Robert Wiedmaier has a wonderful butcher shop (The Butcher’s Block) next door to his restaurant, Brabo. Butcher’s Block is one of my favorite stores in the DC area.

I find different items every time I visit this store. On previous visits, I have found items such as homemade sausages (regular, merguez and breakfast), duck breasts, duck confit, bison hangar steak, burgers from dry-aged meat, lardo and coutry pate’. Butcher’s Block also has a daily soup, and I’ve tried three (all of which were delicious): chestnut, kale (with ham) butternut squash. They also make their own salsa, duck fat and veal stock and often have baguettes and a variety of Michel Richard‘s smoked fish. You can usually find desserts (that are made for the store by an outside baker) such as kiwi tarts, clementine tarts and pineapple cookies; these baked items change often so don’t expect to see the same ones twice.

The Butcher’s Block has wonderful high-quality products at affordable prices, and is only a couple of blocks from King Street Metro.

The Butcher’s Block
1600 King Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 894-5253

-JAY

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