Jungs Dried Beef Inc. — Local services in New York

Passing by this old looking store front, I was told by friend that they sell the best tasting beef Jerky in NYC.

I finally got the chance to walk into this no frills establishment on Sunday at 1:30pm. The place seemed very cluttered with random stuff. It reminded me of an episode from the TV show HOARDERS, but I didn't come here for the environment, I came for some beef jerky. When I walked in, all I saw were empty jars in the front. I thought maybe the guy was supposed to get the jerky from the back. But upon asking for some meat, the guy said sold out...come back later. WTF? Damn, I thought to myself...that's how good this jerky is?

After walking around, I managed to walk back here at 4:00pm the same day and he had 2 jars filled with jerky. Asked for 1/2 lbs of the spicy beef for $12.

Right when I exited, I took a strip, shoved it in my mouth and tried it. Tasted really good! It was spicy but not too overwhelming to take over the natural beef flavor. It does not compare to the beef jerky you buy in grocery stores. The consistency of it was very soft and a little moist from the spicy glaze/flavoring that coated the jerky. Best...

It was only after noticing all the jerky shops in NYC that I realized I've never even thought to look for these places in SF, having been spoiled by the jerky fare back in Taiwan. But, since I was exploring, and these came up, I thought, "why not!"

Having run out of the spicy beef jerky, I opted for a mixed bag of his spicy pork and sweet pork jerkies, both of which ended up being pretty average: great texture, being just about the right chewiness, but average flavor. I do tend to find that most sweet pork jerkies end up being a little too sweet; on the flip-side, the spicy pork jerky wasn't very spicy at all.

Three stars if you live in the area, two stars if you're visiting (aka: not really worth going out of your way for).

Accessibility Info

Venue - Just, very, very barely accessible. There's a ramp to get in, and just enough space for a regularly sized sports wheelchair to fit through to get to the register. But without enough space to turn inside, your only option is to back out. So, accessible, but difficult. You're better off asking at the door for what you want.

Bathroom - Pretty sure...

this is the beef jerky spot of the ages in nycct. the texture and flavor is the best. when i was a kid and one of my elders picked up a variety of flavors i would binge eat til scolded for overdoing it. in gaining autonomy ive eaten half pound of spicy to the face several times knowing but not caring that i shouldnt. during induced munchies sessions i will eat some then put it away only to go back to it a few mins later, on repeat. i think i have to go get some now. i saw some reviews comparing it to other jerky spots and appearance. other jerky spots have a different kind of jerky to be fair but i havent found any of them to be on this level of appeal. as for appearance, its the same spot probably before my time and i was introd to this in the early 70s... they do what they do and they know what they have, appearances are for an excess they would need to do more work to accommodate, i totally get it and probably would treat it the same as they have for decades if i didnt care to reap as much as possible. ofc i would have this on blast in every medium with a website and mail order and...