Some Good Old Places in Detroit

moose734 wrote:Oh, I'm a big fan of the Gratiot City Market. I often refer that to people when they ask where to find different cuts of meat that aren't normally available at your local Korger or Meijer. Speaking of which, supposedly a Meijer is going to be built in the State Fair area. I'll file that under " I'll believe it when I see it."

If you have a business license, most of the various butcher houses will sell you what you want cut to order. When I was active in the area, several houses were still cutting from carcass versus boxed primal cuts.

I honestly do not remember shopping much at any of the chains in the Detroit area in the two years I was there. On the other hand, when you have access to all of the "back rooms" of hundreds of produce and butcher houses ...