I have been following you for quite sometime now Mr. Schuman, I really admire you're work and you're wisdom.. but when my girlfriend just sent me a link to a 2006 article of my grandpa doing what he does best I couldn't believe I missed that! I hope you had a nice time there!
And yes everyone the meat is that good, that's why it's been around for so long! It's not in boxes like Trader Joe's, this is the real deal people!
Thank you Sartorialist, Jen Prezioso
ps the store used to be across the street, the owner kept the storefront when it was bought for aesthetic purposes (it's his studio).
Anonymous
January 29, 2006 at 5:44 pm
Great pictures.
Anonymous
January 29, 2006 at 10:01 pm
Love these views of the old and real New York! Does anyone else see some kind of face in the meat? (no, not Mother Theresa)
The Sartorialist
January 30, 2006 at 9:34 am
I thought I saw a crazy face in the meat too.
If it gets out that it looks like Mother Theresa, then watch the pilgrimages begin.
oldog/oldtrix
January 30, 2006 at 11:44 am
The face in the meat is Edvard Munch’s “The Scream.”
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/munch/munch.scream2.jpg
Anonymous
February 1, 2006 at 3:10 pm
pics are nice.
i’m not sure what the health dept would think
The Sartorialist
February 1, 2006 at 6:46 pm
I know! the chopping block out in the middle of the store was what caught my eye.
They must be doing something right, they have been in the same spot for 50 or more years, they ain’t hiding.
David Cop-a-Feel
February 2, 2006 at 5:06 am
Wasn’t this butcher shop in the De Niro New York Amex commercial?
Anonymous
February 2, 2006 at 10:23 pm
That meat looks like a skull!
Haunted!
Andrea
April 13, 2007 at 3:22 pm
This is my great aunt’s shop. That’s Uncle Moe in the photo. thanks for posting these!!!
Anonymous
May 28, 2008 at 4:12 am
These are great! I was going to say which one I liked the best, but each one is beautiful!
Mary Jane
September 4, 2008 at 11:35 am
I love this essay. Lovely! who knew a butcher shop could be lovely. Thanks.
UES boy
January 20, 2009 at 1:06 pm
You know, it really shows in these photos that photography is your life. Very unusual and creative. Beautiful.
tailor taste
January 29, 2009 at 3:37 pm
I used to live by this place and loved walking past… it’s like time forgot this little shop. I hope it stays there forever.
Jérôme
March 1, 2009 at 9:16 pm
I am vegetarian, but one word: FANTASTIC.
Anonymous
March 8, 2009 at 7:25 pm
I do not eat much meat; the older man could convince me otherwise.
do-it-dog
May 8, 2009 at 6:25 am
These photos blow me away. The second one is as beautiful a story as I’ve ever seen.
Anonymous
October 21, 2009 at 10:14 pm
I love the little Infant of Prague…I wonder if the butcher thinks you're nuts.
Jennifer
December 3, 2009 at 1:01 am
I have been following you for quite sometime now Mr. Schuman, I really admire you're work and you're wisdom.. but when my girlfriend just sent me a link to a 2006 article of my grandpa doing what he does best I couldn't believe I missed that! I hope you had a nice time there!
And yes everyone the meat is that good, that's why it's been around for so long! It's not in boxes like Trader Joe's, this is the real deal people!
Thank you Sartorialist,
Jen Prezioso
ps the store used to be across the street, the owner kept the storefront when it was bought for aesthetic purposes (it's his studio).
Jennifer
December 3, 2009 at 1:06 am
Ha and just realized the Fulton Fish Market above– Moe was an inspector there for quite some time.
Anonymous
June 26, 2010 at 11:21 am
What great photos. Love the stories that they tell!
Mauricio
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