Spoiled Meat and Explosive Regrets – Thanks, Dee! Oh, Stark Brothers Beef Shop, where do I even begin? I walked into your establishment at 727 Freeport St, Houston, TX 77015, hoping for a quality cut of beef, but what I got was a ticking time bomb of bacterial bliss that turned my kitchen into a biohazard zone and my brother's bathroom into a warzone. Picture this: I buy your "fresh" meat, only to open it and be hit with a smell that could curdle milk from across the room. Thinking maybe I'm overreacting (spoiler: I wasn't), I call up the shop. Enter Dee, the meat whisperer, who assures me with the confidence of someone who's never met a health code they couldn't ignore: "Oh honey, that's just the blood! Rinse it off and it'll be fine." Rinse it off? Like it's a muddy boot and not a potential Petri dish of pathogens? But hey, I'm no expert, so I follow her sage advice, cook it up, and serve it to my family. Fast forward a few hours, and my brother is redefining "explosive diarrhea" – we're talking every 15 minutes, like clockwork, but if the clock was designed by a sadistic gastroenterologist. The poor guy's been glued to the throne, pondering life's choices, while I'm left wondering if Stark Brothers moonlights as a laxative supplier. Thanks to Dee's DIY food safety tutorial, we didn't just get bad meat; we got a full-blown gastrointestinal apocalypse. I march back with my receipt and the evidence (what's left of it, anyway), and politely asked for a refund. Their response? "Sorry, it's cooked now." Well, geniuses, it wouldn't BE cooked if your employee hadn't played amateur epidemiologist over the phone! This isn't just bad customer service; it's a blatant disregard for public health. Selling spoiled meat? Check. Giving dangerous advice that leads to illness? Double check. Refusing accountability? Triple check with a side of smugness. Houston Health Department, if you're reading this, please swing by and inspect this place before they turn more innocent beef buyers into unwilling participants in their "Rinse and Risk" program. As for me, I'll be taking my business (and my digestive system) elsewhere. Stark Brothers, you've earned this one-star rating – consider it a generous gift, since zero stars...
Read moreI've been coming here for years. I've stopped counting the years. more that 20. I don't care where I live in Houston this is my Meat Market. I currently live in Katy TX. and I'm still coming here for my meat. I love Hog Head Cheese and this is the only place that makes it the way like . Your not going to find any food coloring or chemicals to make it look better only fresh cuts of what you want. I've brought several of my friends that didn't know about this place and now they are making it their meat market. They also come from different parts of town after I've brought them here. The quality of meat is more that exceptional. when you want a cut of meat the way you want it cut they have it and will cut it the way you want it. Around Thanks Giving and Christmas I would call first as they take their Holiday time off also. Check out their website. Freezer packs are awesome. you'll save more money on them than you will at a a...
Read moreI'm late on posting this, but did not want to go without doing it. We have been coming here for some years now and in addition to regular purchases, each year we also reserve one of their Thanksgiving hams. This past Thanksgiving, I decided to treat some close friends to the ham. They absolutely raved about the ham and I most definitely gave them the information for Stark Brothers. Not only for the ham, but also for everything that they offer on a daily basis. It's like a meat emporium once you walk inside. There is something for everyone. They always make quality a...
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