Pottstown Meat & Deli

I just had the best turkey dinner ever with a fresh turkey from Pottstown Meats. The white meat was perfectly moist and tender beyond compare. Service at the deli is fast and friendly.

As another reviewer mentioned, the filets are made up of many small pieces of meat held together by toothpicks and a wrap of paper. I’m not sure the use of a filet like this, maybe only if you wrap them in bacon? It was much too unwieldy looking for my taste. Plus what are those scraps of meat that are put together to make a «filet»?
The upside is the huge selection of great craft beers and cooking sauces and spices. Would be the perfect place for a gift for a cook or to pick up something new and different to add to the repertoire!

Pottstown Meat & Deli in Peoria is located 1.5 hours across the visually forsaken prairie from my current domicile and worth every tedious click on the odometer to load up the cooler in the back of the Forester. All the while, visions of locally raised Coulotte’s of beef, dry aged ribeye, Amish chickens and Kilgus Farms pork are dancing in my head. Lucky Peoria.

Love Love Love this small sized butcher shop with big time charm, deli and meat selections. They also have wine, breads, marinades, spices, sauces (bbq, steak) snack chips, pickles & sweet treats (fresh baked cookies) and drinks. The deli have a great selection of quality meats and cheeses which they transform into sandwiches made to order. Always fresh! My personal fave is the roast beef & cheddar on a ciabatta roll with mustard/​mayo but I could eat any one of them without blinking twice, there’s a small area to sit down & enjoy your lunch too! Did I say I love it? Yes, please!

RED MEAT! Pottstown has my stamp of approval! This is my third visit and now a destination for Rib-​Eye Steak”! Very tender, well marbled with a quality mineral taste. As a true carnivore, get the bone-​in cut! This as a definitive Steak destination!
Now, the rest of the story…
Pottstown has the obligatory craft beer and special item sections, and who doesn’t these days.
They have an extensive chicken and pork section that is very popular with those who prefer the silver spoon approach…“you get the idea”.
The deli section has been a ghost town on all my visits.
The Smoked Snack Sticks, as Pottstown calls them… just say «NO».
As said, I come here for the RED MEAT!

Dishonest!
For Valentine’s Day this year, my husband and I decided to stay in an BBQ our favorite steaks — Fillet. For the special occasion, we went to Pottstown for good quality steaks. Payed $ 25 per pound (gulp) but for good steaks, it can be worth it. NOT HERE. The fillets were wrapped in pretty paper and looked fabulous, until I got them home and took off the pretty paper. They were not steaks at all, but PIECES of meat smashed and held together with TOOTHPICKS! Really? $ 25 fillets? The were impossible to BBQ since they just fell apart. When I went back to complain, they made no excuses for thier dishonesty — just saying «that’s how we do it here». If they are willing to piece together $ 25 steaks, what else are they willing to do? They had ZERO customer service. I will never return since I can’t trust the company to provide quality foods for the price. I’ll stick with the better quality grocery meat counters and other meat companies. BEWARE!

Pottstown catered a rehearsal dinner we held for our son & his new bride. They came to our home and cooked for 65 on a grill on a trailer. The food was awesome and the service was excellent. They were so easy to work with and made this experience so much easier.

I’ve been pleased with everything I’ve gotten here. I prefer smaller birds when I roast chicken, and they often have the perfect 2 – 3 pound Amish hens. They were also happy to cut me marrow bones on the spot when I asked for them — not a lot of places that will do that for you. The meat selection in the freezer is also quite nice. I’m not a fan of all of the different marinated boneless skinless chicken breasts taking up so much space, but I guess that’s a matter of taste…

Have gotten the jalapeño and cheddar burgers for a BBQ a couple of times. They were great– big, juicy and tasty. Have gotten other things here that were equally good. The staff is attentive and helpful.

This is a GREAT small town butcher. Their steaks and pork are dynamite, but they also have a large cooler for those of you feeling experimental. I think their prices are quite reasonable, especially considering the quality.