Meat & Bread, oh wow was it quite literal…read more My friend and I were greeted by hearty welcomes and the sound of knife slicing pork. We ordered their Porchetta and Meatball sandwiches and were impressed with their speed - out within three minutes! We were crunched on time, so we did a takeaway, but we actually had time to sit and enjoy the restaurant. My favorite part was feeling that we were in a log cabin, transported almost 200 years before present day to the Midwest. Most impressive was how good each tasted. For starters, I have a huge dislike for pork, yet I really enjoyed their Porchetta with crackling, crispy pork skin (?). Their meatballs had a consistent texture, appropriately crumbly - and the flavors all worked well together. Not too salty, not too sweet - everything balanced. It's rare to find a spot like this, and I can't wait to return!

Really sad to have to write a less than stellar review, but this meal was so disappointing. My…read moreboyfriend has been raving about the porchetta sandwich and talking about how Meat & Bread was the place that kickstarted his love for porchetta sandwiches years ago.. so we came by on a Wednesday afternoon for our lunch of the day, ordered two sandwiches and two soups, and left with many regrets lol. Beef dip sandwich $18: Sad slices of cold prime rib(?), cold au jus, and the overwhelming taste of horseradish sauce but not enough of any other seasoning. Not worth the $18 at all :( Porchetta sandwich $14: Better, but not by much. The crispy cracklins and basil aioli definitely saved the sandwich by offering a burst of flavor and texture that was otherwise lacking. Similar to above, the meat was also cold and just not very appetizing. Tomato / butternut squash soup $6/ea: Weak. If you're looking for creamy and flavorful soups, immediately skip these. They were so watered down, lacking in depth and seasoning, and again COLD. What is up with this place and its aversion to hot foods? As icing on top of the cake, service is nonexistent. Staff makes your sandwiches but it's on you to pick up your platters and choose a table. When you finish, you also have to clean up after yourself... dude, cafes have better service than this. Normally I don't mind self serve establishments but the food and prices weren't good enough to justify it. The employees were chattering amongst themselves the entire time and didn't so much as mutter a thank you or goodbye when we were leaving.

This place has really good friendly service and great meat. It is high end stuff and expensive but…read moreas long as you know that you're going for luxury goods before you get there. You won't be surprised. Pound for pound id choose this place over jacksons down the block in a second. I had disinterested service at jacksons to the point where I said I didn't want something and they threw it in the bag and charged me anyway. I now had a pack of marinade for 10lbs of meat that I didn't want.

Long after the demise of heritage butcher shop Magee Grocery there's finally a proper meat shop in…read moreKerrisdale . Located on High Street it's convenient for most Kerrisdaleans . Meat and cheese selection are decent ; prices are on the higher side but no surprise there .

Went here to get tenderloin cut for beef wellington right before on Christmas Eve, which was not a…read moregood plan cause most of holiday things are sold out. I called ahead before heading down here, "Do you have center cut tenderloin?", "Yes we have a lot". Well that was dumb of me for being not specific enough on what I'm trying to make. When I got there, I talked to one of the staff asking for the tenderloin. They proceed to show the center cut tenderloin which been cut to steak size. I explained that I'm planning to make Wellington, and that would not work. They went to the back, but couldn't find any, and told me it was sold out earlier. Then they talked about the other tenderloin cut, which twirled using string, they said I can use it but they wouldn't recommend it for Wellington as there is muscle which going to make it tough. I decided to just get the prosciutto, and another staff came to help me. They asked how much I need and what I'm making. Once they learned that I'm making Wellington, they dig around for the center cut and there was one left! Christmas is saved! Cost about $113.68 for 1.146 kg of center cut tenderloin, very good price!

I was looking for duck fat and came across a photo on the Windsor Meats website showing a variety…read moreof small containers of lard, beef tallow and duck fat at reasonable prices ($5-6). When I drove 45 minutes to the shop I couldn't help notice that the small containers of duck fat (maybe 300 ml) were $28. That's a big difference from the advertised price ON THE WEBSITE. You wasted my time and my gas money.

I have driven by Beefway Meats hundreds of time as it was on my way to work and finally stopped by…read moreyesterday when we were looking for a couple of steaks. This place has an amazing and very large selection of sausages and so many cuts of beef, pork and chicken....very impressive. We picked up a couple of steaks and some chorizo for my next paella meal. Happy to recommend Beefway Meats.

I've been a regular customer at Beefway for quite some time and really value the quality of their…read moremeat, which is why this is disappointing to say. Unfortunately, the customer service has consistently been way below expectations. Every time I call the store, the staff often sound impatient, unwilling to answer questions, and at times even sarcastic. The lady that's usually the cashier is really sweet though. When you are paying premium prices for high-quality beef, you also expect respectful and courteous service. It's a shame, because if the customer experience were better, I would gladly shop there even more often.

I love Tango's and I love to support a place like this…read more Their meat is not overpriced at all. Affordable!! Free run chicken taste so good. Pork has very clean taste and it gets very tender when cooked. Their sausage is so juicy and has clean after taste. People who work there are friendly.

Yesterday after failing to find skin-on turkey breast elsewhere I phoned and ordered a whole turkey…read morebreast, skin on, and paid a deposit of $20. All good - head out and ask my husband to pick it up. While I shop for other things. After several minutes of confusion from the staff, he's finally handed an enormous wrapped parcel and charged $104. He's shocked but figures he better get it. Now I don't know if we could have returned it at this point, but when I saw Safeway only had a small, single breast (for $13.99) I figured I'd go with what appeared to be a very large double / full breast. Getting home I unwrap a bloody, netted roll of turkey that turns out to be one skin-on breast that has the meat partially separating from the skin, very unevenly and poorly removed from the bone, plus approximately 8 skinless breasts of various sizes. I'm already anxious enough about making a massive and complex meal and now I have an extremely expensive pile of basically crap as my centrepiece. Wonderful. Suggest if you buy from them do it in-store and watch what you're getting. I suspect they had a trainee and rolled their unsalable poorly cut breasts into a giant 'sucker' package for whoever phoned in a turkey order. I certainly won't support this business again, which pisses me off because I sure don't love supporting Galen and the other monopolies. Feeling incredibly ripped off and gullible for trusting which also sucks for us as a society. I was very clear in my order that I was expecting both sides of the breast with skin on (I asked twice) from a roughly 5-6 kilo turkey. Guess I'm just bitter as I lie awake stressing about presenting a hacked up small pile of turkey to my guests. Damn Tango's, you did me dirty.

I literally just spent an hour in line waiting to get a Christmas roast…read more This is entirely worth it.

Bought a 4.5 lb organic chicken to roast here today. It was delicious. And service was helpful and…read moresuper friendly. Highly recommend this place

Mike & his Crew are awesome! I just moved to the hood and have frequented their amazing shop inside…read moreGranville Island for years, but recently, been there twice in a week lol. So I just built a slick new deck and scored a dope BBQ and need to Christen her obvs, what should I cook? Hmmmmmm TOMAHAWK STEAK!? Revered as one of the most decadent parts of the cow, this baby isn't sold just anyplace. At $100 for 3.5LBS of delicious meat, rest assured I pinched me pennies for this one - what a BEAST of meat! Mmmmmmmmmm Looking forward to many more days spent talking about grilling and cooking with some of the finest in the Biz. Thanks Mike, see ya soon bro ;)

I used to find Tenderland Meats Granville Island to be excellent quality for the pricey price with…read moregood service. Now, the quality is slipping. And, the owner, Mike, is rude and defensive when someone brings about meat that is not up to snuff. They used to make meatloafs with ground beef, lamb and pork and a mild seasoning with tomato sauce and parsley. I have bought them for years. Recently, though, they changed the recipe and cut out the lamb! While this saves money for them, the recipe now is inedible! It's overly salty and tastes like soap! We could not finish even one of the three. I let them know by phone and they said "just throw it out and we will give you another". Why would we want another that tasted so bad and was inedible? so, I brought back the two others and when Mike heard of this, he came over to counter, yelled at me and said, "Here's your 20 and we don't want to hear your story!" He continued to berate me and said, "We must have sold over a 100 of these!" I have no ulterior motive. But the meat recipe was awful and the meat itself looked brownish/grey. Still, I went on to buy two large very expensive steaks and some brisket. I was working with another of his sales team (thankfully) and Mike re-inserted himself to say, "If you want a deal for Brisket", go to Costco!" I was astonished. Is this how you treat decades old customers? The other staff person looked embarrassed when he heard Mike scolding me. I think the place must be slipping in either its business or professionalism. I can't say when I will recover from this awful service. I will not recommend them to others.

I love this meat shop and if I lived here I would definitely support them all the time…read more Our first visit, we had purchased some Swiss farmer sausage that they had sliced for us to eat while we were walking around. And this Swiss farmer sausage was amazing. We had not anything like that before and we were hooked. It was meaty, savory and not too salty with just a touch of sweetness on the outside. So we knew had to come back to get more and get more we did. We had asked if they could cut for us and the lady said they didn't normally cut the sticks but the gentleman said they would do it for us. So I loved that they did it for us again especially bc we thought it was just something they did from our visit. I also purchased a couple of sticks of landjaeger and wished I had picked up a few more. Those were just as delicious if not more than the Swiss farmer sausage. The meat selection here is pretty good too. All the meats are fresh and beautiful.

I've know Armando for many many years when he started with Denman meats. He and staff have always…read morebeen friendly and helpful. Wonderful quality meats. Sometimes it's with the extra $$ to get quality.

Porchetta sandwich with crackling on a soft ciabatta roll with some mustard for $14. Nuff said…read more We look forward to this sandwich everytime we come back to Vancouver. We have not been able to find a comparable porchetta anywhere else. They have loyal customers for life. We got the tomato fennel soup and it was so creamy and warmed up belly and breath in this cold weather. I have never been disappointed, even when the sandwich got a tiny bit smaller than it was 2 years ago. I'll still come back. Even during the lunch rush. Maybe even tomorrow.

Decent spot for a lunch downtown. The porchetta sandwich is a classic - can't go wrong. Good…read moreportion without being too overwhelming.