The Meat Hook

Visit : The Meat Hook

Located at 322 Warren Street, the Hudson Meat Hook is the third location for the brand and first outside NYC. When Young started the business 15 years ago Kinderhook Farm in Valatie, New York, was one of the shop’s first suppliers. Kinderhook Farm sends The Meat Hook whole sides of beef for Young and his team to expertly process into popular and less appreciated cuts usually relegated for the grinder or the butcher’s dinner table. The Meat Hook, a whole⎯animal butcher shop, started in Brooklyn and popularized in the lighthearted and informative Youtube series Prime Time, has just opened an outpost in Hudson.

“My motivation for opening more shops is truly that this is an investment not just in farms, but in people,” Young said. “We have an amazing team at The Meat Hook. We want to be able to trace back where everything's coming from and sing their praises. We want to be able to offer everything that a whole animal butcher shop has, a diversity of cuts, being able to get things fresh, and real expertise in cooking and butchering.”

The butcher shop has two existing locations in Brooklyn, one in Williamsburg at 397 Graham Ave., and the recently opened shop at 301 Sackett St. in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood. Young also wants to use the shop as an opportunity to educate consumers on where their meat comes from, and get them to try a new cut of meat they may not have had before. Young wants to work with more local farmers to build up the farm network in the area.

“I wasn’t doing market research (on Hudson) when thinking about opening this,” Young said with a laugh, “It's really just a gut feeling, because these farm relationships exist, and it's honestly been so fruitful, both for the Meat Hook and for our farm partners. Together we’ve been able to take the whole thing a step further and now, because we are up here, we can help other farmers and develop other relationships. That’s really where I want to go with the company and this business.”

Hours : Thursday ⎯ Monday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m