Harvard Meats on Elm — Local services in Broken Arrow

I had hoped the other 1 star reviews were wrong, but I visited today and sadly they were right. I did not stay for more than 3 minutes - and that was because I wanted to find something to like about it. I could smell the amount of old, spoiled, and or freezer-burnt items that were there. The staff did greet me and offered to assist me, which was nice, but I don't recall seeing one person smiling. The cheese and milk options were nearly non-existent, the freezer had an open box of bone and meats still in the blue plastic bag it came in - I could see the ice crystals forming on them. Lastely were the veggie options - the bell peppers were so old they were wrinkling and shriveled, and one of the potatoes was so old it had a green ting to its skin from the mold growing - I was so shocked I cannot even remember what the rest of them looked like. I took a very brief look at the meat counter as I was turning around to leave and saw a large amount of ground beef packed into the display case, so much so that that the spot that was pressed against the glass had turned brown. I really hope this store is restored, it has great potential with all the exotics it offers, but it seems maybe the passion...

Updated: is second paragraph. I posted after the owners response.

They leave the bone in each ribeye adding several dollars per steak that ends up in the trash. I don’t particularly care about the bone flavor argument When three steaks cost $125. Ribeye already taste great and I have yet to find any steak house that serves bone in ribeye. I shouldn’t have to specify boneless ribeye. Never had this happen at any other butcher. Wanted to support a near by butcher. Not made of money it was a special occasion tho the steak quality was ok at best. But at $26 per pound and the bone weight I weighed is 1.44 lbs. I spent $37 on waste.

The owner’s response makes it clear that they are just trying to charge the customer for waste and make a profit on something they should have thrown out. YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO SPECIFY THAT YOU DONT WANT TO BE SOLD WASTE. After reading the owner’s response to many other negative reviews it seems they care more about being right than making things right. Reducing my rating from three...

Read the reviews. Best beef jerkey around. Well....not at 15th and Harvard. Only the BA location. Very, very little selection at this location. Purchased a lb of bacon for 6.99. NO flavor at all and shrunk up paper thin after cooking. I'll keep getting the thick sliced at Reasor's. I was not impressed. Went to BA today. They didn't have the beef jerkey either. I asked the guy if I had to order it. And he said, "no, we're out of spices right now". I'll keep ordering from Ullrich Meats in Pella, Iowa. I don't mind the shipping fee. Their's is the best nationwide. I won't go back to Harvard Meats....I've seen the commercials and thought I'd check it out though. I went to BA location. 1 lb lean hamburger. It's freezer burnt. It did look fresh and red when I purchased it. Like the bacon I purchased few wks back. It is old meat. It smells old when you cook it. I'm...