Meat Shops near Castroville, CA

“I do not know why this place only 8 reviews! It is totally BOMB! Both my honey and I have co-morbidities so while COVID-19 persists, our dining out has come to a halt. For a special Valentine's Day dinner, my honey ordered the dinner box that was billed to serve 2 for the deal price of $125. He pre-reserved the box and went to pick it up on Friday. The box would contain Monterey Artichoke Dip, an Ad Astra baguette, bacon wrapped beef tenderloin with a container of brandy pepper corn sauce, twice baked truffle potatoes, and a sealed packet of baby carrots with butter, fresh tarragon and maple syrup. There was also a small chocolate cake that was gorgeously, but tastefully decorated, and a cute bouquet of mixed flowers. I thought the artichoke dip could have used more artichokes and less bell pepper but I wolfed it down using the slices of that perfect bread that was almost eaten up the moment we cracked open the box. The meat roasted at the same time and temp as the potatoes. I haven't had meat so tender, so beefy, so delicious in YEARS. The bacon wrapping was truly a taste sensation! The brandy peppercorn sauce was to die for! The carrots just got dropped sealed package and all into boiling water for 10 minutes. I don't even like tarragon, but this was outstanding! If you ordered a slice of the cake masquerading as a truffle, you would pay $10 or $15. I'm allergic to dark chocolate, but I couldn't resist. The pain of blisters on my tongue was totally offset by how delicious was this confection. We had leftover roast, sauce, and carrots the next day and were so happy! This is going to be our go-to place for special meats and ANY time they have specialty boxes, we will be hopping on that band wagon! My only opportunity for improvement aside from the artichoke dip would be to update the web site! Epic place with lovely people!”

“Zio Brand has the best sausage around. Personal favorite is the Italian, or maybe the Chicken, or even the Jalapeño & Cheddar, heck we love them all. The staff is amazingly helpful, and know their meats.”

“Very good, very excellent, the staff, mainly the butcher shop, also the cashiers, very friendly, very good service and the products in excellent quality, congratulations, I hope you continue to be number one, congratulations, thank you”

“Anna the owner is SUPER helpful and a nice person. Two years now Anna has supplied our youth football team with meat for our concessions. Not only does she give us an awesome price for quality meat, she is kind enough to store the meat for us until game day.”

“BEST MENUDO IN THE ENTIRE 831!!Best breakfast to have.We’ve been buying their menudo for the past 20+ years and as someone that’s tried menudo in many other places from San Francisco to Monterey none can beat this one at El Rancho Market. This menudo comes paired with its cilantro/onion mix as well a crushed pepper with oregano on its separate containers.I’ll be honest I haven’t been in the store in many years but my dad brings us menudo from here just about every weekend.When we go visit family in Modesto area they always ask us to bring them some. That’s how good it is.On the picture I added my own home grown oregano hence the big oregano leaves.Everyone needs to give their menudo a try.”

“I have been using this shop for all meats for several years now. Always will displayed, prices are great, service personal. I appreciate being able to see and select cuts, instead of having to buy a pre-package which may have cuts that are less useful for me. Will cut to order, and prices always markedly below chain grocery stores. I have not purchased much else here so cannot speak to that but find it only slightly annoying that meats and everything else are purchased at separate registers. I will admit that I avoid the pre-seasoned meats, just my thing, not really into heavy seasonings, so cannot rate that, and want to make sure I can see the actual meat I am buying. I routinely drive farther, past a number of other shops to go here.”

“Huge and delicious burritos for $10.99. Made to order. Workers friendly. Highly recommend for a fast meal that fills u up. It is a pick up and go place. No tables but good cheap Mexican food.”

“This place is a hidden gemGreat meat and anything else you needThe owner is kind and a great personI have worked closely with him for electrical work for the whole plaza and he is very genuine and warm hearted.”

“Not local came to visit wanted to try what I seen on TikTok chicharron was beat down amazing fatty and good. Horchata was good surprisedly you can’t taste the cinnamon. The bunuelos were amazing as well. Will come here soon”