Dino is the MAN! Went in for supplies for my dog treats business and received 5-star treatment from Dino! Will definitely be a regular here! read more

Park Packing - Meat Shops Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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No stars , they already cheating on the portions , less meet for the same price , Custumers are not stupid and you are taking from the customer two t bones for 14 dollars is jewel prices and is not ok we come here to find a deal no to be ripped off read more

Good sales. Excellent service. Will cut large pieces to desired size. Worth the drive.

OMG! If you have never been here, you should go and see this place. It's a meat warehouse with every type of game you can possibly imagine, including pork, sweetbreads and chicken skin. And Kiki D's restaurant right next-door, where they serve the best tacos and chicharones. read more

Park Packing - Roasted pig for New Year party. - A whole roasted pig with a crispy, browned skin is placed on parchment paper and plastic in a kitchen environment, likely prepared for a celebration. - Meat Shops Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

The greatest place one could go for any of their meat treats. They have everything and the customer service is unparalleled. Owned by an absolutely wonderful family and run very well. So thankful that I found this place many years ago as I have not gone to another place since. read more

Reasonable pricing if you're shopping to store up and not need to go buy meat. And it's fresh meat

Love shopping here! Get great deals and good customer service. The staff is open to helping anyone who needs it

Gave this place a shot to pick up some spareribs for a BBQ. $2.99/lb is not bad, but I was able to pick up spareribs from Wal-Mart for $1.99/lb and it was vacuum-packed. Not only was the price cheaper at Wal-Mart, but when I did a taste test after smoking both over the weekend, it wasn't even close. The ribs I bought from Park Packing were just too fatty making it somewhat soggy compared to the other ribs from Wal-Mart which came out with a nice bark and that beautiful smoke ring around the outside. I saw that boston butts were $2.49/lb and picnic shoulders were $1.99/lb so I might try that out for some smoked pulled pork. Then again, I think I'll avoid the smell, the whole place being a fridge, and just go to Mariano's or some other grocery store. If you're looking for fresh meat, there's a good selection of items here, but I just wasn't impressed with the cut, quality, and prices. read more

Park Packing - The spareribs I smoked up from Park Packing on the right were fatty fatty. Wal-Mart's came out beautifully on the left. - Meat Shops Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

I think it's a lot of fun going into this place. I sometimes forget how cold it gets until I get inside. It's amazing all the meat products you can buy here. I love the large pieces of salmon. The seasoning are great. There is also a warmer side wehere you can buy refrigerated items as well. The staff is great. Usually I'm in and out in no time. It usually depend on how fast I can open that plastic bag to drop my meats into. I'm an early bird so I try to get there a little after 6am read more

Great place for fresh food . They had the product available when I needed it snd employee and management were real helpful

Simply the freshest source for meat in the city!!! They sell wholesale meats to the public. Two big buildings - one is a freezer so dress warm year round. You will find parts and pieces to delight any gourmet. read more

Park Packing - Only fresher if you slaughter it yourself.. little piggy. - Meat Shops Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Having experienced ISP email issues near end of 2022, I have tried to sign up for weekly specials email and have had no luck(telling me that I am already signed up). I have left comments on the site{more than once} since then, with no response how to resolve this issue. Not knowing what is on sale at Park Packing has me take my business elsewhere. read more

Wow, this place is absolutely amazing. It's not for the squeamish- they've got it ALL here. The other reviews will give you a pretty good idea of what you can expect here- lamb heads, tripe, sheets of pig skin, and carcasses hanging for your perusal. I stopped by for some veal bones for stock and to browse at their inventory. They really do have some phenomenal selections, but surprisingly enough their selection of steaks is somewhat limited. Maybe I didn't look hard enough, but it seemed like all of the ribeye selections were really thin. I bought a pack of three, but I really couldn't find any with decent thickness. I'll come back by and take another look, but I was a little disappointed that I couldn't find a thick cut of steak. Ah well. read more

Beef, pork, products are in abundance and reasonable priced. Steaks, beef and pork roast are unbelievably priced for everyone. I would like to see an expansion of poultry products however you can get chicken wings and breast at a good price. Today they had fresh oysters, and clams but u can't expect that every day. Park packing is definitely worth a visit. I personally love beef cheek, ox tails, smoked turkey tails, necks and butts. Pork shoulder and butt. Corn beef, brisket, pig head, tail, feet and tail, whatever you want. read more

The worst meat store I ever been to, yes some of the prices are low but the quality of meat is bogus almost everything is frozen or freezer burnt, and the fresh meat section didn't look too good either, and the area with ground beef, ground pork, ground chicken is cross contamination with the utensil to use to scoop the meat also the Butcher was confused when asked to cut the tip off my spare ribs sorry I will never go back read more

I love this place. The meat is super fresh. The establishment is freezing cold, I LOVE IT!!! They supply you with gloves and bags, so you can bag your pork or fish or poultry. I wish they sold salmon. The catfish is great, I bought 2 whole catfish $1.99/lb, I cut it myself at my house and fried it for dinner, it was delicious. read more

Park Packing, is not just a company that supplies meat they are the neighborhood butcher shop for the community and Tom is as fine as they come. The quality service they provided other stores could learn a thing or two. I visited the store for the first time in 2008, and have been a customer ever since. My entire family shops at Park Packing, thanks again to all of the Team and Staff at Park Packing, you guys give a great display of customer service. If you have not been to Park Packing you should visit and have the same experience. Best Regards Tom, Moses, read more

Great selection of meats fair prices sometimes you lyck up on a great deal of pork rinds or hamburgers or something that they have a pallet of this, that and need to get rid of it also you can get it cut to your desire you tip the butcher overall love going there. I live in Lansing now so I'll don't make it out as much as I used to but I had a really bad experience once I purchase oxtails I love. and they were old ass dinosaurs It kind of put me out I'm scared to buy now they're so high but it's okay read more

I went here once they had almost everything you could think of. I picked up a lot of things for my dog. They had heart, intestines, cow penises, testicles, uterus, all those things you can't find at a grocery store. They had good prices, I will be back. I make my dog's food and treats as its healthier than kibble. Bring a sweater, or coat..I don't care how hot it is outside you will freeze trying to shop. read more

Need a whole goat? What about a half of a sheep? Any part of the pigs you could imagine including the skins with nipples still attached....this place is a hidden gem for folks adventurous enough to wander in to find meats for all occasions. Visually it can seem cold and inhumane the way the animals are stacked ready for consumption....but there is a beauty in all of the death and how no parts of the animal goes to waste. They butcher the animals just across the parking lot and take custom orders for no charge. The cost of meat in general is so high but when you shop here you save hundreds of dollars because everything is handled in house which brings the cost down. It's essentially a huge fridge you shop in like the old Moo-N-Oink but much much better. If you have a deep freezer this is the place for you! This is not a vegetarian friendly place or a place for the squeamish. Come prepared for some great deals and some interesting visuals . This place I was impressive as all get out. I can't believe I hadn't been here before! I can't wait to go back! Not so humbly submitted, King Michael C. read more

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I think this must be heaven. I have been driving past this unadorned building for years. I had hear the legends of the tables of meat products and the plastic gloves and the big bags waiting for spare ribs or pork necks or ham bones. I finally had the time today so I pulled into the rutted parking lot and walked toward the building. As I got closer i saw a guy who looked like me - a little thick - dark hair. He was a bit younger - he could have been my kid brother. He was wearing a white lab coat and a white helmet. The green patch n his jacket read "Park Packing." I asked if there was an actual butcher on the premises - what the deal was - etc. He smiled as if he was inviting me into his own backyard to grill up some steaks and talk football. This guy seriously loves the place he works. He walked me into the large cooler/retail space. There before my eyes where tables and bins and buckets full of butchered animals - mostly pig from what I could see. "We have whole pigs - sucklings - whatever you need. This is Disneyland for meat lovers," he said to me. "If you need anything else - you can ask. I'm always around." Then my pithy meat merchant was gone. There were all variety of ribs. There were pigs' heads and cow's tongues. There were whole catfish and other types of scaly delights. There were buckets with hearts and stomachs and other vital organs from pigs and cows. There was a great bucket of ham bones (ten cents a pound.) I set about getting my plastic gloves on and began with four beautiful pork necks which I will use to make a nice pasta sauce next week. Then it was the saw back ribs - two large slabs - by large I mean I would have trouble eating just one of these slabs. (Side note: I am the guy the "all-you-can-eat" rib joints are afraid of. Oh the humanity!) Then two packages of pork chops and four packages of rib tips. They had beef and fish and all variety of fresh butchered offerings but I was set (for now) with my pork selections. I walked through the wrong door - and then back through the right door to the cashier. Apparently this happens on a regular basis. I set my food on the belt for the woman to ring it up. The entire order came to less than $20.00. (Another guy boxed up my order really nice in a solid box and sealed the box shut.) To be clear this was enough pork products to feed four normal people three normal meals. (For me this is about - ah don't ask. My girlfriend is a vegetarian.) I am not sure which was the most impressive - the veritable plethora of choices - the (literally) cool atmosphere or the fact that every single employee there treated me like they were inviting me into their home. These people - the entire staff that i dealt with - was awesome. Don't be afraid. It's only meat. read more

Love this place great quality meats at low prices cold as heck but that's why the meat is good quality. My go to store when grocery shopping for meat. Customer Service is Awesome too read more

Well,I just got back from Park Packing... I now have three hams, 2 pounds of bacon, 4 pounds of spare ribs and a new favorite shopping site. It is FULL of meat, all kinds. (Being Asian, those pig parts were really tempting) The place has small aisles, a lot of action, lots of folks and the nicest staff. They boxed up our stuff and brought it to the car, and everyone was really nice, if also extremely effecient! I met a man who drives 30 miles one way just to get their hams, which look wonderful and were very inexpensive. This is not fancy shopping, and looks NOTHING like Whole Foods, but it is inexpensive, and has more selection than anywhere I have been. If you need a lot of meat, especially pork, goat and chicken (they do have beef as well) this is your store. The retail is off a large wholesale operation, and there are trucks, dollies and all kinds of serious activity. But the product is wonderful, and I can't wait to try that bacon! Odd location, but good parking and traffic in that area is easy. read more

Wonderful selection of meats. Wonderful. The staff is helpful and very friendly. You can put on plastic gloves and-select your own meat.

I truly wanted to like this place especially since it came so highly recommended by a friend! I don't see what the hype is all about to be honest! When you get there be prepared to be very cold even with a jacket or coat on because you are walking into a big fridge of unpackaged meat that you get to pick through yourself! For me that wasn't a problem I already knew how the place was set up and that was really a plus and one of the reasons I traveled so far to check out this place out! I was shocked because the prices weren't as low as I heard except for the pork ribs(that would be the only reason I would go back) but the chicken, fish and pork was comparable to a meat market, grocery store or Walmart! The quality of the meat left something to be desired so I would rather do what I do now, watch out for sales and get a better cut of meat!! It's not worth the headache of scaverging through huge bins of meat just to be unsatified with the outcome! read more

Really good place to shop for meat products. I've been going to this place for years. Their website is now complete. Check it out. http://www.parkpacking.com/ read more

I go here once a week to buy meat for the week...or longer. We don't live close, but it is kind of on the way home from work. The chicken breast prices are unbeatable. Our local grocery chain had a "meat blowout sale" two weeks ago. Chix breasts for $1.99 a lb. At Park Packing i've never paid more than $1.69. One week they were $1.19!! The pork is very fresh, always great. If you get squeamish around blood, or don't do well around that kind of stuff this place isn't for you. You walk into a refrigerator, and there are piles of meat everywhere. Grab your own gloves and shopping bags and do it yourself. Still wondering...if I buy an entire Pork Chop loin will you custom cut it? Your stock frozen ones are very thin, i've been looking for 1.5" thick chops. I'll ask next time i'm in read more

Today was a pleasant surprises. The road Ashland leading to 41st was well paved with both the tunnel and the overpass (bridge) removed, compared to just a year ago. Compared with previous setting, park packing has extended the lot, improved and better placed the positioning of the various meat and bone placements ( see new pics for details). The place was as usual, very cold, averaging around 30sF in temperature. The meat is as fresh as it can be. The free service of reducing the bigger pieces to smaller bits was swift and available in a brief wait time. The cashier was quick with the assistant's person skillfully packed up an empty box worth of our purchases. There was no issue from checkin to checkout. I picked up a regular priced of $2.99 Italian hot links coming in at 5 pounds total. For this one example and many others similar to it, I find park packing prices unbeatable even compared that of the nearby discount grocer such as Aldi's and the like. I appreciate this experience and look forward to many more visits in the future. :) read more

Park Packing - Meat Shops Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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"It's like Toys R Us for meat." Exciting and raw meat buying experience. Not for the squeamish. You will see heads, hooves, and every other part. Great prices though, and you get the feeling of freshness and that you're leaving out a middleman (where price and impurities could only increase.) Here nothing is hidden. Also these folks are extra friendly. You feel they take pride in their work, and that they enjoy helping the customers. I'd say it's an all around Chicago gem, like nowhere else I've been. I predict I'll become a regular customer here. You should too. read more

Read the reviews and had to see the place for myself. Found the address easily but became a bit confused about where to go. The store is around the corner and across from where they butcher the whole animal. Parking was no problem. When I went in, I was immediately overwhelmed. Every type of meat is here and in quite large portions. Some meat is prepackaged. The rest is laid out and you need to get gloves and a bag to bag the meat you want. Butchers are on hand to help cut the meat. Make sure you tip them, very cool and knowledgeable people. The prices are phenomenal. I will definitely be back and already recommend the place to a friend. read more

This place is awesome. It's nothing like your superstore Wal-Mart. They carry a large variety of meats only - layout is similar to a butcher shop. Everyone here is super nice and while I haven't tried the steak we bought, they are USDA, and as far as I can tell, look exactly like the ones you can get from the grocery stores but at a fraction of the cost. Also, on the side note, today was already pretty chilly out, and was even more cold inside of the store (they are processing/slicing meats so store temperature is kept low I assume to keep the meats chilled) - Much respect for the staff working here so customers can purchase quality meats without breaking the bank. read more

i was at park packing meat 4-20-21 the butcher th ere are mean. i ask one butcher for help he wave his hand told me to go to hell. i ask another butcher he said he do not speak english. i ask another for help he never came back. i have never shop at place where butchers are so rude. from georgetta. read more

I think they have any type of meats you want. I had a craving for authentic barbacoa and need beef cheeks, well pack packing had plenty of it. On Mother's Day I wanted to cook steaks so I headed to park packing a saved a ton of money. Fish, chicken,pork beef,shrimp, this place has it all. read more

I have tried this place a few times and I am not impressed with the quality. Lots of people shop here because of the prices but the meat is not good to me. read more

How was my experience, going in this meat market for the first time...? It was ..... Eye Opening. Literally! Cow heads, pig heads etc. Meat chopped everywhere you looked. It is a very tight spot. Tables full of different animals. I was suddenly turned off from purchasing. The meat is out in the open for everyone to come in and grab what they like. I'm not a fan of that, people grabbing things with plastic bags, not really using the gloves provided. Very unsanitary. On the other side of the store there is 3 check out lanes. With a little selection of convenient food items. Frozen fries,chicken nuggets,chicken rings, and sausages only to name a few I chose to purchase some prepacked frozen party wings. It came in a box and had 3 bags full of chicken. I got home and when I was ready to prepare one of the bags I thawed it out and was disgusted. Some wings still had feathers on it, bruised pieces were very evident, broken bones and some weird pieces that were by their lonesome. Not attached to anything, no bone...nothing. I returned my purchase with no hassle. I was refunded for the product. If You are looking for a place where it's a free for all, as far as hands on for any and everybody then this is your stop.They do sell whole animals for the pit, if that's what you are looking for. Stop by and decide for yourself if this is the place for you. read more

Great selection, great prices, tasty products. Old time meat house who have butchers ready if personal cut is needed. Friendly helpful staff. read more

I've been shopping here for years and everytime I go I find a great buy. This is the place to purchase meats of all kind. R. Dupless read more

This place is the.bomb.I go here first before anywhere else.My family eats very well thanks to park,I watch the specials every week buy what I need and chk back next week to see what's on sale.I tell a lot my friends because I'd like to see everyone enjoy the prices and the meat.My freezer is packed I thank God for the opportunity to feed my family this well and for finding park pkg God bless u people and your employees. read more

I get all my whole lamb and pigs here for all my roasts at family parties for two years now and always highly satisfied. The staff and service is great and the owners are wonderful. Park packing always has the freshest and high quality meat at an incredible price; you can't beat it!! Also, the pork souvlakia are the best in all of Chicago! read more

Good meats and poultry at good prices. Don't go if you're squeamish about blood or heads or raw meats cause it's everywhere! Very clean and well lit. They are pretty friendly if you find someone who speaks English. Make sure you wear a thick coat cause it's a big refrigerator that you're walking into. Parking is plentiful and check out the weekly specials they will be hard to beat. read more