The Butcher Shop by Niku Steakhouse

The Butcher Shop by Niku Steakhouse is San Francisco’s only certified Kobe beef retailer and the exclusive purveyor of A5 Wagyu beef from the Ono Farm in Japan. The Butcher Shop also offers a carefully sourced selection of domestically farmed beef, USDA Prime dry-aged beef, lamb and pork.

Guy C.
Business Owner
Guy Crims, or “Guy the Butcher,” as he’s generally known, is a veteran of the butcher business and a legend in the world of Japanese Wagyu. In 2017 alone, Crims was responsible for bringing 4.3 metric tons of Wagyu beef into the U.S.
Crims, a California native, became fascinated with the butcher business when he was 14 after reading The Jungle, Upton Sinclair’s novel depicting the American meatpacking industry in early 20th century. His first job was at a family-owned butcher shop in Pacifica. Crims followed the original owner to a butchery in San Francisco, where he continued to hone his craft.
In college, Crims studied architecture, not food–although the two passions merged when he worked on a slaughterhouse design project that advocated for the humane treatment of livestock. He continued to blend both roles as a managing partner at Pape Meat Company and most currently, as a managing partner of One Henry Adams, which includes Udon Time, Niku Steakhouse and The Butcher Shop.