Paulina Market
Butcher shop · Lakeview
3501 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Highlights
Veteran butcher shop offering high-quality meats, sausages, and smoked products.
Veteran butcher shop offering high-quality meats, sausages, and smoked products.
"Paulina Meat Market is one of the most famous butcher shops in all of Chicago. Serving up top-quality, hormone-free meats and poultry, this is a must-stop shop if you’re in the area. Service, even when the place is packed and chaotic, is friendly, knowledgable and attentive. Additional products sold include a wide variety of cheeses, local produce, beer/wine/liquor, upscale condiments and all sorts of spices. If you’re into eating meat and you consider yourself a carnivore, this place is for you." - Anna Affias
"Paulina Meat Market is one of the most famous butcher shops in all of Chicago. Serving up top-quality, hormone-free meats and poultry, this is a must-stop shop if you’re in the area. Service, even when the place is packed and chaotic, is friendly, knowledgable and attentive. Additional products sold include a wide variety of cheeses, local produce, beer/wine/liquor, upscale condiments and all sorts of spices. If you’re into eating meat and you consider yourself a carnivore, this place is for you." - Anna Affias
"Lakeview/Roscoe Village Paulina Meat Market has been around since 1949, opened by now-deceased Sigmund Lekan, and is now run by owner and head butcher Bill Begale and their three children (Joe, Johnny, and Jackie). In this shop that both pays homage to their original German roots and the diversity of Chicago, you’ll find every kind of meat you need, from pork, chicken, beef, and veal. And if you’re on the hunt for more uncommon meats, this should be your first stop. Their freezers are pleasantly stocked with guinea fowl, duck, squab, quail, venison, bison, rabbit, and goose. You can also find some delicious smoked lamb bacon that non-pork eaters and pork eaters alike will go crazy for." - Nylah Iqbal Muhammad
"Aside from being around for over 75 years and appearing on The Bear, this Roscoe Village market has a greater accolade—it’s the home to our favorite italian sub. Even with some sogginess from travel, the sturdy french roll remains crusty on the outside while soaking up tart housemade dressing and juices from the spicy giardiniera. Combined with the excellent house-cured salami, mortadella, and hot capicola—a casual flexing of their meat market muscles—this is a true work of sandwich artistry." - adrian kane, nick allen, john ringor, veda kilaru
"Before you do anything at this busy 75-year-old Lakeview deli, grab a number from the pig’s mouth up front. Whether you’re there to get an excellent freshly made sandwich—like the 1949, with leberkase and Hungarian salami—or secure cured meats from their store-wide butcher counter, you’ll get to interact with the butchers, who are featured in the season three montage. " - adrian kane, nick allen
