St Lawrence Upper Cut Meat

Have come here for local meats a few times now, and it’s now our regular butcher. They offered to vacuum seal all our purchases, and gave us tips how to save time & money, AND the meats were top notch. Highly recommended !!

This place had the freshest looking meat on my visit to St. Lawrence Market last Saturday with my Mom and Aunt. The Filet Mignon steaks I purchased were expensive ($ 7.00 each, tax included) but sweet baby Jesus, were they delicious.
Only complaint is that the woman who served us, while very friendly, wasn’t wearing gloves and proceeded to handle raw meat with her bare hands and then took our cash from us using the same hands she just touched the raw meat with. Eek! I thought maybe she used a different hand for each task, but my Aunt said she definitely didn’t and was grossed out from purchasing anything from them.

I love this place! The staff are all so cool and friendly and super helpful. I don’t have a clue about meat, I once cooked boneless pork chops thinking it was chicken, but since I’ve been shopping here I’ve learned a lot about food and meat and cooking. Come with your stupid questions and the friendly staff are happy to take the time to help you out. The kebabs are a great value and taste great, never overly salty. The bacon; oh mah lawd the bacon! My boyfriend refers to this as «real bacon» and we’ve never gone back to the packaged stuff. Other items I really love from here are butterfly chops, filet mignons and peameal bacon.

I’m a huge fan of the Kabob prices at upper cut meats.
For $ 1.50 /​each, you have a selection of Lamb, Cajun Chicken, Beef, and Garlic Chicken. I highly recommend the Cajun Chicken and Lamb. The Lamb is high quality and lean. When cooked it doesn’t have fatty chewy pieces that might turn some off.
For the effort to season the Cajun chicken and the large pieces of breast, this deal can’t be beat.
Grab a tzatziki while you are there to go with the Lamb kabobs, you won’t regret it.

Upper Cut meats in the St. Lawrence Market is my go-​to butcher. Right around the corner from my office, they offer a great selection of cuts at very reasonable prices. So why Upper Cut over the other butchers in the market? It all comes down to customer service, their staff are super friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. They will even vacuum-​seal your meat for no additional cost, which comes in handy if you are buying to freeze.
Here are a couple of my go-​to items at Upper Cut:
Pre-​skewered souvlaki: super cheap and marinated well, my favourites are the beef and chicken. And at $ 1.25 per skewer, you can’t go wrong!
Butterflied Pork chops: Super reasonable in terms of price and very good quality. Perfect for BBQing!
Filet Mignon: They come in a variety of sizes I tend to stick with the extra large. At $ 5 each, they are a super great deal.
Check them out next time you are in the area. You won’t be disappointed!

I heart meat.
St Lawrence Upper Cut is one of the many meat stalls open daily in the South Market building of the St Lawrence Market.
Upper Cut has the best location — it’s the first butcher stall in the middle aisle, directly in front of you as you enter via the Front Street main doors.
I often end up buying my meat from here after perusing all the other stalls. The pre-​made fresh souvlaki skewers (beef, lamb, chicken and pork) are a bargain at $ 1 each. They also have huge 6oz beef burgers for only $ 1 a piece.
They have every cut of meat you could possibly be looking for, it’s one of the biggest stalls in the market. They have plenty of staff and they are always super friendly.
The prices are very good for the most part, although the meat is not quite as high end or fancy as the stuff at the Witteveen butcher next door.