Piccinini Bros — Local services in New York

July 4, 2023,

What a way to have a barbecue, get it nice and hot throw on a Piccinini 42 oz. Porterhouse and a couple of their outstanding filets, get the grill marks and lip smacking good. We can’t say enough about the quality that you provide. Thank you again!

Ps Dad gave me a marrow bone to munch on!

Buzz

It’s now then end of thanksgiving 2022, and I must say that for the last 2 years we have been buying our thanksgiving turkeys from you and bar none there is no better. They’re just outstanding yes they’re more costly then when you buy from a supermarket or even a local butcher. However, there’s thanksgiving and you deserve only the best and that’s what Piccinini gives you. Thank you.

Since the last time I wrote my little buddy @bizy_buzz, said, Dad it's time you wrote another review telling Piccinini Bros how great they are, and how wonderful the products are that we get from them. He said tell them the truth that "they're you favorite," so when little Buzz speaks I listen! Thank you again from all of us!

We started buying from Piccinini about 18 months ago, basically when they started accepting online orders and delivering to NYC and Long Island. What a blessing, The quality and selection of provisions is simple amazing. Over the years I have purchased a significant amount of similar products from D'Artagnan and Agata on 79th Street in NYC. Now, I'd say pretty much all of my meat comes from Piccinni, as does the poultry and various other assorted items. The biggest bonus is that I get my frozen marrow bones for my puppy too, which is of the utmost importance to me. They are a wonderful purveyor, a caring provider and a local business and they need community support. The racks of lamb I served our company last night, naturally are the same you'd get in your upscale restaurant. they were just simply amazing. I felt compelled to posting this note, most of what I post are restaurant reviews but I needed to do this! Thank you...

I shop local as often as possible and normally would say that I love Piccininis. In fact I have shopped there for the last few years since the pandemic, and buy all my meats there for a family of 4. It's a block from my house. I buy large quantities at a time which I freeze immediately after. My last purchase was around a month ago which included 3 separate packages of ground turkey. When I defrosted and unpackaged 1 lb, the smell was terrible. I then checked the other 2 packages in the freezer and they too had a strange smell through the plastic. When I returned the packages to the store, the staff let me know that the meat was in fact rotten as they could see some mold circles through the packaging. No replacement was offered, and no explanation given other than I had to have come back within 2 days of purchase to return the items. I am highly disappointed that this happened in the first place, and question their cleanliness and adherence to food handling. While the money was not what I was after, the experience and lack of customer service has left me saddened and I will not be recommending nor purchasing any meat items from this store again. The meat was rotten when I got it in the first place when it was given to me in a bag, as I froze it right away. Perhaps it was their turkey only? Not sure what to say. However I would recommend that for anyone who chooses to shop at this store, that they check their meats before they walk...

Come here for high-end beef cuts (for corresponding high-end prices), Berkshire pork, and good quality sausages / mixes of meats for Italian cooking especially.

If possible order in advance and pick up or opt for delivery. All cuts and preparations are done in a separate area from the front of house, so if you need to go in person be prepared for a wait, and know that the back of the house knows more about current stock of cuts and items than the front, so you may want to have substitutions in mind.

Cuts are vacuum sealed, if you're squeamish about excess blood etc. in your packaging or bag—I find it a bit of a luxury, but it's extremely convenient for refrigeration and freezing. If you are someone who doesn't want to dwell much on the fact you're eating a previously living animal, this and the distance from the back makes a trip here easy on the conscious. Otherwise, you may miss directly talking with the butcher and getting suggestions for what you're making.

Beyond the main items above, selection is a bit more limited. You'll have to look elsewhere for things like ham hocks, trotters, meats like goat, and most offal. The offal I've gotten here was limited in variety, and was frozen/prepackaged, though convenient. A larger or higher volume butcher would be a better option for...