The Butcher Shop by Niku Steakhouse

Butcher Shop by Niku Steakhouse Serving Wagyu Burger Lunch To-Go | Eater SF

"San Francisco’s high-end Japanese butcher shop now offers to-go burgers and sausages as a weekday power-lunch, with rotating specials served Tuesdays to Fridays from 11:30 a.m. until sold out. Opened in January to supply the next-door Niku and other Omakase Restaurant Group properties, the shop is run by Japanese beef fanatic and lifelong Bay Area butcher Guy Crims and is the city’s only certified Kobe beef retailer; last year Crims secured the largest retail order of Japanese A5 Kobe and Wagyu beef in the Western Hemisphere. In addition to retail beef, the shop stocks Heritage Berkshire Kurobuta pork, knives from American knife master Mike Solaegui, and wagyu beef fat sold by the tub. The butcher’s burger is a menu staple — 50% domestic Imperial Wagyu and 50% Japanese A5 Wagyu served with Kewpie mayonnaise and pickles — and rotating items include a 100% A5 bratwurst and skewers of domestic Imperial Wagyu, Japanese A5 Wagyu, and dry-aged USDA Prime New York and ribeye steaks; lunch prices range from $15.99 to $19.99." - Caleb Pershan