Cow Palace

This Cow Palace is different than the Rocky Point location. Walking inside to the Patchogue location seems stark. The Rocky Point store seems like a small neighborhood grocer, Patchogue Cow Palace seems empty, like your only modus operandi is meat. Well Mike Charlie, meat is a treat and to Cow Palace, they make it look like no great feat.
I walk in and I need to order two nice Filet Mignon steaks. the butcher asks, do you have a few minutes? I need to prep the piece for individual slicing. Not a problem my good man!
I’m watching him trim, cut and shape the Filet Mignon. After a few minutes I’m asked how thick I want my steak (in my mind I’m thinking what he’s going to do with the trimmings)
I see two balls of fresh mozzarella in the case. I ask for one and was told another customer just bought them. Dang! We can’t settle this diplomatically?
Cow Palace is a great place for freshly made sausage (rings or links), chicken cutlets that they’ll slice for you free of charge as well as steaks, chops and homemade items like mozzarella cheese and raviolis.

I realized it would get bitterly cold this weekend and wanted to put up a big pot of marrow bone broth supplemented with stew beef. I was wondering where to find a «real» butcher for the bones and Googled «butcher Patchogue» and was delighted to find Cow Palace and call them and verify they had bones. The bones were about $ 3 a pound including cutting them so they would fit nicely in my pot. I asked for stew beef and they cut it up right in front of me. Beautiful, beautiful stew beef! They also had nearly impossible to find smoked pork knuckles like my Mom made Split Pea and Lentil Soups with. Loved the Stewart’s sodas and will buy them here when I treat my staff to pizza this spring. True, they could have more stock, but what they did have were basic beautiful cuts that float my boat! I would rather see fewer cuts and good turnover of product. I worked as a food inspector for nine years and noted this place was spotless! This is a little gem tucked down the end of Waverly Ave. in Patchogue that is a quick left and right onto 23 River Avenue. I will buy all my meat here. I portion food out and weigh it. Their weights are spot on.

This place is ok. Very clean and the staff is always helpful. I wish they had more of a selection of high quality premium cuts