The Weeknight
$99
- Four chicken supremes
- Ground Angus, 2 lb
- Centre-cut chops, four
- Sausage of the house
№ 01 — A butcher shop, reconsidered
Black Angus Meats is a working butcher counter in Barrie, Ontario — dry-aging Canadian Angus, curing by hand, and treating beef with the attention usually reserved for wine.
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Temperature held at two degrees. Humidity at eighty-five percent. Air moving just enough to matter. Dry-aging is not a process we run — it is a discipline we keep.
“Marbling is the record of a life well-raised. Aging is how we read it aloud.”
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“Twelve farms. All within fifty kilometres. All on a first-name basis.”
Whole animals, purchased directly, broken down entirely by hand. The farms are not suppliers; they are the other half of the craft. Visits are encouraged — ask the counter for directions.
“The dry-aged ribeye ruined every steakhouse in the city for me. I drive forty minutes. Worth every one.”
Daniel R — Toronto“The most consistent counter I've found in two decades of professional cooking.”
Chef Marielle T — Collingwood“Precision, patience, and no theatre. Just the best beef in the county.”
James A — Barrie