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Chow The Swinery Opens Tomorrow (Hopefully)
Posted by Bethany Jean Clement on Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 11:11 AM
- www.swinerymeats.com
- The Swinery carries properly hung sausages.
Gabriel Claycamp's latest project, the Swinery—bacon-making plus a sustainable full-service deli/butcher in West Seattle, located inside the Seattle Fish Company on California nearnorth of the junction—was set to open today, but it's always something. He says:
Fucking hell. Construction delays (blown up compressor for the cases). Cant open till Tuesday. GRRRRRR
So, tomorrow (it is hoped!). An initial list of the Swinery's house-made products is after the jump.
And the Seattle Street Food Market—another Claycampian venture that was supposed to start in August ("The most exciting thing Seattle has ever seen is about to happen," he said in May)—what's up with that? The website's been dormant since July, and "Anxious vendor" is looking for info in comments on The Stranger's May story.
It is being worked on right now, but I have ducked out a bit to work on this [the Swinery]. We have 2 people working around the clock, but realistically it is on hold for now. Working with DPD.
The Swinery carries a wide array of butcher cuts, cheeses, deli items, and more. A full product list is coming soon; meanwhile, following are our house-made products.Bacon Products
"Noelani's Favorite" Bacon
Bacon Burgers
Bacon Dogs
Bacon Burgers
SausagesMexican Chorizo
Rosemary Brown Sugar Breakfast Sausage
Toulouse Sausage
Sweet Italian Sausage
Merguez
Andouille
Big Boy Brats
Kielbasa
Linguica
Morcilla
Cotechino
Garde MangerPâté de Campagne
"Praise the" Lard
Venison Terrine
Creamy Chicken Liver Pâté
Rillettes
Sliced MeatsSwinery Ham
Swinery Forest Ham
Mortadella
Pastrami
Tasso
Porchetta
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It's not at the Seattle Fish Co anymore, those plans changed a while ago. It is now located at 3207 California SW, which is farther north of the Junction.
2
Why are you saying that they are in the Seattle Fish Company? That is old news and didn't happen and they have their own location in what was formerly known as Mutley Crew. They have been working on the construction of this for months!
6
a *sustainable* full service deli? what, exactly, besides bullshit pandering is that supposed to mean?
7
@6: From the website:
"When we say sustainable we are talking about our commitment to buying animals from within 300 miles of our shop, buying whole animals instead of boxed meat, buying from small farmers instead of large agribusiness enterprises, and both paying and charging a fair, real price for our products. We are committed to using organic products wherever we can, and products raised and made with organic practices where certified organic is not possible. "
"When we say sustainable we are talking about our commitment to buying animals from within 300 miles of our shop, buying whole animals instead of boxed meat, buying from small farmers instead of large agribusiness enterprises, and both paying and charging a fair, real price for our products. We are committed to using organic products wherever we can, and products raised and made with organic practices where certified organic is not possible. "
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@6: Per the Swinery website : "When we say sustainable we are talking about our commitment to buying animals from within 300 miles of our shop, buying whole animals instead of boxed meat, buying from small farmers instead of large agribusiness enterprises, and both paying and charging a fair, real price for our products. We are committed to using organic products wherever we can, and products raised and made with organic practices where certified organic is not possible."
Doesn't seem like bullshit pandering to me.
Doesn't seem like bullshit pandering to me.
9
BJC, In a way it is pandering...although I look foward to the opening (and unfortunately the eventual closing/failure) of his new place. Creating a new shop that just deals in meat seems a bad idea to me--meat raised organically or blah blah whatever is great, however its very much environmentally damaging (and expensive, which this place will be for certain) than substituting non-meat food items every other third meal or so. I eat meat every day practically, but much less so after seeing the production of it firsthand (I'm involved in a offshoot of farm production here) and in films like Food, Inc. Yeah organic or sustainable is a great second step, but the 1st is cutting back on, not cutting out meat consumption in general. Seems like a store that combined his goals with a bunch of other local foodie-type products would be less pandering and more sensible given his track record. But i'll def make a journey all the way to WeSea to check it out when he gets it up and running.
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Foodies always make it sound like they're saving the world, with all the talk about local and sustainable. That's nice and all, but I'm with #9 - meat is high-impact, no matter how fancy it is, and cooking high-end gourmet meals does not subvert the food system. It gets even more hypocritical when you have someone like Gabriel Claycamp who thinks that failing to fill out license applications turns teaching rich people how to cook into an act of protest against The Man. I'd root for him more if he just billed himself as an unabashed hedonist and played nice with others. All that said, hope the Swinery's product tastes good and is more of a success than his other ventures.
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Since we are on the subject there's a little known one-man operation in Shoreline that I recently discovered and that is very good. The guy could definitely be better at self-promotion but if you want to be blown away by artisanal smoky pork products for cheap this is the place to go: http://www.carpatiasausage.com/
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It's true:
It's not the miles, it's the meat.
If you want to go low-impact, stop eating (and supporting the production of) meat.
(See http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13…)
That's why this is pandering. If you were concerned about the environment, you wouldn't celebrate this stuff.
It's not the miles, it's the meat.
If you want to go low-impact, stop eating (and supporting the production of) meat.
(See http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13…)
That's why this is pandering. If you were concerned about the environment, you wouldn't celebrate this stuff.
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BJC,
Any comments on how hard it is to be a food-centric person or "foodie" and maintain a logical environmental perspective? Unless you are riding your bike over to West Seattle to go to this shop it seems like the pandering has convinced you that its "better" to eat food from there than say, somewhere in your own neighborhood? Its gotta seriously tear at you sometimes...I know it bugs the hell outta me.
Oh and I love enjoy foie gras and bone marrow and many other "evil" foods but here in Seattle you can really get everything you need nearby..unless you conduct all your shopping at Trader Joes and QFC.
Any comments on how hard it is to be a food-centric person or "foodie" and maintain a logical environmental perspective? Unless you are riding your bike over to West Seattle to go to this shop it seems like the pandering has convinced you that its "better" to eat food from there than say, somewhere in your own neighborhood? Its gotta seriously tear at you sometimes...I know it bugs the hell outta me.
Oh and I love enjoy foie gras and bone marrow and many other "evil" foods but here in Seattle you can really get everything you need nearby..unless you conduct all your shopping at Trader Joes and QFC.
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@9 - there's a shop called Salumi in Pioneer square that deals only in meat. It's been thriving since it opened, 10 years ago.
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@12: So incremental steps towards a desired end are bad because they are incremental. Got it. See also "the perfect is the enemy of the good."
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#15, well let's see how The Swinery does compared with Salmui..I think he sells for than just meat, like sandwiches, wine, more of a restaurant than a high end butcher--and its got a guaranteed customer base right there--all of downtown at lunch. The west seattle location is not as desirable. Plus those pigs batali uses are special, and the recipes are original, unadulterated versions of the old world stuff. And Salumi is open different hours than the Swinery will be, and is closed weekends. I predict Salumi will be around long after the Swinery is. I'm not going to get in a pissing match with you but there's an enormous difference between Salumi, when they opened, and what they offer and the types of things/experience the Swinery will be.
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@15: are you seriously suggesting that BJC et al are taking steps toward something that involves no meat?
No, they and the other artisanal meaties are patting themselves on the back for their "green" meat (which it isn't) and telling themselves that they've "done their part" (which they haven't).
Your analogy fails. Supporting this stuff isn't merely imperfect. It isn't good. It's bad.
No, they and the other artisanal meaties are patting themselves on the back for their "green" meat (which it isn't) and telling themselves that they've "done their part" (which they haven't).
Your analogy fails. Supporting this stuff isn't merely imperfect. It isn't good. It's bad.
19
All the bull is done, Bring on the Pork.
Yep he's back, allyall that are haters relax..
Its lajit. and is in full swing Go see it Now.
The permits are on the Wall!
Yep he's back, allyall that are haters relax..
Its lajit. and is in full swing Go see it Now.
The permits are on the Wall!
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