The Butcher Shop by Niku Steakhouse
Butcher shop · Showplace Square
57 Division St, San Francisco, CA 94103
Highlights
Domestic & Japanese heritage meats, plus acclaimed Wagyu burgers.
Domestic & Japanese heritage meats, plus acclaimed Wagyu burgers.
"The Butcher Shop By Niku Steakhouse is a takeout counter in SoMa by, of course, the Niku Steakhouse people, so they know their way around a cut of beef. Walk in and you’re greeted with staff yelling about french fry-related drama while sizzling and smashing patties on the grill. But the chaos is worth it when the to-go container arrives. The drippy, saucy behemoth is stacked with pickles, two patties, onions, and all the fixings. Expect to go through a textbook-high stack of napkins as you make your way through this burger." - julia chen 1, patrick wong
"The butcher shop offers a 'flight' of three different prefectures of A5 wagyu, caviar with a spoon, and pink salt for a romantic meal." - Becky Duffett
"Niku didn’t have to pivot when the city was ordered to shelter in place. The modern Japanese steakhouse has always had a butcher shop next door, selling outrageously marbled Kobe and wagyu steaks." - Becky Duffett
"The Butcher Shop by Niku Steakhouse opened in January to supply next door steak restaurant Niku and more nearby properties run by the Omakase Restaurant Group. Japanese beef fanatic and lifelong Bay Area butcher Guy Crims is in charge of the operation, which 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 for the shop, which also serves retail customers. Beyond beef, it stocks Heritage Berkshire Kurobuta pork, knives from American knife master Mike Solaegui, and wagyu beef fat by the tub. But with the shop’s new lunch options, patrons won’t need to go next door or take their meat home for a taste of Wagyu, that famously fat-marbled Japanese beef. The butcher shop’s burger will be a staple of the menu: It’s 50 percent domestic Imperial Wagyu and 50 percent Japanese A5 Wagyu, served with Kewpie mayonnaise and pickles. Additionally, customers can expect rotating items like 100 percent A5 bratwurst and skewers of domestic Imperial Wagyu, Japanese A5 Wagyu, and dry aged U.S.D.A. Prime New York and ribeye steaks. Lunch prices — $15.99 to 19.99 for items — are meaty to match." - Caleb Pershan
"The Butcher Shop by Niku Steakhouse, is San Francisco’s only certified Kobe beef retail shop." - Abbe Baker
