Cedar Road Meat Market

I found this place at the Brookfield Wi Farmers market where they had a booth set up with freezers full of meat and tables topped with meat. The only reason I stopped is because I saw meat snack sticks in the coroner of my eye, when ever I see a new meat stick that I haven't tried I pick some up. The freezers had everything from bacon, brats, steaks, chops, ham and everything else but I didn't get any of the frozen meat because if I'm going to pay a premium vs grocery store for meat it has to be fresh and never frozen. Call me weird but if I pay good money for good meat I want it fresh especially steaks, veal and lamb because I'm going to cook them rare. They even had dog bones that looked really good if I was got.I had the jalapeño snack sticks because I like hot sticks but the jalapeño sticks didn't have very much heat compared to other brands that I have had. I also was not wowed by the meat sticks like I have been from other known good meat company's and thought that they were pretty average for the most part.

I ordered a 1/2 beef from a friend who uses cedar road as the butcher. The meat from my 1/2 beef was fabulous thanks to my friends ability to raise quality organically grown beef. My problem was with cedar road meats, you pay by the pound for hanging weight regardless of the amount of meat you get from the carcass which is fine I knew this going into this deal. My problem was with the ordering process, you go online and fill out how you want everything cut (ie steaks 1 inch thick, round steaks cubed or left alone etc). The order form asks if you want certain cuts or if you prefer it put into hamburger, also asks if you want to keep the heart, tongue or liver. This order form does not ask anything about the brisket, so assuming I get 1/2 beef it would come with the brisket from that 1/2. I went to pick up my meat and there was no brisket so I asked about it and was told "people usually specify if they want the brisket in the other notes area of the order form, I don't have a brisket today so I can get you one next week if you would like". I ended up having to drive 2 more hours the following week to pick up meat that should have been there the first time. This tells me they had already sold and made profit off of the brisket that was rightfully mine because they didn't have it available, makes me wonder what other parts of my 1/2 beef they skimmed from me? The integrity of this meat processor has me questioning because they tried to take part of what I paid to have processed without even consulting with me the customer who paid in full per pound hanging weight on a 1/2 beef, I should have been consulted rather than them assuming I wouldn't want my brisket as there is no place on the order form addressing the brisket.

We have been getting meat from here for about 10 years now. Have never been disappointed! Our favorites are the bacon, ring bologna, meat sticks, and jerky. We love the bacon so much when we were transferred to NJ a while back, we would load up a suitcase when we were home and check the bag for the flight back. This is a great family business that raises their product. Always top notch!

Just bought a 1/4 of a cow and had it butchered here. Very nice family owned business. Not sure what the previous poster is talking about. How often is he expecting the butcher to butcher meat?! If frozen properly the meat will remain fresh. I would definitely come back here again.