Delmar Butcher Shop is All in the Family
Published Apr 15, 2007
McCarroll’s The Village Butcher has been serving customers since 1921. Here owners James McCarroll III and Christine McCarroll are pictured (from left) with James McCarroll IV and Lauren Corrigan.
Independent meat butchers are rare in these days of big-chain grocery stores, but McCarrolls The Village Butcher continues to serve Delmar customers as it has since 1921.
The meat shop and delicatessen is actually a store within four stores situated in Delmar Marketplace on Kenwood Avenue, with the other stores offering groceries, produce and fresh sushi. McCarrolls The Village Butcher offers all cuts of fresh meats, from ground round to filet mignon.
“We actually closed our business in 1990 due mostly to competing against the large grocery stores. But we reopened in 1995 here in the Marketplace because we wanted to again offer the tops in meat, chicken and seafood selections,” says Christine McCarroll, who owns the business with her husband, James III. “The McCarroll family started this butcher business more than 85 years ago, and it’s good to be back in it.”
Besides meat, the fourth generation family business sells fresh seafood that arrives three times a week from Boston. It also sells Bell & Evans brand chicken.
“We also make our own Italian sausage and stuffed chicken breasts that are very popular,” McCarroll says. “Our deli is 24 feet of salads or entrees that simply need to be taken home and microwaved. I make all the fresh salads right here on the premises.”
So how can an independent butcher compete against supermarkets these days?
“We’ve just built up a reputation of having pure meat with no grizzle or fillers, plus we offer fine service,” McCarroll says. “Our products are found on many dinner tables throughout Delmar and the surrounding area.”
Story by Kevin Litwin
Photo by Wes Aldridge
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