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NEW SOURCES FOR GREAT BEEF
NEW SOURCES FOR GREAT BEEF
What is the difference between a meat counter and a butcher shop? The butcher.
Ray is the reason Fairway rules. Ray is a dinosaur: A meat-and-poultry idiot savant. Meat and poultry guys like Ray are extinct. The last ones died out in the late '60s, except for Ray, who lives on, right here at Fairway. The guy is an impossible fanatic. He selects primals, veal, pork, ham, chicken and turkey right at their source. He buys more prime beef than anybody on the planet - more than Peter Luger's buyer, more than the Palm's or Ruth's Chris' buyer, more than Lobel's. The result of THAT fact is Ray gets first dibs.
He has taught his counter guys to cook. He has also taught them to bend over backwards to make you happy. You want us to bone that chicky? Done. You want that crown roast frenched? Done. You want your chopped meat a certain way? Done.
Ray pioneered USDA-certified organic beef from Australia, veal pastrami, organic pork from Quebec, high-end kosher meat and poultry, all cut fresh on the premises. We get around. We look at a lot of meat and poultry retailers, and no place - neither here in the US nor in Europe - does it as good as Ray. Some folks call us that "Fair-Ray".
Ray is the reason Fairway rules. Ray is a dinosaur: A meat-and-poultry idiot savant. Meat and poultry guys like Ray are extinct. The last ones died out in the late '60s, except for Ray, who lives on, right here at Fairway. The guy is an impossible fanatic. He selects primals, veal, pork, ham, chicken and turkey right at their source. He buys more prime beef than anybody on the planet - more than Peter Luger's buyer, more than the Palm's or Ruth's Chris' buyer, more than Lobel's. The result of THAT fact is Ray gets first dibs.
He has taught his counter guys to cook. He has also taught them to bend over backwards to make you happy. You want us to bone that chicky? Done. You want that crown roast frenched? Done. You want your chopped meat a certain way? Done.
Ray pioneered USDA-certified organic beef from Australia, veal pastrami, organic pork from Quebec, high-end kosher meat and poultry, all cut fresh on the premises. We get around. We look at a lot of meat and poultry retailers, and no place - neither here in the US nor in Europe - does it as good as Ray. Some folks call us that "Fair-Ray".
RAY VENEZIA
I am the Vice President of Meat for Fairway Market. I am a
third-generation butcher bringing twenty-seven years of experience in
retail food expertise to Fairway, having devoted my entire career to
fresh meat and poultry operating, purchasing and merchandising. Hired
by Fairway in 1997, I have been responsible for the success of the
department in the Harlem store as well as the introduction of the meat
and poultry operation in the flagship Broadway store. The meat world
recognizes me as the pioneer of the industry's fastest growing
categories - organic and kosher products, several of which are sold
exclusively at Fairway. Under my guidance, the Fairway meat department
is enjoying a rapidly growing, on-premises fresh kosher meat operation
under strict rabbinical supervision. We at Fairway Market are the
proving ground for the entire meat industry.Have a question or comment about meat?
Send Ray an email! ray.venezia@fairwaymarket.com
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Planview, NY 11803
516.937.5402 - UPPER WEST SIDE
2127 Broadway
New York, NY 10023
212.595.1888 - HARLEM
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New York, NY 10027
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Brooklyn, NY 11231
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