Cookbook called for a special cut of beef "Beef Plate" that I couldnt' easily find anyway.... Team at Cappuccios Meats knew all about it, special ordered, cut the pieces I needed, and damn it was good. Highly recommend! read more

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Great butcher with wonderful selection! Family owned and will soon feel part of extended family. Real dry aged meets, great selection and everything you'd expect at a full service butcher. read more

If you want some special-occasion food, this is a great option. Picked up some bacon and some sausage for a Christmas family meal. Italian-style sausages seem to be the specialty here, so I stuck with that. The Chevalatta, a spiral of sausage on two skewers, has pork, provolone, and parsley. We cooked it outside on the charcoal grill and it was great. I don't usually shop at meat markets, so I don't know if the prices are particularly high. It seemed a reasonable splurge to me. read more

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This is my grandpa's store. Very sigma food, try it out now! Good sausage's and bacon

For the last few weeks I've been coming here. My boyfriend only eats beef bacon, he can easily eat a pound every 2 days. I've actually been looking for a place nearby the sells beef bacon for the longest and lo and behold they have it here. I decided last week to get a few things, they also have turkey wings which have been hard for me to find here also. In NY I could get it out of a regular grocery store. The service is good, just get there before 5 because they clean the machines and if you need slicing you won't be abled to get it after they've been cleaned. read more

I love this place! They are always so helpful and friendly. Always happy to answer questions too.

Service is great. All of the sausage is top tier, but the broccoli rabe and sharp provolone sausage will change your life. Worth a drive!

The best meats ,especially their many different varieties of sausages.The butchers are three generations trained. Domenick and his wife Maria work long hours and can accommodate whatever you need. A butcher store for all nationalities. I especially like when they make their specialty roast pork and Italian sausages. So delicious. Cappuccio's Meats is over 100 years old. read more

Old world butcher shop right in the middle of the Italian Market in Philly. We waited in the longest line just to get inside d/t pandemic capacity restrictions and boy was it worth it! Picked up spinach and provolone sausages, sliced braciola, and hot lamb sausages to take home to Lancaster and had the chance to ogle at everything else in their meat cases. Who doesn't love a bunch of Italian Philly boys yelling at each other while you shop? Lol read more

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Best sausage in the City. Great variety of meats. Was on 9th St. yesterday. Tourist from NY. Was telling me he was on his way to Reading Terminal. Told him there are even better shops right here on 9th: Cappuccio's, Isgro's, Fante's, John's Roast Pork on Snyder, ... Love these guy. Go in, you feel like family. read more

This is one of the most basic shops you could imagine, YET, it is the only place in the city I get my sausage from (I have literally brought it to bring to gatherings out of state). A HUGE variety of options, not just sausage, but even some more exotic options of meat (check out their site). We have tried most of their sausage options - all hand made, no preservatives like what's in frozen/supermarket stuff, and it is SO GOOD! I would not even think of making sausage, peppers and onions with any other product. The people there are so knowledgeable, helpful, friendly and it's just a very personal shopping experience. They will tell you how to cook their meat for your best dining experience. I was told about this place by a neighbor when I first moved back to Philly, and they said exactly what I just wrote. It might be slightly pricier than the crap you get in the supermarket, but that stuff just does not compare to what Cappuccio's offers. Looking for something new and different? I'm telling ya, check them out, and you will thank me - and them! read more

This has to be the coolest old fashioned butcher still in the city of Philadelphia. A place were you not only can order a whole animal but, get special orders for a great price! I ordered a whole pig from here. I asked for a pig around 20 to 25lbs. Dominic got me the perfect sized fresh pig of 24lbs and even cut the back feet off for me. I was able to fit it into my smoker and create a perfect smoked pig for Memorial Day! Not only can you get special orders, their sausage is to die for. A little pricy but, after you have some of their Italian sausage you can never go back to grocery store junk. Also don't let the old look fool you. I have been shown around the whole store and it's clean. Just keep it mind a lot of the store is original and over that time items have been worn out and no matter how much they are cleaned they will never truly look clean again. It's fine I would not go here if I did not trust were my food came from. We are just too used to our local grocery store and it's packaged meat with fake food coloring. Also ignore the fake 1 star reviews from the PETA fanatics who have nothing better to do then ruin a good businesses name with unfounded clames and idiotic opinions. read more

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Call me crazy, but while most meat lovers are quick to dub bacon their pork product of choice, there's just something about a quality sausage (get your mind out of the gutter!) that makes me go loopy (http://youtu.be/bO2_wcSvCP0). And when it comes down to it Cappuccio's delivers some of the best! From classics like peppers & onion and broccoli rabe, to stand out ones like the Sicilian washed in wine and beer garlic; Cappuccio's dishes out plenty of links that are pretty hard to resist. You'll even find an incredible lamb sausage, and the best chorizo to come out of a location that ISN'T of Spanish or Mexican origin. Of course if you are a bacon fan then theirs should more than suffice. And they also have quality dry aged beef and other such carnivore cravings. read more

I placed an order through Mercato for 1.5 lbs of top sirloin steaks and asked for three steaks. I expected them to be pretty evenly cut into 1/2 pound each and didn't think I needed to tell them that Instead, I got one acceptable steak. Another was probably 4 oz and the third was huge, but soooo thin, that I probably should have made a steak sandwich with it, except, it was mostly fat and grizzle. I can't understand how this store got so many good reviews. Maybe, it's different if you go there in person, but if you are offering delivery, get it right. read more

Online it says open @ 8:00a on Sundays but they don't; had to wait an extra 30 minutes; you may want to update your opening time online so people don't have to wait the extra time. Time is conflicting with the time online please update read more

I reviewed this place under the 9th Street Italian Market label, and as a repeat customer, I'm giving it the same praise - this place is DA BOMB. I've got another batch of their super-hot made to order sausage coming down to Virginia this weekend and I can't wait! (I ask them for triple hot, in case you're interested.) On the next batch, I'll see if we can include some more "sweet" with the "heat"; they'll know how. Then maybe add some thyme to the next one, and after that...well, you get the idea. Take your sausage orders there, folks; you will NOT be disappointed. read more

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Drove in from SJ for some guanciale to make carbonara and was quite satisfied, even though it had a bit more fat than usual (even for guanciale). Classic friendly staff you'd expect from the Italian Market. read more

Offering easy/COVID safe pick up from their side door. Lamb burgers and hanger steak were fantastic. The burgers barely needed seasoning, just a pinch of s&p. Looking forward to trying the chicken sausages, and I will be back soon for more proteins to enhance my Corona cooking! read more

Incredible service, affordable prices, and expert butchers. Where to begin? Every sausage is unique, each pound of fresh ground chuck makes the best burger ever, and every 2-inch bone-in pork chop gets me credit be being a good chef. These guys will work with you to find what you need. I ask for the aforementioned pork chop from time to time. They slice it fresh and set me in a path to success! Bonus: the marrow bones are great for a roasted marrow (and will keep the dog busy for weeks). read more

awful. terrible. dirty floors. dirty partitions. box of animal part on the floor blocking the refrigerated display cabinet. the place smelled of tallow. totally disgusting. the cooked sausage was inedible. we spent $40 here. total waste. beware. read more

Capuccio's meats is favorite butcher in the italian market. Their sausage is the best I've ever had, especially the chevelatta. A lot of the meat is from Amish folks in Lancaster so it's locally farmed and organic. You can get whole pigs, lambs, or any cut you want. They have delicious beef, pork, veal and lamb and probably even goat, though i never asked. Their prices are also great, you get top quality meats at very reasonable cost. i've gotten it all from Capuccio's. Sausage, pork chops, steaks, veal chops, lamb ribs and leg of lamb. I've never been disappointed. read more

The Italian sausages are beyond words fantastic. Incredibly friendly staff looks family own and run. Pretty fast service and the meats are high quality read more

Do you want a dry aged steak cut to an inch and a half thick? This place has a band saw, a ruler and a butcher happy to help you out with your request. All matter of meats, homemade sausage and a wonderfully helpful staff is the name of the game at this Italian Market gem. This is not the place for vegans, vegetarians or those who prefer their meat to come in small, neatly wrapped packages. This place is about as real as you can get. The tools of the trade hang from the walls and ceiling proudly. There are hooks, large knives and cutting boards that have seen their fair share of use and a simple display counter showing you the cuts available. The staff is perfectly happy to answer questions, dispel what I like to call "butcher lore" and get you exactly what you want. They even will sell you bones for your dog to munch on. Pig ears? Sure they have those too. I'm happy a place likes this exists. It gives me hope that we all won't be swallowed up by mega marts with rows of pre-packaged pink slime injected garbage. You should come here to see what real meat looks like and then treat it with care in your kitchen. You'll never want to touch the stuff in those mega stores again. read more

Whenever I visit the Italian Market, I find myself wondering which of the places are authentic old-world places vs. which are Disney-esque caricatures. One thing is for sure, this place is for real. From the older mother who owns the place yelling at her middle-aged sons who work there, through their knowing everyone who comes through the door, Cappuccio's is the real deal. But you don't just come here for the charm--you come here for the meat. And it's some of the best product I've seen around. They have an array of housemade sausages for sale--in fact they were making the next batch while we were there. My wife got the signature spinach-provolone sausage, and I, on the advice of a Yelp review, asked for the hottest sausage they have. The best, though, was getting a dry-aged prime rib cut. I asked about it, they brought over a rib roast, and I decided I had to have a piece of it. So I asked for a 1" thick steak. They brought it over to a bandsaw, and scored the meat to show me what it would look like. After I agreed, they cut it and lovingly trimmed it so that it was ready to cook. The steak was 1lb and came in at about $22, which is a great price for dry-aged beef. If you have never had dry-aged beef, I unconditionally recommend it. I'm generally not one to use pretentious food language, a drawling--"it has a subtle nuttiness and earthiness, evocative of the earth from which the animal came." But--it has a subtle nuttiness and earthiness, evocative of the earth from which the animal came. Seriously, try it out. I had a steak identical to this at Barclay once, and it set me back $60 with no sides. I made this steak and some delicious sides from the produce at the market for $25, and it was plenty for both me and my wife. Finally, it's worth noting that everyone here is so nice. I would come back here just to support the great people who work here. read more

We love everything at Capuccio's. The Chevalatta is our favorite but the lamb sausage, chorizo and spinach/provolone are the best!! We also just bought two dry cured rib eye steaks and cooked them according to the butchers instructions-best steak we ever made-on a charcoal grill!! We even give this sausage as presents to our sons-in-law!! read more

Cappuccio's Meats - Charcoal grilled rib eye! Incredible flavor. - Meat Shops Near Me - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Cappuccio's is by far one of the most amazing butcher shops in the city. On my first visit, I was unsure of what to get. I popped in shortly before the place was going to close for the day, but that didn't matter - the employees were beyond friendly and helpful. After some discussion, I decided to go with some pork chops, which had to be cut. No problem, the staff was willing to cut the chops to the thickness of my liking. And man, were they some of the best pork chops we've ever had. I had such a great experience that I went back 2 days later, this time with my husband, a lover of all things meaty. We were again greeted and helped by the exceptional staff. The experience you will have at Cappuccio's is worth the trip alone, but their meats are also exceptional. I think we've found our local butcher shop. read more

We really wanted to love this place. We were visiting Philly's Italian Market area and came across this butcher. We were so excited they had blood sausage and purchased 8 links. We talked at length about our families and how my husband's mother was a butcher, as well, and joked how true butchers would never eat "old dried-out" meat. The hext day we're looking forward to making a meal with the blood sausage and guess what? Our meat was completely dried out. Practically inedible. So either this butcher doesn't do a good job (which I hesitate to believe) or he just took advantage that we were tourists and sold us old meat. Too bad. We were looking forward to ordering some more meats online. Instead I threw away their business card. read more

I stumbled on this place one day when I was visiting my in-laws from San Francisco. Ordered two Pterodactyl (honestly that is how you spell it), sized 25 plus dry aged Prime Rib Eye's. They were exceptional. And about the same price as regular prime rib eye's at Whole Foods in San Fran. They had a unique gamey flavor which is what you expect from dry aged, but very seldom get. As in never from Whole Food's meats. I have since moved to PHL, and shop here for special occasions. Would shop more but the drive from the 'burb's is a pain. I have never tried the sausage, but the Pork Butts for soups, etc. are terrific as well. All that is a 5 star, but then if the Mom is in the House, you get an extra show as she is awesome and right out of central casting!! Totally keeps those boys in line. So, shop here for the meat, and hang around to enjoy the show. read more

We here for the first time. And I picked a coupon on Groupon you spend $13.00 dollars and get $20.00 dollars in meats. I just loved it because I'm having a brunch at my house. My guests have a lot of opinions to choose from. I can't wait to try the chicken sausage with provolone Cheese and spinach. The chicken with tomato and basil. Oh I haven't had let slab bacon in a long and the butcher slice it nice and thin for me. If everything turns out right and the meat are delicious I will definitely be back. read more

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Beyond the old world charm, this is just another meat market I think. I bought veal there recently and made a blanquette out of it that tasted really, really good but since this was the first time I'd eaten veal since I was 12 or something I have nothing to compare this product to. I was substantially less impressed with the Italian sausage I got there. Naturally Fiorella's was closed (are they ever open?) and Esposito's had run out of hot sausage. So after buying hot sausage with fennel here I unwrapped it to cook it and it had an odd, fishy smell. Most of the meat didn't taste that way after being cooked but a few pieces did and it was fairly offputting. I also get the feeling that standards of cleanliness aren't their forte. I squeamed a little as I watched the guy cut my meat without using gloves, then use his meaty, unwashed hands to wrap it up, put it in the bag (you have to touch the bag of course), take my credit card, the whole nine yards. I swear I'm not a hypochondriac or germophobe but isn't wearing plastic gloves a very basic thing when you're working in a butcher shop? read more

Their latest health inspection report: dirty, unsanitary, unhygenic, mouse droppings, freezer burnt produce. Cappuccio's Meats 1019 S 09th St Philadelphia, PA 19147 Inspection Date: 04/21/2017 8 (a) Handwashing facilities. A handwashing facility shall be located as follows: (1) In food preparation, food dispensing and warewashing areas to allow convenient use by employees. (2) In, or immediately adjacent to, toilet rooms. - A hand washing sink is not provided in the warewashing area or in the 1st floor toilet room area. Toilet near walk-in freezer was order to discontinue use. 11 Poorly packaged food in the walk-in freezer was observed with freezer burn. 13 Food inside of the walk-in freezer was not stored properly covered. Unpackaged food was observed on the floor of the walk-in freezer 36 - Door sweep was lacking at the bottom of the rear exterior door to prevent vermin and insect entry. - Open gaps and holes were observed along the floor perimeter in the food prep and storage areas. 37 Direct floor storage of food items was observed in the walk in freezer. 39 Moist wiping clothes were not stored inside sanitizer solution. Cloths were observed laying on food prep surfaces. 41 Knives and / or cleavers stored between table edges which are not easily cleaned and sanitized in the front food prep area. 42 A air drying rack was not observed in the warewashing area. 45 - Plastic crates and raw wood pallets used for elevation in the basement and walk-in refrigerator are not NSF approved. - Door of the walk-in refrigerator is not in good repair. Replace/ repair door handle and gaskets. 47 - Clean the interior of the walk-in freezer, refrigerator and reach-in freezer. -Units were observed over packed with food and soiled with food debris. 49 An utility sink was not observed during inspection. 51 Toilet room on the 1st floor lacks a door. 53 Clean the floor through out the basement storage area. Debris, dirt and old mouse feces were observed. - Clean the floor perimeter in the front food prep area. Old mouse feces were observed under tables and shelving. - Remove all old/unused equipment that's not essential to the operation of the facility from the basement. 53 - Floor in the basement storage area is not in good repair. - Seal all utility lines where needed. read more

3 generation family business. Old fashioned butcher shop an old fashioned customer service. Many selections on the type of sausage they provide. They specialize in custom cuts of beef , veal pork, lamb and goat. read more

Cappuccio's Meats - Meat Shops Near Me - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

I was very disappointed in this place. From the moment I walked in the smell made me want to leave but I already paid for the Groupon so I decided to put on a brave face. I will say that the staff was great! Very friendly. But the meats all looked old and dried out. The best selections were in the window to pull you in. The sausages looked good. The dry Aged meats looked fine. But inside the store it was dirty and smelly. I'm a bit apprehensive on actually eating what I did buy. I chose Dry aged Rib Eye and 2lbs. of Sicilian Wine Sausage. I've never been scared to eat meat before but this experience may make me a vegetarian. read more

My husband and I have been getting back to the soup basics and meal planning in the new year. We are making this one of our weekly grocery trips for meats. Whipped up a split pea soup last wk and lentil soup this wk both requiring some ham "hocks" as per recommended online recipes. These friendly, knowledgeable meat purveyors recommended the "shanks" as opposed to the hocks as they contained the most meat (yay!). We swapped soup stories and personal experiences and they shared their knowledge on the cuts of meat. You don't receive this kind of service often these days and we appreciated learning and shopping experience. Thank you! read more

Yesterday I planned on making sausage with my sauce. I went to get the sausage and it was closed. (I am a slacker.) The store employee was just locking up and he saw me. He let me in. I was able to get some good sausage (the broccoli rabe and another yummy one). I also got a pack of burgers. The sausage was yummy and my homemade sauce was not. I can't wait to try the burgers. Their service is good and they know their meats. I will be back. read more

I've gotten dry aged steaks and fillet-both were excellent. The staff is very knowledgeable and friendly and they do a great job trimming the cuts. This is one of my favorite shops in philly- definitely a must for meat lovers that cook. read more

I'm from Miami and I visit family in Philly often. I never miss a chance to go to the Italian market and on those visits I almost always stop here. I love this guy. He exemplifies everything I love about Philly. He's very friendly, but not overly so or in a fake way. He's real. He's knowledgeable. He's a hard worker. His meat is quality, fresh, and well taken care of. Though wanting to buy more usually the only thing I usually get is a dry aged ribeye. On my most recent visit I snagged a near 40 ounce dry aged bone in ribeye. That is not a typo, 40 OUNCES! Over two pounds! He trimmed the steak and packaged it nicely. We were advised on how to transport it back to miami(we vacuumed sealed it and froze it then stuck it between our thickest jackets)and days later I was putting it in my sous vide at 125 and then finishing the Goliath in my cast iron skillet with butter. It was phenomenal. It had a deep rich flavor and an aroma that only dry aged beef has. I'm glad I got to eat it in the privacy of my own home because I would savor long, deep, penetrating breaths before ever bite. And if you think that last comment sounds sexual, your right because it was as orgasmic as food gets. read more

Cappuccio's Meats - End product of out massive dry aged bone-in ribeye. - Meat Shops Near Me - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Best bacon and sausage in the Italian Market. All other bacon I've found in the Italian market is all fat and no meat. Cappuccio's bacon is really meaty and tasty. Great place. read more

WORST Steak I've ever had. Dry-Aged Prime NY Strip $25. Ugly, smelly, 50%+ FAT. We cooked it to a perfectly medium rare, it was nearly taste-less, certainly not juicy. Even the cats didn't want it! We thought we would splurge on a dry-aged prime strip - we have had those in steakhouses around the country and loved them. Not Carpuccio's though - what a disappointment! Possibly the WORST meat I have ever tried to eat. read more

Cappuccio's Meats - WORST Steak Ever! - Meat Shops Near Me - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Cappuccio's sells the best steaks in Philadelphia, hands down. They dry age them in house, the quality is incredible, and you can't beat the value given that this is a truly premium product. I recently popped in here and they had fresh lamb brains on offer. Very impressive! I've never seen them for sale in Philly, only in cookbooks on exotic old world cuisines. I prepared them more or less according to the butcher's instructions and they were absolutely delicious! I'll be back for the sweetbreads, which they sell frozen. Try their 'city pork'- slices of somewhat salted pork belly that you can fry up in 5 minutes and serve with a sauce and salad. Very cheap! Cappuccio's is the best butcher in Philly IMO. read more