The GOODS from Big Lou’s

Vancouver, BC | In our first year, we at Big Lou’s Butcher Shop are proud to have established ourselves as Vancouver’s leading purveyor of locally and ethically-raised meats. This Christmas, we’re working with local farms and suppliers to offer the City’s widest range of delicious poultry, traditional roasts and great food gift ideas so that our customers can enjoy and share great taste no matter what their seasonal tradition. Get all the details after the leap…

We’re offering two varieties of Fraser Valley non-medicated turkeys, each available in two sizes (5-7kg, 7-9kg). Rossdown Farms turkeys ($4.25/lb) come from a highly-respected third-generation poultry farm in Abbotsford while Two Rivers Meats turkeys ($4.75/lb) are raised in partnership with a local farm to raise turkeys using an extra rich feed mix for incredible taste and texture. We’re also offering organic turkey gravy, housemade stuffing and Big Lou’s stuffing sausage to help make this turkey the best you’ve ever served.

Turkey isn’t the only bird which is integral to holiday traditions and for those celebrating a more European-style feast, we’re offering duck from our award-winning partner Polderside Farms along with goose and duck from Yarrow Meadows Farm. If you want to celebrate with more than one kind of poultry, our famous Turduckens are available for pre-order. These roasts include a deboned turkey wrapped around duck and Big Lou’s housemade chicken sausage. They can be prepared in a variety of sizes to suit any sized party. Our Christmas roast offering is rounded out with Sloping Hills Kurabota Hams and Pemberton Meadows Rib Roasts that complete any Christmas dinner menu.

If you’re looking for things to give, not just cook, we’ve put whole list of Christmas presents together for the meat lovers and foodies on your list. Our custom gift baskets include our charcuterie mixed with some of our favourite cheeses along with a selection of our superb housemade pates, rillettes and terrines.

For people on your list who take a bit more of a hands-on approach to their food, we’ve put a sausage-making kit together with everything an aspiring butcher needs to start crafting their own links at home. Our wide range of housemade rubs, marinades, compound butters, sauces and stocks are a perfect starting point for great home made meals and make great stocking stuffers.

Details

269 Powell Street | Vancouver, BC
Telephone: (604-566-9229
Web: www.biglousbutchershop.com
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Proprietors: Allan Bosomworth & Karl Gregg
Operations Manager: Mark Ignacz
Chef De Cuisine: Aaron Chan
Retail Manager: John Currie

About Big Lou’s Butcher Shop

Located in a bright heritage storefront at the corner of Gore and Powell Streets, Big Lou’s Butcher Shop has brought traditional European boucherie-inspired butchery and preparation to Vancouver’s East side culinary community and residents. Big Lou’s combines a retail butcher operation, a New York-style deli sandwich counter, boucherie-based catering services, butchery classes and a unique event and dining space into one place.

In a tribute to old world butcher shops, Big Lou’s Butcher Shop supplies a diverse selection of meats from award-winning local suppliers like Polderside, Pemberton Meadows, Sloping Hills and Two Rivers along with seasonal game and imports. The shop is hands-on, with a focus on head-to-tail butchery and in-house handmade products like sausage, charcuterie, stocks and sauces–all made as much as possible using our own home-grown herbs. The guiding principle throughout is to have all processing done in house under the watchful eye of our team. To serve the full spectrum local residents, Big Lou’s Butcher Shop also stocks a selection of certified meats and poultry alongside the small farm choices to offer the widest range of price points to customers.

Led by chefs Karl Gregg and Allan Bosomworth, Big Lou’s Butcher Shop is in the traditional butcher shop style with an in-house cutting area, large display case and expert staff crisply-dressed in traditional oxford shirts and aprons. Along with meats, the product offering also includes an ever-changing menu of house made fresh sausages, charcuterie, pates, stocks, gravies, demi-glaces, and other dressings and ingredients. The focus on rubs, marinades and grilling accompaniments makes Big Lou’s the one stop for expert advice and quality ingredients before any BBQ.

The sandwich counter is dedicated to true deli-style sandwiches built around traditional cooked, cured and smoked meats. All the sandwiches are built around great flavours built into fresh breads and detailed authentic recipes. Reflecting the diversity of the City, sandwich favourites include the Banh Mi and Bulgogi Chicken alongside classics like in-house made Pastrami, Porchetta, Roast Beef and Meatball.

Big Lou’s Butcher Shop also offers catering and butchery classes The catering is based on the deli menu and also includes with a range of custom menu options and special requests. Big Lou’s is also available for event including reception style or seated dinners in the great naturally-lit, character shop space. The market-driven menus will emphasize rustic French and Italian tastes and focus on integrating fresh, sustainable Pacific Northwest ingredients into those two great food cultures. Butchery classes span sausage-making and basic butchery to whole carcass work and game butchery.

Butchery is again at the forefront of food culture in Vancouver and Big Lou’s has been a leader in reintroducing traditional, artisanal butchery skills to Vancouver’s vibrant food scene.