Eastern Meat Farms

I enjoy coming here. I’ve been coming here for years since I was a kid. Now here I am in my 20’s and I am still coming here but now for my own stuff. I use to always bring quarters to for the rooster machine. Sometimes I still do just because I feel like a kid again. I come here usually for my meats, cole slow and potato salad. The people who work here are always so friendly. Pricing is great. High but well worth buying their stuff. The parking lot here gets kind of crazy though. I still recommend coming here. Place has been here for over 15 years that I know of so they are doing something right.
It is a small place not many isles. They also have meats as well here. Once and a while I will get some meats for BBQ’s.

My favorite italian pork store… I literally drive out of my way just to get my sausage from here whenever I make sausage and peppers. It’s the best in the area. Their other meats are great too. Everything is always fresh and I love the mini french rolls. Plus they’re the only ones with «FocacciBites»!

Great food. Rice balls are excellent. The staff is friendly and helpful. My family shops here a few times a week.

This is an absolutely awesome market. They had everything I needed to make my mother-​in-​laws sauce. Everything is fresh, the place is clean and the employees are friendly.

The guys behind the deli counter are extremely rude and pigs. They stare at women like they’re pieces of meat. The manager there is cruel. Several times I’ve gone there and you can hear him yelling at other employees from a block away. That is no way to treat your employees I refuse to go in there because of their attitudes and there personalities. Their food is good but there’s always other great places in the neighborhood like T&F where the prices are actually reasonable.

You definitely get what you pay for at this place. The food is top notch. I love the prepared salads and dinners. Their stuffed artichokes and buffalo chicken meatballs are awesome. Every time I come back I try something new.

It’s a grocery store they carry also to meet high quality meats very friendly place little tight in there but really really good stuff good quality I recommended to anybody price maybe a little high but for what you get it’s worth it go check it out

It used to be a five… all meat was good but sadly they keep messing with the chopped sirloin. One week it’s great the next it’s a paler fatty consistency. People come here for great meat… the supermarket is cheap and you get cheap meat! Charge more if you must but don’t play with the burger meat. When you get q greasy mess in the pan you know. Otherwise I loved everything here… the cooked salmon and sole are excellent as are numerous other items we have tried. We drive from Oceanside once a week and stock up but will stop if the burger meat keeps changing.

We buy everything here we buy our meat for the week, we have catered Thanksgiving with them they have wraps sides and all types of food, cold cuts cheese etc: it is immaculate and everything I have ever eaten from there is amazing! Very friendly staff as well!
Parking can be a nightmare on some day but well worth it!

I come here specifically for one thing and one thing only — The pasta salad with spinach and feta cheese. It is the best pasta salad! I love it and I buy 2 pounds at a time.
I have also tried their beef pinwheels and chicken pinwheels which are great on the grill. You cant get them stuffed with cheese, spinach, among other things. The prosciutto bread is also amazing, gotta pick some of that up too.
The parking lot can get crowded so get there early. The cashiers are quick and you rarely spend a long time on line.

The food here is a solid 5 stars. Almost everything that I have ordered from here has been great!
There party heros may have been the best that I’ve ever had. I had 3 different heros, all were fantastic and the prices were very good. People always ask me where I got those heros, even two years later.
The reason that I give this place 4 stars and not 5 is because of the prices for non catering food. The prices are very high! I ordered a grilled chicken hero with roasted peppers and fresh mozzarella from the deli counter. It was $ 10, which I though was high. It tasted good, so I didn’t mind too much. I went back the very next day, I ordered the exact same sandwich and they charged me $ 11! I told the guy at the deli counter and he told me that $ 11 was the accurate price. The fact is $ 10 is too much, $ 11 for that hero in my opinion is nuts. I could understand if the hero was huge, but it was just average in size.
I still recommend this place, especially for catering which is priced right. Be prepared to pay if you just want a sandwich.

$ 6 HUGE heros. HOW can you go wrong?

I have shopped there for 6 yrs and yes it’s $$$$$$ But you get what you pay for. The hot food is above average and very good. I must say the fried cappellini is outrageous. the cold cuts are average Boars head and their home brand nothing special. The cold foods pre made sandwiches like Panini’s and wraps and heroes are also very good. There are even premade meals like chicken Parmesan, pasta Primavera, turkey meatloaf, and stuff to that nature they are awesome. the turkey meatloaf is recommended. The salads and deli items are also good and there is a large selection to choose from and they all look good. The meat and chicken is fresh but pricey. What I don’t buy there is the vegetables they are also pricey compared to a fruit stand or a supermarket but people buy It there I guess cause it’s convenient. Vegetables always look fresh and I definitely recommend getting your cheese from them they have a good selection it’s well worth it. The big Downsides is the crowds on the weekends and holidays expect to wait a long time online at the deli counter. the parking lot is small and crowded and crazy. Don’t let that scare you. I put it on par with Iavarone brothers you won’t be disappointed. recommended.

Great variety of meats and prepared foods. Lots of pasta salad choices. Produce is a little bit expensive but if you’re here to get something for lunch, its good variety and good quality. The best in town this side of Hempstead Turnpike!

Nice vibe and what looked to be a good selection of meats, cheeses, and various Italian sweets in a small neighborhood presentation.
Unfortunately, I wasn’t very thrilled with the quality of the arancini and other fried treats I’d picked up, although the mozzarella and bread were of great quality.
I’ll go back and give it another shot, but if a second round of heartburn ensues, I’m done.

Great neighborhood store, the cold cuts are always fresh, and the prepared foods are delicious. It may be one of the craziest parking lots in the world, but the store makes up for it.

Excellent meat dept, deli and fruits. Owners could smile once in awhile. Been going there for years and managers never say hello…

Eastern Meat Farms is a neighborhood staple for the Italian community of Franklin Sq. and Elmont. I know people who have moved away and come back just to get their regular Eastern foods either from the butcher/​deli or some of the Italian specialty goods they stock. They carry all the necessities for Sunday dinner, a variety of meats, cheeses, produce, herbs, bread, deli meats and even sushi. It’s pricier than a supermarket and can get extremely crowded because it’s so tiny, but it’s Eastern Meats. If you live here, you shop there.
Now for the rest. It seems wrong to give such a significant local place less than 5 stars, but I have to admit that I am not impressed with the cleanliness of the store. The parking lot and pavement outside are dirty, stained, oil-​slicked, and smell horrible. The interior of the store obviously gets some of this filth dragged in. In addition, I have seen some of the guys working behind the butcher area chewing gum and also pack out raw meat then jump right back to the meat slicer behind the deli counter. Cashiers eat potato chips, cheetos and nuts while packing my veggies. Recently cringeworthy is that people are not stopped from taking their pets into the store. One lady I’ve seen there twice likes to pick up her shaggy dog and place him in one of the shopping wagons. As if fleas aren’t bad enough, recall the state of the oil– and likely feces-​encrusted parking lot that the dog just walked through (same with kids standing in wagons). Now put your fresh bread, cold cuts, and parsley down on that, then stick them on your counter top or in your fridge at home. Delightful.
It’s great to be a quaint Italian-​American market, but standards are important.