Blackfoot Butchers Brings Home the Bacon

Having already been a massive fan of The Salt Yard and Dehesa I was very excited to see the opening of Blackfoot Butchers, a foray into retail by the team behind, quite possibly, the best two tapas restaurants in London.

Situated in pretty, paved Charlotte Place, just off Goodge Street, Blackfoot is a small, white tiled, gastronomes delight. The butchery side of things features a good variety of free range meat and game, including rabbit, pork, pheasant and various cuts of excellent beef. Meat is sourced mainly from the Home Counties and some from Devon. They also sell prepared meats such as delicious onglet – a traditionally French cut of beef, marinated in paprika and merlot vinegar – and make fresh pork sausages daily with fennel, chanterelle or herbs.

The deli counter serves a delicious selection of cut meats and cheeses, and nearly everything you can get in their other restaurants is available to buy here. On launch night we were treated to their fantastic padron peppers stuffed with sausagemeat, lamb chops which fell off the bone and some really excellent braised hare bruschetta.

It’s all about the meat here, so it’s certainly not an ideal place for a vegetarian – my carnivorous plus one was particularly taken with the still feathered pheasants and rather fluffy rabbits hanging in the window. It was nice to see a real butchers window display, as so many butchers and fishmongers seem to be closing down, unable to compete with the pseudo meat counters in overpriced supermarkets.

What I liked about Blackfoot Butchers was the knowledge of the owners, and the real excitement about quality and taste. They also make pesto, salsa verde and sell a number of quality wines, drinks, vegetables, olives and pasta.

Prices range from entirely reasonable to fairly expensive and they take orders for Christmas and cater for parties.  Anyone lucky enough to work in the locality can even nip in for the wonderful sounding parsnip and chorizo soup, or some of their freshly made sandwiches for lunch. For a pretty small shop it packs a meaty punch.

Blackfoot Butchers
14 Charlotte Place
Fitzrovia W1T 1SW

Tel: 020 7580 5096
info@theblackfootbutchers.co.uk

Opening Hours: Monday to Friday – midday to 8 pm