The Local Butcher Shop

The Local Butcher Shop offers our community sustainably raised, local meat. We buy whole animals direct from farmers who are all located within 150 miles of Berkeley. All of the meat we sell comes from animals who have been 100% pasture raised, no antibiotics, no hormones, just pure, clean, true meat. All of the animals are free to roam on pasture and lead what we like to call «a happy life». Since we buy whole animals, we are able to cut your meat for you however you desire. Our trained butchers are also chefs, so they can help you with cooking suggestions and recipes. We are here to educate and help you succeed in the kitchen or at the grill! The meat that doesn’t make it into our display cases, goes into a rotating array of sausages, pates, confits, stocks, rendered fats and sauces. We also make a changing Sandwich of the Day! We hope to see you soon!

Established in 2011.
Aaron Rocchino was a chef in the Restaurant at Chez Panisse. Monica Rocchino was an Account Executive at Paula LeDuc Fine Catering. They never saw each other and they wanted to change that. They also wanted to have an impact on their local community. They realized that it was really hard to find locally grown, sustainably raised meat and poultry to cook at home. So, they put their heads together, made a few phone calls to farmers that they knew, and about a year later, opened The Local Butcher Shop in late August of 2011.

Aaron R.
Business Owner
Aaron learned how to butcher whole animals while working at Oliveto in Oakland. He then went on to be a cook in the Restaurant at Chez Panisse for five and a half years. After realizing that homecooks could not get restaurant quality meat that was all locally raised, he and his wife, Monica, decided to open a butcher shop focusing on pasture raised and finished, local meat (all from within 150 miles of Berkeley). Read more about Aaron on our blog!