Both of my experiences have been really awful here. The first time the almost crushed my very small and extremely valuable suckling pigs out of pure airheadness- opening the door the the kill room allowing two huge pigs to ram there way into my smaller cage and nearly crushing my (extremely valuable) pigs to death. They then screamed prodded and kicked the larger hogs out (not without a struggle with 3 grown men) They ruined my crate, never apologized, didn't give me any discount on the pigs and tried to make excuses and defend there errors.
I did not want to return but my new regular processor didn't have a date for me when I need a couple of pigs processed. So...the second time they told me the right date but wrong day. Even though they knew it was me they ( the guys who's pigs they almost crushed) they denied allowing me to be 10 minutes late AFTER telling me the wrong day. Once again instead of compromising or apologizing the woman, Michelle, TOLD me what the gentleman I talked to said to me, which was wrong. She then said " you brought your pigs in last time on a tuesday didn't you?" as if I was supposed to remember there kill schedule from 4 months earlier, and the only time I went.
In addition to my personal experiences, the fact that they don't have separate stalls for animals, meaning your pigs, for example, are grouped with other unknown pigs, stressing them and allowing them to fight with each other, is a big factor. Finally seeing how they handled a pig in the wrong place (on top of mine in a small crate) by shocking, kicking and screaming is a definite deal breaker. Not only will I never bring my livestock there again I will go out of my way to encourage others to choose a different processor than the meat market in...
Read moreWe came in today and was looking around to see what we need and it’s our first time!! me and my husband haven’t got a ticket since i heard them calling the number so i qued my husband to grab a ticket and as soon as my husband gave me the ticket it was the number that was called a minute ago so i told them we have no. 6 and heard them calling out the number and the lady just looked at me and my hubby like we were dumb and shake her head and that ruined my mood she was very rude never said a word when i approached them and didn’t make us feel welcomed and even heard them talking shit about us and i wish they would be nice to tell us what to do instead of shaking their head and making us feel like we’re dumb! I’m sorry i don’t know how you guys manage on how you check out i rarely leave a review on internet but i really needed to get this off of my chest! I might...
Read moreHello from Lindenhurst IL!
My friend told me to try this place out so we went ahead and gave it a shot while we camp down the road a bit.
We were immediately greeted and grabbed a number. Sweet, we're up next. Gentleman asked us what we like in our cuts and was very helpful getting them just right.
Got back to the campsite and let the steaks rest for a bit with nothing but salt n pepper. Cooked them up to medium rare/rare and holy COW. We're talking cut with a fork. Buttery steaks that needed no seasoning; packed full of flavor of their own.
I have had steaks that were over 100 ala carte and these surpassed that quality in my opinion. I will be making excuses to drive 3 and a half hours to come here with a cooler soon. My stomach and taste buds are in Heaven.
Thank you to everyone working there! ...
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