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Sunday, March 17, 2013

Chow Now Open: Rain Shadow Meats Squared in Pioneer Square

Posted by on Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 2:58 PM

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Posted by Chow intern Kim Fu.

How do you make Rain Shadow Meats—the Capitol Hill butcher shop that sells exclusively local/sustainable cuts, patés, charcuterie, stocks, and pornographically large hot-dogs—even better? Add lunch and booze! Rain Shadow Meats Squared is now open in Pioneer Square (Occidental at Jackson, right near the new Bar Sajor), and in addition to the butcher counter and deli case, there are around 20 seats for lunch.

Before dedicating himself full-time to the meatly arts, owner Russell Flint was the sous-chef at Boat Street Cafe (the obscurely located but lovely French-ish bistro in Belltown), so the sandwiches and platters at Squared will probably be delicious, and they will definitely come from happy, healthy animals.

 

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Gern Blanston 1
"Pornographically large hot-dogs."

Well done unpaid intern. Well done.
Posted by Gern Blanston on March 17, 2013 at 3:06 PM
gloomy gus 2
I'm really happy about the second location. I love Rain Shadow, but Melrose Market is such a beehive of self delightedness. Pioneer Square should be a much nicer vibe.
Posted by gloomy gus on March 17, 2013 at 5:26 PM
raku 3
they will definitely come from happy, healthy animals.

Do I really have to comment?

This is video of slaughter at a "humane" farm. It's not an undercover PETA or Humane Society video, it's presented as pro-meat. Do you see any happy or healthy animals? What about the mental health of people who have to do this all day?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJeyxKWI_…
Posted by raku on March 17, 2013 at 8:33 PM
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Raku, vegan for going-on 12 years here. I share your concerns about animal welfare and am a great admirer of HSUS's undercover investigators and the amazing work they do. That said, I believe Rain Shadow goes out of their way to get their animal products from local farms where animals are treated properly. Save your firepower for those who truly deserve it, like the industry assholes working with ALEC to put forward proposed legislation in a number of states to make it illegal to do such undercover investigations.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/17…
Posted by lkjh on March 17, 2013 at 8:43 PM
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raku, you are the worst kind of vegan. you are as bad as those jeezbo fundies who come in here and spout their shit about how gays are going to hell. Not everyone is a sensitive snowflake who can't accept that we're all animals, and animals have been known to kill and eat each other. At least Humans kill their meals first.
Posted by there's vegans and there's vegans on March 17, 2013 at 10:54 PM
Matt from Denver 6
@ 3, that's the point of slaughter. Of course they aren't going to be "happy." They wouldn't be happy to be set upon by a wolfpack, either. What's your point?

Plants aren't "happy" to be eaten, either. Why do you think you cry when you chop up onions? That's their defense mechanism at work.

You cannot live without killing. Even as a vegan.
Posted by Matt from Denver on March 18, 2013 at 5:31 AM
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@6 LOL - That has to be my most favorite justification for why it's ok to slaughter animals.

(You are being sarcastic, right? You can't be that dumb.)
Posted by ian on March 18, 2013 at 7:02 AM
Matt from Denver 8
@ 7, can you live without preying on other life forms?
Posted by Matt from Denver on March 18, 2013 at 7:15 AM
raku 9
Matt from Denver: Good work, you're getting close to a blackout on my Defensive Omnivore Bingo board.
Posted by raku on March 18, 2013 at 9:04 AM
Matt from Denver 10
@ 9, if that helps you cope with your inability to debate the matter, then more power to you.
Posted by Matt from Denver on March 18, 2013 at 9:39 AM
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#7, if we weren't meant to eat meat, it wouldn't taste so good
Posted by Unbrainwashed on March 18, 2013 at 1:35 PM
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Plants aren't food, plants are what food eats
Posted by Meatatarian on March 29, 2013 at 4:50 PM

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