J W Treuth & Sons

The only place around town to buy your meat and poultry. If you are still buying your meats from supermarket you are missing out.

Excellent selection and quality, excellent service, and very good monthly specials.

I visited here late on a Friday and ordered some NY Strip steaks and bacon. Both were amazing, especially the bacon. The bacon was very tasty, much better than anything you can buy in a store. The NY strips were fresh and flavorful too, although I thought they could have trimmed them a bit more. I’ll be back.

I don’t think I will ever buy meats in a grocery store again. This was my first visit and it will not be my last!
They have it all. I finally found a place that has good cuts of skirt steak. Picked up some great bacon as well as some bulk sausage. Also saw some great steaks cuts, pork chops, poultry as well.
Good prices and great service.

The only thing bad about this place is it’s crowded and they don’t take American express. But they have great beef The only place that still carries bone in sirlion steak !!! The roast are good too But the delmonico steaks are to died for!!! Cook to medium well and add a little lowery’s season salt after they come off grill, the porterhuse tbones are very good also. !! They have OFFAL CUTS for the gourmets. One thing that i like is you get to choose your cuts from a large tray with steaks cut three level deep if you get there early, I like well marbled cuts. they will cut roast to size or get larger roast if your crock potting. I don’t to use a 2to21/​2 roast in a crock pot they cooks to quik. to sum this place is the have the best tasting beef in the Baltomore area compared to Sam’s costco, Bj’s and put every food store to shame, now, i never bought the age from whole foods so i can’t if there better or not, but I have bought Wegmans delmonico, s and they don’t hold a candle to JW trueth’s!!!

I learned a new word today, and you see I love learning. It’s just the geek in me. I swear I have learned less since I graduated some years ago, but whatever you get it. Here’s the word I learned. Abattoir. Sounds like, abbetwar. What is that? Oh it is a nicer way of saying SLAUGHTERHOUSE.
Actually I like abattoir better, it sounds undefiled… he he he
Anywho, I’ve heard about this place before, and then totally forgot about it. I was reminded again whilst I was getting my mani/​pedi on yesterday. Get on Oella, travel down some winding roads and Bam! There it is!
Look, lately the meat in the major grocery stores have been a little wonky and what not. I mean have you heard of pink slime? Have you ever gotten meat that just wasn’t that fresh? Oh you haven’t, well I have. Yuck. I have no time to be sick from bad meat.
Can’t get any better than having Porky the Pig, and Claude the Cow wacked out back and served to out front. The folk here are hella knowledgeable and will slice your meat right… he he he he.
They even have nifty specials, where you can get several types of meat (think steak, rack of ribs, BACON, beef) for discounted rates.
Can’t beat fresh.

MEAT MEAT MEAT!
They sell MEAT here. They sell really GOOD MEAT. I’ve been here twice and both times I’ve bought lots of MEAT. We had a trip with about 15 people and we bought the family package, which came with approximately 30 pounds of MEAT. All the MEAT was damn delicious and there was no skimping on the quantity too. We had enough MEAT for 3 meals a day (lots of MEAT at each meal too) for 4 days.
Did I mention they sell MEAT MEAT MEAT!

This is a great place! First, you need to get serious with the fact that animals are being slaughtered and eaten, so it is going to smell and look like animals are being slaughtered and eaten.
Then realize that fresh meat is the best, and then buy it here. Whatever you need, however you want sliced or packaged, they do it. They are awesome!
Yeah, they don’t sell organic meats, and that would be cool, so hopefully that will happen soon.
Anyway, in the meantime, go to the source for you fresh meat needs, and go to this place!

I found Trueth“s about a month ago when I bought some excellent tomatoes from the produce stand/​nursery around the corner. I made the comment «it would be perfect if you sold good bacon along with these tomatoes» and the man said «I don’t have to, Trueths is around the corner». So off I went. Trueth’s has delicious slab bacon, like I used to get from Godfrey Brothers in Loganville, PA. Meaty thick slabs of fresh meat– awesome. I also bought steaks, which I could have cut with a fork– rib eyes. They have weekly specials listed on the blackboard in front. The counter ladies know their stuff and are so helpful. Today they had chunks of cheddar samples on the counter– oh my God, it was so good. They told me while they are not organic, they buy from local farmers who aren’t steroid crazy and that they get their pork from the Amish. It is a true butcher shop– a surprise in ultra elite Howard County. They also sell seafood, it looks pretty fresh. I have been back 4 times and all 4 times I have been seriously pleased. They are a bit higher than the grocery stores but totally worth it. Actually, the bacon is cheaper at $ 4.69 a pound. JW Trueth’s is a carnivore’s dream!

Never a bad experience here. The meats are always super fresh (which I can’t say for a lot of grocery stores unfortuneatly).
The staff has always been helpful and friendly. They do really well when things are busy. They stick to following their numbers and everyone gets served without any injustice being felt or confusion.
Even if I don’t go for Delmonico steaks I always pick them up for dinner. They are awesome and you should get some too.
I testament to this place is that a lot of local restaurants also get their Butcher items from this shop.

These guys do one thing and do it well, meat, and lots of it. I’m originally from Memphis, Tn where people practically worship meat and these guys here in the backwoods of Maryland reminds me of home. Big selection, superb cuts, and reasonable pricing, about the same as the supermarkets, maybe a tad more. Doesn’t matter, because its worth every penny. You have a big grill out coming up then this is your one stop shop of all your meats. Believe it.

I would love it if JW Treuth sold organic meats, but they don’t.
Being a butcher worthy of the name, however, they DO know how to make a perfect crown roast. Try — just TRY, I dare you — to ask your grocery store butcher to do that, and see what you get back. Even the meat counter at Whole Foods is going to disappoint you on that one, I promise.
Which is sad, really, because one should still be able to obtain a beautifully butchered crown roast in this world. Because a beautifully-​butchered crown roast, with remarkably little effort, becomes a beautifully prepared and plated crown roast, which elicits gasps and twinkly eyes from one’s dinner guests when brought to the table.
Gasps and twinkly eyes. There’s not nearly enough of those in this world, either.
Treuth’s has been butchering and selling meat in Catonsville long enough for their abbatoir out back to be grandfathered in under the zoning rules. (Honestly, when was the last time you saw an abbatoir in YOUR neighborhood?) That qualifies it as a Baltimore fixture. It’s well worth the trip down the back roads and back through time to find it.

Don’t go!!!
Way too crowded already!
Leave this one for us locals.
Stay away, you probably wouldn’t appreciate the quality of the meat anyway.
Shoo!

I’m a Texas ex-​pat and as the weather gets warmer, thoughts naturally turn to smoked brisket. It’s too far to drive to Lockhart, or Lulling or Taylor or Lexington– homes of world famous TX BBQ joints, so I have to wake before dawn to smoke my own now. After 13 hours of smoke, neighbors are lining up try my real Texas BBQ brisket. I have been encouraged to quit my day job and just smoke meat for a living. But I owe all my success to J W Treuth’ s fresh, whole brisket.
You need a whole brisket to make Texas BBQ. There is not another market in the area that has them. First cut briskets that sell for $ 7/​pound at other markets are only $ 5/​pound here. Whole brisket with first and second cuts intact and untrimmed are even cheaper. This place is a treasure and you should definitely check it out if you’re a carnivore.

Awesome butcher shop. Knowlegable staff and top quality meats. I can’t recommend it enough!

You cannot beat the quality and value of an abattoir with a retail counter attached. From their package deals, if you have room in the freezer, to their individual offerings, they have the best deals in town. The prices of their meat are actually on average or cheaper than most mega-​marts but the quality is AMAZING in comparison.
They offer fish, chicken, pork, beef, rabbit and more… All as fresh as possible…
So, if you’re a carnivore, go to J.W. Treuth & Sons, buy yourself a nice steak, throw it on the grill and treat yourself to a piece of meat that will kick the snot out of the stuff they charge you beyond top dollar for at the «premier steak houses».

I’m sittin’ here, chowing on some serious beef from JW Treuth and Sons — a porterhouse grilled medium over hardwood charcoal — and I cannot express how kick-​ass this steak is. When I saw ‘em in the case, they were smiling at me: nicely trimmed, well-​marbled, and just begging to be brushed with a little olive oil, sprinkled with salt and pepper, and subjected to blistering heat on my backyard BBQ pit.
Treuth’s is a real goddamn butcher shop. Actually, an abattoir and butcher shop — dinner goes in the back on the hoof and comes out the front in brown friggin’ paper. Full service retail counter — cut to order, any part of the cow. Prices are similar to the megamart, but the quality is so, so, so much better. The counter staff are meat experts, helpful as anything, and know the locals.
Want beef, pork, or lamb? Haul your sorry ass out to Oella and see these folks. You’ll never buy the styrofoam packaged, shrink-​wrapped stuff from the supermarket case again.

Great meat, great service. If you don’t see what you want, simply ask and they’ll offer to track it down for you.
Got about 5lbs of flank steak last week and three different types of sausages. All delicious. They had skirt steak and tri-​tip in the freezer as well, not always the easiest to find in this area.
I will definitely be back.

Anyone who wants a meat adventure should drive to J.W. Treuth & Sons — just up the road from Ellicott City in Oella.
This is the retail part of a company that sells beef to butchers and restaurants from Boston to Richmond and even overseas. The wholesaler is super-​modern, boasting about both its kosher products and its special service whisking just-​slaughtered eyes, glands, brains «and more» to medical researchers at NIH and Hopkins.
In contrast, the J.W. Treuth store is out of the past. It’s in Baltimore County on a two-​lane road off Rte 144 that alternates between commercial lots and older homes. Inside, there is just a long counter and enough room to check out the wares.
And the wares are the reason to drive to J.W. Treuth. All kinds of beef cuts, chicken, seafood, at least four varieties of house-​made sausages. Everything is reasonably priced, and everything that I tried was delicious. I made a special dinner with a fillet and four enormous scallops. The fillet was tender, but had a real beef flavor that is just missing from cheaper joints. The scallops were sweet, pretty much on the level of my standard Today’s Catch in Columbia.

Wow. It might be hidden, and known by only locals, but what a find this place is to those in the know.
Trueths has been in business since… well, it seems like forever. They have their own slaughterhouse on premises, so you can’t get beef much fresher then they have here.
With offerings from deli meats, to fresh, delicious tenderloin, to even wild caught rock fish, this hidden treasure is a one stop candy store for meat lovers.
The friendly, knowledgeable and easy going staff is ready to answer any questions. With reasonable prices, you will regret going to any Supermarket in the future once you see the selection they have available.
It might be a little bit out of the way, but it is WELL worth the trip.