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Medium Rare
Categories: Restaurants Steakhouses Food Grocery Steakhouses, Grocery [Edit]
5241 Dundas St WToronto, ON M9B 1A5
Neighbourhood: Etobicoke
(416) 231-1500
- Price Range:
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- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Noise Level:
- Quiet
9 reviews for Medium Rare
9 reviews in English
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Review from Tim S.
Etobicoke, ON
5 stars!
And i must thank Yelp for this one too!
Since moving from Bloor/Ossington to Etobicoke, i was in dire need of a real butcher. I was spoiled by Gasparos (see review), and will always consider that place the real deal. So i typed into Yelp, and came across Medium Rare.
I needed something pretty specific, and cut specific (inside round, was making beef jerky), so decided to give this place a shot.
I was very impressed upon first impression. Great deli meats and cheese display when you arrive.
I have been here a few times, and even on the 2nd time, i was recognized, and was asked how my previous order was.
Right wall is all freezers of homemade and Medium Rare approved meals. Some really neat finds too further down in the sausage section. I picked up the Turducken sausages (which were awesome!), and have the Maple Cajun in the freezer. Another trip, i picked up the lasagna, and a steak soup. I am actually considering cutting out a lot of my shopping at Sobeys, and shopping here with their pre-done meals. (I am a single guy who lives on his own, and works long hours and travel a fair bit, so i find I am in a race against time with groceries).
The meat cut i received was fantastic, and cut to order, and he even sliced into strips for me since i was making jerky. No attitude, and happy to help. Was offered an espresso while waiting. Great window into the meat curing room too, can see my next rib-roast!
They have some great looking fresh fish as well, will give a salmon filet a try next payday.
Very pleased though with Medium Rare! Give this place a go! 5 stars! -
Review from Carla S.
Toronto, ON
4/14/2012
I once bought some ribs that ended up bring just bones... Not impressed! Also not a fan of the attitude in here...
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Review from Joe P.
Toronto, ON
7/15/2011 6 photos
This place kicks ass. My new favourite Butcher.
Seriously Amazing:
100% Grassfed AAA Striploin Steak
Dry Aged Striploin Steak
Lamb Shanks (If you the time to braise them, just perfect...)
I also tried the Wild Boar (frenched), it was good but won't buy it again because it was on the pricey side and I'd rather spend the money on steak!!
They make a lot of sausages, I tried to find the most interesting one I could find just for kicks, "sweet cherry duck sausage", and it was that - interesting....but I think next time will just go for something spicy!
They also have some pre-cooked eats in the display window.
Super friendly staff too. -
Review from Lara P.
1/10/2012
THANK YOU ANGELO for making me buy the sexiest cut of steak that totally made me look like a goddess in the kitchen. It was a dry-aged rib steak that he cut so it can be enjoyed by two people. I am so proud that there is such a great establishment here in my hometown Etobicoke. Angelo is the butcher and he is so nice, amiable, knowledgeable and friendly. When I told him I wanted to impress for a dinner a deux, he pulled out this seriously meaty and luscious looking steak that has been dry-aged. I stopped listening to what he was saying because I was salivating just looking at this meat. It was mouth meltingly delicious and cost me a third of what I would have paid at a steak house, Just come in and talk to Angelo or anyone behind the counter and they will not steer you wrong. It is a short walk from Kipling subway and there is free parking in front. So I say "heck yeah" I am coming here for my meats from now in!! It is totally worth the trip since there are only so many accessible and great meat shops in Toronto.
Listed in: I Heart Etobicoke!
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Review from Marion T.
Etobicoke, ON
7/7/2011
Expensive but worth it. Amazing organic ribs, and I am especially a fan of their rapini and salads! Their sausages are also great (try the garlic one), they have a thin casing unlike other sausages and pack a lot of flavour!
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Review from tokill a.
Etobicoke, ON
10/18/2010
After watching "Food Inc", not only was I nausiated by where the majority of our Meat came from via Chains of Grocery Stores. I also felt the moral currency was far too high (based upon how these animals lived). I've not sworn off meat, but - anyone that watches "Food Inc." can understand my viewpoint.
Now, down to Business. I had driven past Medium Rare on a number of occasions, thinking it was not a Butcher Shop. Just some shitty steakhouse. Wow. Was I ever wrong.
First off, even if you're not into the buzzwords of "Organic" "Hormone Free" "Grain Fed" - the products are fantastic! And it's all local, and all of the above. Costs marginally more than you'd pay at No Frills, Loblaws, etc. But considering it is Independent, and everything is Organic, Hormone Free, Grain-fed and Local - it's outstanding value. The Quality is fantastic as well. I used to buy my Steaks exclusively from Bruno's...no more. -
Review from Faye C.
4/11/2011
I stopped by here the other day, and picked up some tilapia (delish), and some grass-fed steaks (I like they they are packaged). I also picked up their beef jerky (homemade - but I found this to be quite salty). Overall nice
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Review from Christine C.
Etobicoke, ON
12/2/2009 7 photos
Any business that has a cow up on the roof is a business that I want to know about. As one of the original FARC girls who love to eat the meat it is so appropriate that my 100th review here at Yelp is all about the carnivore in me. What just sweetens the pot for me is that it is also going to be an FTR (cha-ching!)
I have found heaven on earth and it's located on Dundas Street just east of the 427. Medium Rare is a fairly new player on the meat scene going up against the likes of the Healthy Butcher and Rowe Farms but as far as I'm concerned Frank Del Gobbo and his crew at Medium Rare have them beat hands down. MR is known to its customers for its butchery, its charcuterie and its great offering of prepared foods, hence they refer to Medium Rare as a cookery.
The real thing of beauty at this meat stop and their claim to true meat glory is that the butchery does a dry age cure of the beef. What's super cool is that they have put a window in at the end of the store where they have racks adorned with loins and prime ribs all tagged with aging dates. To quote one of my favorite sista FARC's (and I'll let you guess who that might be) SHUT THE FARM DOOR! I just can't believe what I'm seeing! I just stood there like a small child gazing all starry eyed into the old Eaton's Christmas windows with my little faced pressed up against the glass dreaming of what treasures might come my way. Hey Santa, this girl's been quite nice (and maybe a teeny weeny naughty) this year so do you think you can leave a hunk of perfectly aged beef tenderloin under my tree? Perhaps a small prime rib 'o beef? Or maybe a New York strip...just a itty bitty one. Hell I'd do my best Eartha Kitt rendition of Santa Baby if I thought it'd get me some meat.
There is an endless selection of meats that are already vacuumed packed with seasoning such as the Chimichurri beefsteaks. They sell my most beloved Berkshire Pork in this store. The meat counter runs almost the whole length of the shop and this place is the mother lode of high quality, ethically farmed, hormone free, locally raised and harvested meats. Opposite of the butcher case is a full wall of upright freezers filled with everything from desserts to pot pies to seafood. I counted more than 20 kinds of sausages.
Fresh prepared foods are also readily available. I took home a bundle of giant Fred Flintstone sized beef ribs and a container of roasted potatoes with prosciutto and herbs. I was told that they have a small smoker on the premises and the ribs I grabbed up had been smoked right there at the store. Frank Del Gobbo is my meat God. I am not worthy.
And for you grass eating, sprout munching bunch of vegetarians, yes there are things for you too. There is a beautiful line of freshly jarred soups and huge gorgeous platters of grilled vegetables.....whatever. Medium Rare has created their own branded line of food products. Kudos to them for making sure to cover all their food bases.
Medium Rare is my personal shrine to all things that are meat. I say hallelujah Brothers and Sisters and please pass the prime rib!!! It's my meat mecca on Dundas....amen. -
Review from Melanie H.
Toronto, ON
1/8/2010
YAY! This place is great! This is where you can buy the best steak in the city! I like this place so much. I like their bacon, and I love their steak! This is STEAK CENTRAL. They have steak that is aged 30-60 days, and even though that means the flesh is rotting, I'm telling you man, this is GOOD MEAT!
