Where to buy skirt steak

[crawfish]

Where can I find them? I've looked in Kensington and St Lawrence markets with no luck.

Thanks

[polypx]

Butcher By Nature always has it in. 515 Annette St., Bloor West Village.

[Ted Richards]

The Butcher Shop (that's its name), in the Silver Mile Plaza (SW corner of Markham Road and Kingston Road) had them today.

[ButterYum]

In my area the best place to get them is the Hispanic market so you might want to try one in your area.

[miketoronto]

most Rowe farms locations that I visit (Roncesvalles, Bloor West Village, etc.) always have skirt, flank, or flatiron.

[plug]

i've seen it at Carnicero's at St.lawrence market (as recent as last week)
You can also call sausage king and order it, their PEI grassfed is fantastic.

[Arcadiaseeker]

Fiesta Farms often has it.

[hsavinsky]

Butcher Shoppe, 121 Shornecliffe, Etobicoke, 416 234 2290, open to the public on the first saturday of the month.

[FlavoursGal]

You might want to give vacio steak a try. I've bought it at The Healthy Butcher and it's marvelous - extremely rich in flavour, tender without being textureless like filet mignon, with a great amount of marbling. It's an Argentinian cut of beef similar to hanger steak (I'm not sure exactly where it's cut from).

It's quite expensive, but worth every penny.

[hungry_pangolin]

Hey, FlavoursGal! That sounds interesting - how do you prepare it? A marinade?

[FlavoursGal]

No, it doesn't seem to be necessary. I rub it generously with a dry rub (whatever combination of herbs and spices that grab my attention at the time) and grill it to medium-rare. The last time I made it, I sliced it across the grain and served it atop a large salad, brushed with some chimichurri I'd picked up from El Gaucho Sausage Co. at the Saturday St. Lawrence market.

[bellywizard]

I order it from Kensington Meats.

It's possibly my favourite cut!
I do very little to it - no extra flavouring or prep-work - just pepper it & put it on the BBQ. Add salt & serve.

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[crawfish]

Where's Kensington Meats?

[bellywizard]

In Kensington Market -
63 Kensington Avenue, Toronto, ON, Canada - [phone]

[Homecookwil]

St. James Town Steak and Chop and Norfoods are great. If not, try Whole Foods. (how can St. Lawrence not have it?!)

[Abbeshay]

I bought some at Cumbrae's once and the butcher actually came out and asked me which part of the meat I wanted my portion from. Needless to say, it was delicious and amazingly tender.

[BarnNB]

Any butcher that brings in full sides of beef should have access to almost all cuts (I believe the hanger steak is removed at the time of slaughter, so it may be an exception).

The problem is that with some of the more obscure cuts (i.e. skirt, hanger steak, etc.) there are only a few steaks per animal. As such, they sometimes don't make it to the counter display because there won't be a nice full row like the t-bones, rib eyes, etc.

My butcher in New Brunswick raises his own organic, grass feed beef and dry ages them 15 days (there is a brisket in the smoker as I write - YUM!). He has a hard time moving some of the lesser known cuts. Sometimes I show up looking for a hanger or skirt steak only to find out that they have just been put through the grinder for ground beef!!!! What a shame....

[hungry_pangolin]

Sad, yes... but they must make for a lovely, beefy burger.

[BarnNB]

Sorry - I forgot to make my point about the obscure cuts - just ask the butcher even if you don't see the particular cut in the display. He may have in hanging on a side out back..

[crawfish]

Wow, thanks everybody! I just looked up all of these places so in case anyone else is wondering:

Nortown Foods - York Mills and Bayview or Eglinton and the Allen
Grace Meats - Grace and College (I think I've asked before but I'll try again)
Royal Beef - Danforth and Woodbine
St James Town Steak and Chop - Parliament and Carleton
Whitehouse - St Lawrence Market - I'm sure I've asked them but I'll try again
Juan Meat Market, otherwise known as El Gaucho - near Jane and the 401
Healthy Butcher, Cumbrae, Whole foods would be last resorts, organic is not important to me in this instance

Thanks again!

[wildcard1674]

Cumbrae or white hous emeats in st Lawrence

[hungry_pangolin]

St James Town Steak and Chop (Parliament at Winchester) often has them in cryovacs of three.

[Vinnie Vidimangi]

"Skirt" is a popular Latino BBQ cut. Juan Meat Market, otherwise known as El Gaucho, has this cut and I understand has a good reputation in the Latino community
40 Beverly Hills Rd
416-248-2808
Its in the plaza, west side.

[embee]

I know they have it at Royal Beef and at Nortown Foods.

[FlavoursGal]

I've never seen skirt steak at Nortown. Does it have to be specially ordered?

[embee]

They usually have it at York Mills. I don't know about Eglinton. For many years, Nortown (and Donny's, a direct competitor, now defunct) were the only reliable sources of skirt steak in Toronto.

It used to be sold as "pinwheels", which were skirt steaks rolled into a log and sliced into roughly 1" sections. Last week, they had normal (flat) skirt steaks in the freezer. My current regular source is Royal Beef at Danforth/Woodbine.

[FlavoursGal]

Funny, you' d think they would have the same cuts at the York Mills and Eglinton locations. I'll have to ask next time I'm in there.

In Montreal, the kosher butchers sold "lollipops" - pinwheels on a stick!

[embee]

I think they have pretty much the same cuts now, but they didn't always. For many years, Eglinton carried only kosher cuts - long after they ceased actually being kosher - while York Mills stocked strip loins and very treif sausage products.

[Kagemusha]

Grace Meats?

[mickeyj]

Healthy Butcher.

[Food Tourist]

Definitely at Whole Foods and Cumbrae.