Where to buy Goat Meat

[jkingsle]

Does anyone know where to buy Goat Meat on the Peninsula?

Thanks.

[Kayde]

Wayland's Meat in Oakland's Dimond area often carries goat. Call for sure. When I was there a couple weeks ago, another customer was ordering a whole lamb.

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Wayland's Meat
3421 Fruitvale Ave, Oakland, CA 94602

[dtulkin]

Ranch 99 always has goat, dont know where it is from, frozen, not fresh, you can also find live goats for sale on CL all the time

[jbmoses]

This is really helpful. Assuming I can find a whole goat, I want to roast it on a spit. How can I do this without getting arrested by SFPD? thanks

[SteveG]

There are officially sanctioned picnic areas in local parks and campgrounds, which you can reserve ahead of time. Some of the ones in Golden Gate Park are set up for grilling, so I'm sure if you rigged a spit you wouldn't get any guff. Some also allow beer & wine.

Apparently, if your group is under 25 you don't need a permit, but that also means a group with a permit can boot you from wherever you end up "squatting."

http://www.parks.sfgov.org/site/uploa...

[takuhead]

best goat directly from the farm in San Jose
http://www.petstouch.com/goatfinder.asp

also on Sunday farmer's market in Palo Alto on California Ave
The ranch there has goat, beef, lamb and pork - grassfed and organic

[SteveG]

They also sell various goat milk products. Do you have any experience with their cheeses, kefir, etc.?

[takuhead]

yes i have lots of experience - i buy from them every week - their products are top notch!

Can't compare to anything i have gotten in the store plus you can't get raw products at the market. The garlic soft chevre style cheese and the mozzarella are especially good

I used to get their kefir but the owner gave me some grains so now i make my own - they multiply quickly so i often have extra to share

[PorktoPurslane]

Bi-Rite Market often carries Bolinas goat (the same goat Chez Panisse serves)

As someone mentioned above, Marin Sun Farms carries goat - in almost every cut imaginable - and this is the goat I purchase for my home. I braise the meat in spices and tomatoes - GOAT TACOS ANYONE?

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Bi-Rite Market
3639 18th St, San Francisco, CA 94110

Capay Organic - consolidated in Ferry Bldg #9
1 Ferry, Bldg San Francisco, CA

[sydthekyd]

Oh, yes, please! Now I am inspired.

[Robert Lauriston]

Bolinas goat = Niman goat.

Marin Sun is at the Ferry Plaza Saturday farmers market. Bi-Rite, 6001 California Market, and Guerra's Meats reportedly also sell their meat, though that doesn't necessarily mean goat.

http://www.marinsunfarms.com/places_t...

[bong]

At $12/lb, bi-rite goat meat were the most expensive I have ever bought... :<

[Robert Lauriston]

I don't think I've ever paid more than $4 a pound, but last week I saw goat rib chops in the case at Marin Sun for $25 a pound. They looked to be more bone than meat.

[takuhead]

100% Grass fed organic goat meat from Old Creek Ranch - they are at the California Ave Farmer's Market in Palo Alto on Sunday.
They have neck bones, organ meats, sliced liver, riblets, shank, shoulder roast, leg steaks, leg roasts, stew meat, ground, rib chops and loin chops.
Website is oldcreekranch.net [phone]

They also have lamb, pork and beef. Really great meat.

[Canthespam]

Any places in San Francisco - restaurants and butcher shops???

[Robert Lauriston]

Bill Niman's goat has been turning up on a lot of menus, but it doesn't have the gamy flavor I like. It's not even as gamy as the lamb I buy from halal butchers.

Some SF butchers that sell goat:

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Queen of Sheba
1100 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA

Salama Halal Meat
604 Geary St, San Francisco, CA

Fresh Meat Market
2704 Mission St, San Francisco, CA

Belmar-La Gallinita Meat Market
2989 24th St, San Francisco, CA

[bong]

Also in San Francisco:

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Manila Oriental Market
4175 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94112

[charliemyboy]

Sushi Monster reports in his Taquerias of Redwood City report (http://www.emeraldlake.com/tacos/) that Mi Rancho Market at 137 Roosevelt Ave., RC has goat meat as well.

[lovebitessf]

Also in SF, Polarica USA Inc. in Bayview is a great place for wild game, exotic and not-so-exotic meats, including goat. If it's legal to sell, they will have it or can get it for you. This place is great. The staff is extremely knowledgeable and helpful.

If you need a whole kid goat for your spit, this is the place to go!

http://www.polaricausa.com/home.html

[Canthespam]

I just called Polarica after looking at the web site. Goat and suckling pig are special order items and you have to buy the whole thing, goats are about 30 lbs. I will go there because they have pouissins, which I have been trying to find.

[yimster]

Asian market also have this item.

Here's where I have purchase goat from in the past

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99 Ranch Market
1070 Foster City Blvd, Foster City, CA

[tranewreck]

A regular stall (can't remember the name) in the back of the Saturday Ferry Building carries goat

[rln]

I believe it's Marin Sun Farms -- I saw they had goat too.

[emmaroseeats]

It's delicious. They have goats out at their Pt Reyes Ranch and also source it from some other local grass feed only farms.

[polish_girl]

I saw it at the Rose Market in Mountain View.

[osho]

Adding another place where I have bought goat meat, but always call ahead to make sure.

Cheers

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Bangla Bazar
924 E Fremont Ave, Sunnyvale, CA

[Robert Lauriston]

Halal and Mexican butchers often have it. Call first to make sure.

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Chavez Supermarket & Taqueria
46 5th Ave, Redwood City, CA 94063

Chavez Supermarket
3282 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025

Aladdin Deli & Market
224 E Hillsdale Blvd, San Mateo, CA 94403

European Turkish Market
1138 Chula Vista Ave, Burlingame, CA

Chavez Supermarket & Taqueria
817 Arguello St, Redwood City, CA

Islanders Halal Meat & Groceries
1620 Palm Ave, San Mateo, CA

Besan's International Market
480 San Mateo Ave, San Bruno, CA

Halal Market
175 S Capitol Ave, F San Jose, CA

Halal Meats
1538 S De Anza Blvd, San Jose, CA 95129

Guadalajara Meat Market
829 Borregas Ave, Sunnyvale, CA

[SteveG]

Any thoughts on which of the above are locally sourced? A friend of mine mentioned the herds of goats that were eating the grass and brush at the edge of the development where he lives, and I realized that there must be thousands of goats getting fat and happy around the bay area as people try to prepare for fire season. Do those goats end up on our plates somehow, and is there a preferred goatherd to get them from?

[Jumbo_Jack]

What part of the goat? Anyhow, larger Korean grocery stores usually carry frozen goat, often labeled 'black goat'.

Also, the goats that are often seen eating brush/weeds on the hillsides are part of programs to either prevent wildfires or control certain types of plants (like poison oak, or the ironically named "goat head thorns").

IMO the herders are real nice folk that care about their animals. The goats look healthy, and I've even lassoed a few goats in my time, but I don't know you'd want to eat an adult. They eat *anything* and go anywhere, so they could be in areas previously sprayed with pesticides or roadside where they're picking up more contaminants. If you could get your hands on a kid to eat though...

[jimtak]

If you want local goat (or lamb) you could contact <[e-mail]> -
I've bought spring lambs from Don the last two years for the family Ishtar lamb roast, and am planning on roasting a goat soon. His sheep and goats weed the local vineyards in Napa/Sonoma.

[jkingsle]

I just called Aladdin (nearest my house) and they said that they stock it. I'll stop in and check it out and report back.

[jkingsle]

I went to Aladdin today and they had plenty of goat meat. In the butcher case they had goat stew meat, which the butcher told me was a combination of leg, neck, sholder, and rib meat all on the bone. In the hanging cooler they had goat leg meat. I bough one leg (about 3.3 lbs), he trimmed and cut it for me on the band saw.

Will be making Goat Tacos tomorrow -- hope they taste good!

[Melanie Wong]

I browsed the case at Besan's last week. The fresh goat looked great, pink and rosy hued, dewy fresh. The hearts, livers, etc are also available in the case.

[EdwardAdams]

Both Halal markets on San Pablo Ave., just north of University in Berkeley carry goat as well.