I didn't really read this post closely enough to determine if this has more or less drama than that one about the Vietnamese restaurant with the fake bartender last week.

ugh, I remember what a used car sales(wo)man Owens sounded like in the last article, and without the "steak" (aka an experienced butcher in charge of the operation) why would anyone go there for just the "sizzle"?

God damn it, I really do not give a fuck about any of this except having a decent butcher just a few blocks away. I'm not buying Bill the Butcher, I'm buying meat.

I'm disillusioned. I met Bill briefly after talking with one of the ranchers he deals with at a farmers market. He seemed like a really cool guy, and I'm still prepared to believe he's a good guy with good intentions.

I can't forgive the practice of marketing something as "organic" when it's not, and it seems like that may be an issue in the past. I would hope so.

But this Owens character seems seedy and unethical. It doesn't help that her relentlessly self promotional writing is humorously incompetent ("I take risks! My father compared me to a dead armadillo!").

As far as I'm concerned, Bill the Butcher without Bill is dead. I suppose I can buy 1/8 or 1/4 grass-fed cow and fill the freezer again. The selection at Whole Foods is pretty nice, too. The promise of B the B seemed pretty great, there, for a while. Again, very disillusioned.

No matter what the facts of the situation are, I cannot side with someone named "J'Amy"

@4: I'd much rather have J'Amy handling my meat than Bill.

intuiting.

That is all.

In case you were interested, Fnarf has eaten 2149 pounds of meat since his birth. Most of it FDA certified.

I'm with fnarf. Why can't we just have goddamn butchers and not cultural fixtures? Jesus.

I'm going to stick with the butchers at the Market behind Rachel.

Perhaps Bill the Butcher was duped into dishonest business practices by the Juhhh-Amy the Amazing Marketing Tart. It's his reputation that's tainted, though, and if he opens another shop he'll need to work overtime to convince folks they're not paying double for QFC bulk meat.

In general it's a bad idea to give a fucktoy the keys to your kingdom, especially if she's got nothing but enemies to show from her prior business endeavors.