Barrow Lane Butchers

I had a truly five star experience with Barrow Lane Butchers.
We were holding an American themed party and were after specific types of meat in large quantities ie. pork shoulder to make pulled pork and chicken wings with ACTUAL meat on them, not those scrawny ones you get from the supermarket.
I called up Barrow Lane on a Thursday during the day and the butcher I spoke to answered all of my questions, advised they had what I needed and provided some excellent advice on cooking. I had to drop by Brookside that night so ended up dropping in to place my order for Saturday in person but I felt confident enough to have done so over the phone too. Visiting also gave me a chance to check out their cabinet, which in case you’re wondering, is massive and very well stocked with all of the basics, impressive gourmet cuts and many ready-​to-​cook favourites!
When taking our order the butcher took notes on how to prepare the pork (bone removed and cut into smaller portions so easier to brown and fit our slow cooker, in case you were wondering!)
Everything was exactly as requested when we picked up our order. The quality was fantastic and the best thing was the price… $ 35 for over 5 kg of meat to feed 30 people!

Buying meat at one of the two main players in the Supermarket game is so 2010. Buying from a good butcher is the new black. I’m currently auditioning new butchers in my new ‘hood and I recently visited Barrow Lane for a few dog bones and walked away with eye fillets that were so perfectly roasted for Sunday night dinner, this could be a winner.
The times I’ve visited Barrow Lane I’ve been greeted with a supremely friendly smile from the guys behind the counter and they’ve always been happy to share tips and tricks for how to best prepare or cook the cuts you’ve purchased.
They do have a $ 10 EFTPOS minimum so either grab some cash or do a bulk buy.

Having been here many times over the last few years, I thought Unilocal should be aware of it too. Always friendly and always fresh. Ray is quite the butcher, with recommendations of meat and barbeque combination packs to how to cook your very expensive rib fillet roast for a very special occassion. Don’t overcook it he said… as he pulled me aside and took me through a step by step. Much appreciated… although I did end up undercooking the piece of meat having underestimated the weight… or in my case… guestimated.
I always appreciate butchers who don’t feel the need to put glad wrap over all their meat because of flies or whatever reason they want to give… it just gives the impression the meat isn’t fresh and no one has bought anything. These guys have the freshest reddest (not fake red, real fresh red!) meat on the market here. The prices are really good too and if you’ve had a hard day wheeling 2 young screaming kids around, these guys may even ‘accidentally’ throw in a spare crumbed lamb cutlet… because one looked kinda small.
So generous in their nature, boisterous when called for, these guys know their meat and are proud to share the good meat knowledge. Will be back!