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Beefway Meats
Category: Food Specialty Food Meat Shops Meat Shops [Edit]
2519 KingswayVancouver, BC V5R 5H3
Neighbourhood: Renfrew-Collingwood
(604) 438-1190
- Hours:
Mon-Sat 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
Sun 10 am - 4 pm
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
7 reviews for Beefway Meats
7 reviews in English
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Review from siobhan d.
Vancouver, BC
2/10/2012
Thank god for the bad decor at Beefway Meats. If it was more fashionable it would be seething with west-side douchebags challenging their pampered filet mignon palettes with the "snout to tail" food trend.
This place has *the best* prices, amazing (truly amazing knowledgeable and friendly) service, the worlds best selection (looking for something obscure? Need a bag of pigs trotters or chicken tongues? Not sure if that's a thing but if it is, this place will have it) and everything a meat lover could possibly want, minus the irrelevant bullshit "palace of meat" decor. The place is spotless, well lit, and open so you can see your friendly helpful butcher custom-slicing your exact portion requirement for whatever food-blog-worthy menu you have planned.
I heart Beefway Meats. I hope they never change their name or decor. -
Review from james m.
Vancouver, BC
11/22/2011
The best butcher shop in Vancouver. Both by price and quality of service. I use Beefway for all my protiens. I have purchased everything from a single steak (that I took home and marinated for 2 days) to a whole 125Lb pig (that I roasted over an open fire in my backyard in the middle of January*) and always been happy with the products.
If you are ever there stand at the counter and wait for someone to open the cooler door and there it is "Meat Heaven" and a very cold lady trimming meat.
*side note - don't try to cook a 125Lb pig over an open fire in January unless you have at least 12 hours. -
Review from Amber H.
Vancouver, BC
2/19/2011 6 Check-ins Here
We just recently moved to the neighbourhood and decided to try out Beefway Meats based on the reviews we saw on Yelp. We were totally blown away by the excellent selection and fantastic prices - if you're in the area, be sure to stop by and pick something up!
Also, do yourself a favour and get some house smoked bacon while you're there. It's so flavourful you'll find yourself spoiled for any other bacon in your life!Listed in: East Side Awesome
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Review from Blaine A.
Vancouver, BC
8/20/2011
I can't say enough good things about Beefway. They're personable, knowledgable and most importantly, carry a superior product. This is an "old school" sawdust on the floor type of butcher shop where everything is in view. You can make specific requests and watch as a butcher skillfully carries them out in front of you.
They cater to an international clientel with specialty cuts like Brazilian "Picanha" or top sirlion that's BBQ ready. There's also reasonably priced bags of bones- perfect for soup stock by the front door. -
Review from Darcy D.
1/20/2011
This is a good quality, local butcher shop. The kind where people who know about meat can shop and get what they want. It's also the kind where people who want to learn about meat can go and be shown how to shop for meat.
I like the fresh cut pork shoulder butt for braising, skirt steak for spicy grilling, fresh ground pork and beef of various fat contents for perfect meatballs and burgers.
Beefway shows that a neighbourhood butcher is still a great modern place to buy good meat.Listed in: Good everyday food near my…
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Review from Mathieu Y.
Vancouver, BC
4/27/2010
People who say there are no butchers must be insane, or else they haven't gone to Beefway. People who say the butchers get driven away by the supermarkets must be insane, or else they haven't been to Beefway. I lived a block away from this store for nearly a year, and together with the discount bread store Mcgavins next door they kept me well fed for very very cheap.
Not only does Beefway have better deals on their meat cuts than any supermarket (especially if you buy over 5lbs), but they grind it, cut it, or fillet it in front of you. For an idea of their prices, their ground beef ranges from $1.75 regular to $3.99 extra lean, fresh and ground that day. You can ask for a specific cut, or take one of theirs displayed at the counter. No pre wrapped in cellophane and styrofoam portions in a fridge over night at the supermarket! And try their fresh bacon! Its impossible to compare!
There is rarely a crowd, except on the weekends, but they close early. When busy expect quite a line, as their service is not exactly built for speed.
In short, eat meat here! You beautiful omnivorous species. -
Review from Kristine B.
Vancouver, BC
10/31/2010
Well I wasn't sure I would like Beefway, because their decor is very plain. Also I'm a lapsing vegan, so I feel guilty entering meat-only establishments.
HOWEVER I was very impressed once I saw and smelled how fresh everything is, and how helpful the staff are. This is the old-fashioned real deal.
Beefway has all kinds of cuts like brisket and shank that are grandma-approved, and taste great without killing your bank account if you know how to cook slowly. They even have some natural/free range chicken and hormone free beef. They have lamb. They have tongue (it seems to be getting more popular, and after tasting it done by La Taqueria I'm thinking of trying to make it myself). They have turkey and sausage and even cold cuts and cuts of beef so you could make your own.
Everything is weighed as you watch, you are asked if you would like a custom cut, and then wrapped in brown paper at the time. The soup bones are to die for - they are actually meaty enough that you can have soup without adding extra meat. The staff are not pretentious (! so great !) and there is NO strong bleachy smell or off meaty smell, and everyone is in a hairnet and looks busy.
Also, they have fantastic pet food that they make from beef heart and ground beef, which has really perked up my cat and smells much better than canned food, at half the price. He also licks his dish after eating it and has stopped meowing after cans like an overfed catfood obsessed monster with this food. I think there must be something very addictive in canned food, the way he behaves, but miraculously Beefway's regular ground beef based pet food has made him sweet and reasonable again so he no longer wakes me at 4 and 5 am frantic for his canned fix. For $1.99/lb (late 2010!!) I don't need therapy or an afternoon nap... so great.
If only their hours were longer, and they had some frozen grass fed local beef or organic meat of any kind, I would give them five stars.
