New butcher in Dulwich Village

[sportbilly]

Walking through the village this evening and there is a sign for Proud Sow butchers in what was Martins papershop.

Finally the Dulwich Estate listen to the people.

[cazfay]

The best news I?ve had all day! Sooo please to hear

[tigerranks]

this is good news for Dulwich village

i will pop in once it opens but i bet they will be a bit pricey for me as the overheads for the village shops will over spill onto us the customer

went into Scotch Meats Independent Fine Foods Rosendale road and was expensive

i think i will be sticking to William rose on lordship lane or the butchers in Nunhead

[Jess85]

Scotch meats is good and lots of choice but given it's not organic (?) I don't understand why everything is so much more expensive?

[Mick Mac]

Jess85 Wrote:

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> Scotch meats is good and lots of choice but given

> it's not organic (?) I don't understand why

> everything is so much more expensive?

William Rose isn't organic and its very expensive (imho) .......

[Angelina]

WR is all about location and perception.

[Sue]

Angelina Wrote:

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> WR is all about location and perception.

And the fact that it says "organic and free range" in large letters outside, despite the fact that much of it isn't organic (don't know if all the rest is free range).

[JoeLeg]

William Rose are not, shall we say, very well respected by other people in the meat trade.

Style over substance is a commonly held opinion about them by their peers.

[dbboy]

There are alternatives to WR and this new butchers in the Village. Personally I use and can happily recommend W,Buntings on Peckham Park Road, it's on the 78 bus route just off Peckham Hill street close to the junction with the Old Kent Road. I always get well looked after, is a family run business who care about what they do.

[Robert Poste's Child]

Personally I think William Rose is great and some of their basics are very good value, better quality than the biggest local supermarket but a comparable cost. That said, they've been doing what they do for a while and another gourmet butcher in the area will probably inspire them to greater heights.

Bring on the meat war!

[JoeLeg]

dbboy Wrote:

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> There are alternatives to WR and this new butchers

> in the Village. Personally I use and can happily

> recommend W,Buntings on Peckham Park Road, it's on

> the 78 bus route just off Peckham Hill street

> close to the junction with the Old Kent Road. I

> always get well looked after, is a family run

> business who care about what they do.

These guys are great. It may not look as suave as WR but I?ve been using them both personally and professionally for six years. They supply a surprising number of well known restaurants, including Franklin?s. Chris and Mark really know their stuff.

[mrhappy]

I've shopped in William rose for quite a while now and have always found them to be value for money and not expensive at all. My weekly organic chicken normally cost me around ?15 which I don't think is to much to pay at all...

[Angelina]

?15 for a chicken?

[womanofdulwich]

Probably a large chicken- I've seen them for ?11. :)

[Pugwash]

We find bacon, eggs and chicken thighs reasonable at WR

[Louisa]

Who pay fifteen quid for a chicken? Only in East Dulwich.

?Good value for money?

Louisa.

[robbin]

No, not only in East Dulwich.

Sainsburys are a nationwide chain and online they sell their organic free range chicken for about the same - roughly ?15 for a 2kg chicken.

[Louisa]

Yes but most ordinary people know that Sainsbury?s is a rip off. Hardly a secret, is it?

You can get responsibly farmed meat without paying through the nose.

The average person on the street would not pay out ?15 for a chicken. You know it as well.

Louisa.

[mrhappy]

It's an organic chicken that i buy that cost me ?15 there are other chickens available but i buy the organic chickens because i like the flavour

[dbboy]

Can anyone really tell the difference between a chicken from the butchers and an organic free range chicken> Apart from the cost. Because I certainly don;t think I could and I very much many others could either. Usually a nice plump chicken from the butchers comes in at under a tenner. I vary rarely buy pre-packed meat from the supermarket, much prefer the butchers because I know it is fresh.

[DulwichFox]

A Label Anglaise will cost around ?15.00 where ever you find it for sale.

I have had one from Ginger Pig Borough Market many moons ago.

Very little meat on them. ? and you need to take care how you cook them.

Foxy

[FightingFit]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> A Label Anglaise will cost around ?15.00 where

> ever you find it for sale.

>

> I have had one from Ginger Pig Borough Market

> many moons ago.

>

> Very little meat on them. ? and you need to take

> care how you cook them.

>

> Foxy

I've had one of those from flock & herd, paid about ?12 plump incl giblets delicious good value

[ken78]

try this butchers the best i have used http://jonesthebutcher.me.uk/

[Bob Buzzard]

Great - will they be doing organic pork medallions?

[Mick Mac]

JoeLeg Wrote:

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> William Rose are not, shall we say, very well

> respected by other people in the meat trade.

>

> Style over substance is a commonly held opinion

> about them by their peers.

Just shows you what suckers we are really.

They were selling rib eye at ?28.50 per kg the last time I went in. And of course I bought it as it was the only rib eye they had that particular Saturday.