.99 per pound. I will only buy meat here in the future. read more