The GOODS from Big Lou’s

Vancouver, BC | Once again this year, Big Lou’s Butcher Shop is working closely with local farms and suppliers to offer an enormous range of delicious local poultry, seasonal roasts and great food gift ideas so that our customers can have a holiday season filled with great taste. From fantastic unmedicated turkeys from Two Rivers Meats or Rossdown Farms to gift baskets and culinary stocking stuffers, Big Lou’s is the destination for lovers of artisanal meats and butchery. Get all the details after the jump…

Responding to many requests last year, we’ve added a number of smaller roast options for smaller families and celebrations including smaller boneless Turduckens, boneless stuffed Turkey roasts AAA Prime Rib Roasts.

For those looking for gifts for home chefs and food lovers, we’ve expanded our gift range with new products like specialty maple syrups, truffle oils, bourbon sherry vinegar, verjus and our own housemade seasoning salts. We’re also offering $75 gift baskets which include charcuterie from Big Lou’s and Two Rivers Meats mixed with some of our favourite cheeses, housemade patés, rillettes and terrines. We also have Gift Certificates available if you’d prefer to leave the shopping to the gift getter.

Our complete Turkey Dinners will be available by pre-order for those who want to leave the cooking to us. From the 21st to 24th, they are available fully cooked including the turkey for $175. For dinners on the 25th, they will be available with fully cooked sides and they turkey ready for the oven for $150.

Big Lou’s 2012 Holiday Pricing:

· Turduckens – 4lb and 8lb boneless $15/lb

· Turduckens — 14-20lb $14/lb (wing and leg bones in)

· Big Lou’s Turduckens are made with Rossdown Farms Turkey and Chicken, Yarrow Meadows Duck, and Fraser Valley Pork Sausage.

· Stuffed Boneless Turkey Breast Roasts $11.99/lb

· Boneless Fraser Valley Hams $8.25/lb

· Rossdown Turkeys $4.69 /lb (fresh)

· Two Rivers Meats Turkeys $4.99 /lb fresh (before December 15th) $5.29/lb (after)

· AAA Prime Rib Roasts 3lb+ $12.99/lb

· Yarrow Meadows Farms ducks and geese and Thiessen Farms ducks are also available by request for traditional European feasts.

Make sure you also pick up some of Big Lous’s trimming like turkey gravy, cranberry sauce, housemade stuffing or sausage stuffing to help make this dinner your best ever.

Big Lou’s Butcher Shop is located at 269 Powell St. and is open 7 days a week from 10-6. If you have questions regarding your Christmas needs, call (604) 566-9229 or email [email protected] to consult with someone from the Big Lou’s team.

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.