Primal Cuts

Primal cuts is a gem. Whenever we have a meat related project, we come here. They never hesitate to help out and provide special cuts or large orders. Their house made sausages are always winners for an easy grilled dinner. It should not be overlooked for lunch and happy hour. The sandwiches are by and far the best in Bend. Their tap list always includes local and out of the area favorites.

Looking for a good bratwurst I came here on a friends recommendation and yes… yes they do have an excellent brat. Service was great.

Jules B. covered our experience here, but for me Primal Cuts is only four stars because of the lack of drink options other than kombucha, cider, and beer. That’s great at 7pm on a Friday, but not so awesome on a Sunday at 11:30am. Canned sodas, iced tea, something else please, k thx bai.

We really liked this place and will be back soon! You don’t often find an all-​in-​one butcher shop/​bar/​deli. They clearly put some thought into the layout and ambiance. A few tables with bar stools are at the front, leaving plenty of open space around the bar and deli counter. We came in for sandwiches, but the meat seemed equally popular, as customers were filtering in and out. The porkstrami sandwich was AWESOME. The bbq pork was also good — tender and juicy, but with pretty subtle flavors. My favorite part was the home-​style pickles (somewhere in between a sweet and dill). Yum! They had a good selection of beers and ciders on tap, too.

36 taps, $ 4 pints, great sammies, and get some tri tip to grill at home. Full scale, old school meat market with pot pies, duck, etc., great place and staff.

Just brought some meat by to have it cut for jerky, the guys were friendly and prompt, had our stuff done on time and at the price they quoted. Will return for sure.

Great butcher shop. The meats are fantastic. I now get all my meats there. The sirloin, ribeye and New York steaks are fantastic. I won’t be getting my meats anywhere else now that I have discovered this gem.

Awesome! Go there!

Had the porkstrami, really good taste,. The staff are very friendly, the meat in the butcher case & the freezer looks fantastic. I can’t wait to get some on the house made hot dogs (they are made from steak trimmings)

we asked the butcher to cut about ¹¹⁄₂ lbs of top sirloin at 11/​2″ thick for beef kabobs. when we got home and opened the package, the meat was full of connective tissue and most of it was much thinner than the requested 11/​2″ cut. i could have gotten better top sirloin at a supermarket at less than half the price! if you go there, review the meat before it’s fully wrapped.

Stopped into this place after reading a good review in local newspaper. Got the pork meatball sandwich which came with side of chips. Also picked up some meat for the week. Loved the pork meatball sandwich. My only gripe would be that I would have enjoyed an additional meatball or 2. Wife got the pulled pork which she was a big fan. Looking forward to going back and digging into the chops and pastrami we picked up for this week.

I just had best pulled pork sandwich– delicious! There meats look really good & we bought some pork chops & sauce– cant wait to have! Nice staff, good selection meats– check it out!

Meat/​Beer/​Love. 30 plus taps & one of the best tap lists in town. House made everything WITH aforementioned love. Makes you want to make meat a part of your existence. Pros behind the counter and bar. Top pick. Enjoy my friends!

Only great things to say about this place. Friendly and knowledgable staff, great product, and right next to growler phils. Get all your meat here!

Ditto the previous reviews.
Top quality meat, superb service, yummy sandwiches. And all in the same house as Growler Phil’s. Doesn’t get much better than that.

Go. Just go. There’s nothing to think about, there’s no other options in town. Go now.
Impressive variety? Check.
Well-​sourced meats? Check.
Delicious bacon? Check.
Ridiculously good sandwiches (some on Sparrow breads)? Check.
Knowledgable, friendly staff? Check.
Go now. Thank me later.

This is a great butcher shop but what you might not know is that you can grab lunch here too. Their sandwiches are some of the best in Bend. So don’t just drop in to cross an item off of your shopping list grab a sandwich (and a beer from Growler Phil’s) and you won’t be disappointed.

We have gotten steaks, chicken and brats from here and they have been high quality, fresh and tasty. Butchers are friendly and helpful too! My meat market!

This place is as great as ALL of the previously written reviews claim. I went in on Saturday, wanting to get a brisket tip to smoke on Memorial Day two days later. I walked in and though the two guys behind the counter were both busy working on things, both greeted me with a friendly «welcome, what can we help you with»! I explained to Brian that I was in the market for a brisket tip for my first attempt at smoking. He said he had one in the back and quickly retrieved it. He then told me if it didn’t look good to me, he had a whole brisket that he could cut the flat off of if I wanted that tip instead! Brian proceeded to inform me about the 4lb chunk of beef I was about to buy and gave some additional tips on how to smoke it (this advice was requested).
It looks like they have just started serving specialty sandwiches as well, so I may need to try one of those on my next visit, which will be soon. Also, they share their building and «lobby» with Growler Phil’s, so you can just buy great meat and great beer all in one place!
Well done guys, well done.

My husband and I may not be the most usual of folks to be cheerleaders for Primal Cuts given we don’t eat beef at all and we eat very limited amounts of other animal products. Think Mark Bittman’s approach to meat. We want to know the source, we’re concerned for the husbandry of the animals as they are raised, and we eat lightly of meat and focus on plant based foods. We are definitely quality first when it comes to meat products, not so much quantity people. Which might, after all, make us the kind of folks to appreciate Primal Cuts for their notch products, for how focused is the owner on using local and humanely raised products and great customer service.
We’re big fans of Primal Cuts pork sausages, made right there in the pristinely clean Primal Cuts market kitchen, perfectly seasoned (using herbs and spices from a local spice shop) and lean (using Carlton pork). From English bangers to Italian to Portuguese to Cajun they are all wonderful. We also love the Wild Boar sausage. The owner has also been able to sell us ground wild boar for us to use in ragu at home. Also lamb shanks from a local rancher that raises a heritage breed. Plus, a big «whoohoo» that we were able to get duck legs at Primal Cuts yesterday. (Those who live in Bend know how hard, even impossible, it is to get duck legs here.)
Primal Cuts also sells some local artisan food products, like Cada Dia’s raw milk cheese, and fresh eggs from locally raised, free range hens.
They also have dried sausages and pates (like pork and pistachio) from Portland’s Olympic Provisions company.
They also smoke their own ham and bacon. Which may be one of the reasons the store always smells so good, fresh and clean and herby-​spicey and smokey at the same time.
We also enjoy that as irregularly as we go to Primal Cuts, that limited animal product consumption thing of ours, we are always greeted as if from the neighborhood. That the folks who work there make it evident they appreciate our business, even as little as we buy, is one of the reasons we appreciate them. Everything is connected.
Yesterday as I was leaving the store, an older woman came in who seemed to be a regular and said she needed a really great steak for her dinner. I thought a couple of things. First, I was sure she would find it there. Also that this is just that kind of place where one buys really great items, not where one loads up the cart with lesser quality items. Different strokes for different folks, but that Primal Cuts model works for my hubby and me for sure. We’d rather eat less of something really great, than a lot of something mediocre.
THIS N THAT:
1) An «all people are welcome here» place. If you need an accessible entry (stairs in the front) there is accessible parking in the back and level in access there.
2) A growler business is coming in to set up in the spare store space at Primal Cuts. Maybe by April?
3) Gravel lot next door which used to host Spork’s food trailer last year, has been paved (woohoo) and will be home to a produce stand soon which will be a very good and convenient thing as Primal Cuts’ next door neighbor. (Spork is moving indoors to bricks and mortar place on Newport Avenue.)
4) We can’t speak from experience since they are made of beef which we don’t eat, but we have it on multiple good authority sources that the Primal Cuts made hot dogs are the best ever. :-) For Yeeps and other Peeps who eat beef, these could be on your «to try» list.