When you're hosting a barbecue and it's your meat—and reputation—on the grill, you want to use the highest-quality beef and franks you can. If you're searing a steak to perfection on your stovetop, perhaps in the hopes of impressing a special someone, you want to start with the finest cut you can. And when the family's getting together for a holiday ham or a roast chicken trimmed with herbs, you want to apply your talents to the freshest, most flavorful meats you can get your freshly washed hands on.

That's where Dave's Meat & Produce comes in. While customers source veggies, prepped sides (especially the housemade guacamole), premade marinades, and beer from its prodigious aisles, the store is primarily a butcher shop with both fresh cuts and frozen options. Free-range chicken, grassfed beef, and tuxedo-clad pork are just part of the menu, which also features sausages, corned beef, and exotic jerky. Highly trained butchers and epicureans man the counter, ready to answer any questions about seasoning and cooking, and offer professional knife sharping for chefs looking to be a cut above the rest.