Highlights from a butcher’s beach trip

I imagined there would be tears and mourning and a stuporous malaise over the village after the flooding. That is not what I found. Within hours, everyone was gathered at the Ballroom to start helping. There was food, water, shovels, hazmat suits and a plan. Our community had organization, leadership and care. There were so many volunteers that people had to be asked to come back another day. Everyone brought what they had, whether a skill, equipment, funding or just encouragement and no one was left wanting for help or support. Having a business is nice but having a community is a treasure.

A summer steak sandwich with some "yard sauce". Basically just all the herbs from the yard minced up with oil and vinegar.

If you’re the kind of person who gets a kick out of learning new cuts, trying new dishes, or just making sure dinner’s never boring, our butcher’s club was built for you. The variety’s unbeatable, the value’s real, and the butcher’s notes make it easy to put every piece to good use.

Shout out to the amazing classes offered all over town, including at the butcher shop, but also, notably, at a place called Deep River Folk School.

We were super excited to see two of our employees graduate from Hawbridge this week! John and Conlan finally finished the long slog and got to walk across the stage on Thursday night and we sort of felt like proud parents. We considered the shop their home-economics class and we think we really excelled at showing them the ins and outs of washing dishes. They also both know how to nail a perfect steak.

Ten years on, and we are actually doing what we set out for - buying the best animals we can possibly find from a handful of small local farms. That sage in the breakfast sausage you cooked this morning was grown by one of our butchers. The oregano in the chimichurri was picked a few steps away in the community garden (thank, Harry!) …

Happy Mothers Day from all of us at Left Bank! We all got mom's and we hope they have an excellent day and are well taken care of. Especially Roci, our shop mom who deserves all the love we've got. Sometimes we're pretty sure she's trying to fatten us for an eventual trip to the oven but we think she actually just loves to cook and shows her love by feeding us. And a super happy Mothers Day to my mom, Amanda. I'm a placid, affable and wholly decent person these days but there were some interminably weary years in there and she has always been with me. I love her like no other and try to show some measure of gratitude by keeping her freezer stocked up. I love you momma.

When you come in the shop, we hope you can feel all of that light and find this about as pretty a butcher shop as you could hope for.

When you come in the shop, we hope you can feel all of that light and find this about as pretty a butcher shop as you could hope for.

If you are reading this, you have almost certainly had a pork chop from the shop but have you ever had a porchetta chop? You should let us prep one for you.

In the news today: pork trotters, tonkatsu, Ossabaw & veggie CSA

Stock up before the snow! And sign up for the BEST veggie CSA in town.

Writing a newsletter is easy. Coming up with a title for said newsletter, not so much. If they would hire me the marketing team I've asked for, you could really expect some hard hitting email subject lines. It seems the trend is just to buy more meat so let's all watch the steady declination of subject line creativity and remember why we're really here.

From one small business to another, we love Lubbers & Sons Tree Care <3

2025 marks our tenth year in business, and we're feeling good about things! We had a very busy year last year and met lots of new customers finding us for the first time. We also got to see so many of you who have been with us since the beginning. In 2025, we have nothing but big dreams for the shop. More beautiful animals, more creative things in the case and more cultivating a really nice place to work. 

2025 marks our tenth year in business, and we're feeling good about things! We had a very busy year last year and met lots of new customers finding us for the first time. We also got to see so many of you who have been with us since the beginning. In 2025, we have nothing but big dreams for the shop. More beautiful animals, more creative things in the case and more cultivating a really nice place to work.