O Ottomanelli & Sons Prime Meat Market

06/18/11

Great cooking steak, rare meats, best Jerky I've ever had!

by LLaMour

The best place for top quality meat for steak tartare, etc.

OMG, if you get a chance when picking up your dinner, try some of the Kobe beef jerky! Can't remember the name, it's from Oregon, and it's so tender it's out of this world. Yum!

11/11/10

Most wonderful people in the world

by crandalla

Outraged to read the critique from the meat-washing twit cafecritic. Ottomanelli's is hands down the best butcher store in the greater NY area, if not the entire Northeast. Example... we bought a beautiful rolled rib roast for Sunday lunch, and they lovingly hand-wrapped it in beautiful snowy white fat and close-tied it for us so it would cook beautifully. And boy, did it ever! Every steak, rack of ribs, quails egg, rabbit, duck, and veal chop I've bought here has been nothing short of spectacular. If you don't have a clue how to cook it, just ask any of the lovely young men behind the counter for suggestions and they will give you a flawless step by step for perfect results. Thanksgiving turkeys are foolproof, and everything down to plain old boneless skinless chicken breasts are perfect.

Classic, old school, exceptional and a remaining gem on this tourist-plagued street.

If I ever meet you cafecritic, I'll grab you by your ear and waltz you down there to apologize to these wonderful people!

10/06/08

Dear Ottomanelli knocker

by reardon3d

You must be an idiot and an A-hole.

The Ottomanelli Brothers are the best in town

Product, Service, and Attitude.

• Pros: Best In Town
• Cons: None

08/29/08

Great products and service

by pbrandis

Thank you very much! The veal cheeks was incredible so as the service, fast and professional.

Thanks again.

07/21/08

Meat!!! Nothing further need be said.

by cybersharque

Oh, where to begin?

Meat! This is the place. Noplace else in the Tri-State area has what these butchers are selling. And as for the idiot who does not like the aroma of dry-aged beef, I recommend you stick to Food Emporium, where the meat generally smells like a supermarket. Ummm, appetizing, no?

And it has the exotic stuff, too. Want to serve veal sweetbreads to a dinner party? O's has it. Want to try searing a grade B foie gras? (Bloodier and meatier than the hyperfat Grade A) They've got that, too, for about half the price of a Grade A. And even a grade A here is half the price you'll pay at the Other Place on Prince Street.

And the no-nonsense attitude here reminds me of the waiters at Peter Luger. These guys know what they are doing and don't you forget it!!

• Pros: Easy to get to.
• Cons: You have to eat your veggies sometime.