Where to Buy Brennan’s Bread in NYC (and Get It Shipped Anywhere in the US) Joseph Brennan baked the first Brennans loaves himself in 1972, in a single room bakery on Fumbally Lane in Dublin. Today Brennans batch bread sits on our shelf at 43-46 41st Street in Sunnyside, Queens, at $6.99, and we send […]
A serious taste of home is only a couple clicks away. We are proudly now shippingIrish bacon packed at our counter on 41st Street in Sunnyside, Queens, and can be in a fridge in California the next business day. The Butcher Block opened January 4, 1995 in our humble store in NYC. Alongside the butcher […]
Noel Gaynor, owner and head butcher at The Butcher Block, has been rolling and tying sausages by hand since the shop opened in 1995. Some mornings that means hundreds of them, all done before the case even opens for the day. In January 2020, longtime Eater NY critic Robert Sietsema, who spent more than three […]
Sunnyside has held onto something most of the city lost, a full Irish and British grocery under one roof, with a working butcher counter and a deli case built into the same room. The Butcher Block cuts fresh meat to order, cooks prepared meals daily, stocks imported Irish groceries, and keeps crisps, candies, sodas, and […]
Walk into The Butcher Block on any regular Tuesday in Sunnyside and you will see it before you even reach the counter. Someone is ordering a corned beef for lunch. Someone else is asking for a pound sliced thin for a Reuben tonight. None of it has anything to do with March. Corned beef doesn’t […]
At Butcher Block, our roots are proudly Irish. From the rich food traditions of Ireland to the warmth of its kitchens and communities, everything we do is inspired by a heritage built on quality, simplicity, and flavor at the intersection of New York City speed and convenience. This blog is our way of sharing that […]
