Beloved Asheville butcher is now open in Myers Park
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The popular Asheville-based Chop Shop Butchery is now open in Myers Park.
Context: The whole-animal butcher shop emphasizes its sustainable and ethical farming practices. Expect dry-aged beef, free-range chickens and pastured pork from western North Carolina.
Why it matters: Chop Shop hopes to fill a void in a food-loving city with relatively few boutique butcher shops.
Details: Chop Shop — not to be confused with the former Charlotte music venue of the same name — is in a 1,500-square-foot space formerly occupied by Petit Philippe at 2820 Selwyn Ave., next to Clean Catch Fish Market.
- It has a similar look and feel to the company's Asheville location, as well as a staff that's knowledgeable in basic butchery.
- Along with regionally sourced meats, Chop Shop in Charlotte sells a variety of retail products, including wine, soups, olive oils, pasta, hot sauces and mustards.
- All meats except for the poultry are sourced from farms in western North Carolina, says Dianna Rigell, who handles marketing for the butcher. The chicken comes from a network of small family farms in Pennsylvania.
By the numbers: The Charlotte Chop Shop has pricing similar to the Asheville location. It sells lesser-known cuts of meat such as chuck eye steaks — like a ribeye, but cheaper.
- Expect everything from dry-aged ground beef for $8.99/pound to beef tenderloin for $45.99/pound, with plenty of options in between, Rigell says.
Of note: Proximity to Clean Catch was intentional, Rigell tells Axios, calling it a "symbiotic relationship." Customers will be able to pick up their fresh seafood at Clean Catch and their meats at Chop Shop.
- The Charlotte shop won't offer classes yet like the Asheville location does, she adds.
- This shop will be somewhat similar to N.Y. Butcher Shoppe — a chain that expanded into Charlotte with a location in Dilworth in 2019 — but without seafood.
Flashback: Chop Shop opened in 2011 and quickly became a favorite of restaurateurs such as Katie Button of Cúrate in Asheville. A few years ago, the company opened a USDA processing facility in Asheville to accommodate its growth.
Between the lines: Some Charlotte residents are already familiar with Chop Shop. The butcher began home delivery of its meats to Charlotte customers during the pandemic.
- "There was demand for it, and the demand wasn't being met," Rigell says.
- Chop Shop has other ties to Charlotte: Owner PJ Jackson was born and raised here.
Hours: Chop Shop is open Tuesday-Saturday 10:30am-6pm and Sunday 10:30am-3pm.
Editor's note: This story has been corrected to reflect that a pound of dry-aged ground beef is $8.99 (not $8.49) and that the shop is at 2820 (not 2840) Selwyn Ave.
- We first published this story in February 2024 and updated it on Aug. 23, 2024.