Avril & Bleh Meat Market — Local services in Cincinnati

What a butcher should be and what I remember as a child. Get to know the people that sell you your food. Especially today when many people eat out frequently or if they do prepare meals at home, it's simply reheating. Butchers like these gentlemen can tell you where the product came from and how to prepare it. They take pride in their craft and it shows in the product they provide. I've never purchased anything there that wasn't excellent. But product is only half of it. Service is key. One of the first times I shopped at Avril-Bleh, many years ago, an elderly woman came into the shop. She had just hit the curb with her car and blew out a tire. Like a pit crewman, one of the butchers went immediately outside and changed her tire. Just a couple of weeks ago, my daughter and I were in shopping. She found a $20 bill on the floor near the register and gave it to one of the guys. Today when I was in, the owner walks in and asks me if I got my money. I have no idea what he's speaking about. No one claimed the $20, so he gave it to me to give to my daughter. How many businesses would do that? Neither of those stories have much to do with buying meat, but are good examples of the kind of service you can expect. If you want a particular cut, they'll do it for you. If you are not sure what you want, they will work with you to find the best choice for whatever you're cooking. Everyone should have a great butcher. I've found mine. Go to Avril-Bleh for yours or find one yourself, but never buy cellophane wrapped meat or poultry that you have no idea where it came from again.

Update July '22: Avril Bleh now has walk up lunch window. Grilled burgers, dogs, sausages, all made in house. There are tables and umbrellas there as well if you want to eat it immediately. Once you smell that grill, you're not going to be...

I used to go to Ebert's in Newport on occasion for local butchered cuts of beef for steak dinners. I was excited to see about getting a few cuts for a Valentines dinner for me and my GF. With Eberts gone I looked for an alternative and found one.

The New York Strip and Filet I purchased from your store was top shelf. We ate every bite and it was worth every dollar spent.

The best part is that I didn’t have to pay at an overpriced restaurant on Valentine’s Day. The cuts of beef were better quality than most other steakhouses in town.

I will be a repeat customer and cannot wait to try other cuts. If you are a home chef and like to do things on your own go to Avril-Bleh Butchers.

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I would visit this shop at least once a week during grilling season but now now. Service has gone downhill and after my last encounter where I was actually yelled at to take a number while I was just browsing the case. I would understand if there was multiple customers waiting but it was myself and two other customers. One of which was checking out at the time. So I walked out without a purchase.

Calm down. You sell average meat which is slightly over priced.

Also the grilling station outside is going to make someone very sick. You do not service cooked food with the same utensils you used to place raw product on...