McKinnon's Meat Market — Attraction in Somerville

Having a large scale Christmas Dinner I needed pork shoulder slice very thin for Tacos Al Pastor. I called a week ahead and was assured I could just walk in. I called 2 days before and was told to put my order in the day of "theyll take care of me no problem". I call 6 hours before put in my order and I'm told everything will be there at the counter. I walk in and am told they have no such order. They cant slice the pork for me and the smallest they had was 2 lbs more than I needed. The person helping me was generally unsympathetic and I was offered nothing to help.

Reply: No I'm certain it was the right place. I opened my log and your employee confirmed the phone number matched the stores location. I asked if there was any way it could of been sliced, but apparently it was too late or he didn't feel like it. Pork shoulder is recommended for Al Pastor. Yes it is hard to cut which is why I called several times to ensure the...

This meat market has been here for as long as can remember. It's now under a new management. And yes, there have been some changes, not necessarily bad. Most former employees are gone, so new people working there, means we new customers , not old ones. Now to quality of the meat, I have had a taste of just about everything they offer. My purchases include, Delmonico, family package of 2-3 , bag of chicken wings, bone in pork chops, family pack, ground beef, bag of about 3-4 lbs. Chicken bone in breast fam. . I would not be shopping here all these years if the quality was not good. Anyway except for the fact prices have risen like everything else the quality A. Price compared to other local chains B+ check it out. Let me know if you agree ...

I recently moved to Cambridge from Atlanta and was thrilled to find that there are local meat markets here. The prices at McKinnon's are incredible compared to Shaw's, where I had been shopping. Everything I bought there had been great until my last purchase. The date on the chicken I purchased was six days out (it could have been sitting in the cooler for six more days before they threw it out), but the meat smelled horrible when I opened it up. It was not worth cooking since it seemed like it was already bad.

The smell towards the back of the store had always bothered me, but I chose to ignore it. Now, having purchased bad meat, it concerns me...