Stillman Quality Meats - Hardwick

Bought a bone-in pork shoulder from the farmer market in Brookline, it seemed ok at first and I froze it immediately but I'd noticed it was packed 6 days prior to the sale.Thawed it out and got ready to marinate but it had gone bad immediately. I know all sales are final but I just blew a good deal of money on an expired cut of meat.It's unfortunate given I had a good experience previously with a chicken stock pack but as of right now I can't recommend it.

What a hidden gem! Kate, and the whole crew are fantastic to work with. They utilize a little different system, you place your order online, they process the order on Mondays, and depending on the size of the order ship it out by Wednesday. This is so your order arrives by Friday and is not sitting over the weekend in a distribution center. I say based on size because I did have one very large order they carried over until the next week to ship. The quality is very high. While they are not inexpensive. This is a case where you get what you pay for. If you’re still in doubt, try a pound of applewood smoked bacon… it’s insanely good and a find myself adding a few pounds to every order. Conversely, their sausage utilizes a fine grind, much finer than that you would find in supermarkets making for a mushy consistency and just not my cup of tea. The variety of cuts is good. The steaks well marbled and favorable. Their bundles represent an excellent value for the dollar. Holiday orders arrive on time. They remind me of a time before the mega markets and each town had a small local butcher… you knew what to expect and it was consistently good. Definitely worth trying.

We order a 1/4 cow the steaks are good but so far all the ground beef we opened is spoiled smells like rotten eggs it was so awful, smell lingered for a full day. We have 30 pounds of ground beef and i just opened the 4th pack and again rotten meat. My husband emailed the owner about it but to no surprise we did not get a response. I will not buy from this farm again! We received rotten ground beef that supposedly was packaged in May! I am sure the rest of the ground beef is not good as 4 packs in row were rotten. What a shame.

Came across their stall at the farmers market in Canton, MA and bought a skirt steak and their chimi, both of which were excellent. Oyster mushrooms in the photo were from a different vendor at the same market (High Tide).

Someone recommended Stillman, when i called they told me to wait 2 month to process my 1 chicken (month of May). i called and they told me i need a certificate, okay got it then was told they cant process my chicken because they can only do a min of 20 chickens... i wish i was told 2 months ago about that, so i didnt have to waste my time.