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Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying the quality of the meat or the service provided here are bad (quite the contrary). Instead, I just think that for the price, we should expect slightly more. We got some American Wagyu ($30/lb), prime aged rib eye ($18/lb) and regular rib eye ($14/lb), not to mention some chipotle-jalapeno sausage ($4/lb). While all of these meats were good, I can't justify paying that much for beef I could get cheaper at other places.
No, I'm not talking about buying "choice" (or, heaven forbid, "select") sirloin from Albertsons. I'm talking about buying similar quality meats from Whole Foods, Village Meats or Costco. What? Yep, you read that right: Costco. Costco has prime rib eye for $11/lb. Sure, it's not aged, but neither is the "regular" rib eye from Branded Meats at $14/lb. And the Costco version is just as tasty. In fact, my friends and I once did a BLIND taste test between Costco's and Branded Meats' regular and prime steaks. Costco won hands down for the regular, but Branded Meats won for prime (likely because it was aged for 28 days, whereas Costco's isn't).
I'm all for supporting local small businesses, but you must nonetheless compare places like these to giant chain retailers, as that is the nature of competition. Will I buy again from Branded Meats? Mos def. But only on occasions for which I will need aged beef. For the regular stuff, I can hit up Costco.
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