Houston Press

R-C Ranch Butcher Shop, 2520 Airline, opens December 17 at Houston Farmers Market. This is the first storefront for the direct-to-consumer provider of Texas-raised Wagyu beef. The 3,000 square-foot-butcher shop will sell the meat from its 2,800 acre ranch in Brazoria County where the animals are raised.

The focus on quality, processing and execution extends beyond the ranch itself. The team at the butcher shop have just as much a hands-on approach, drying steaks in-house, curing the charcuterie and making and smoking sausages on a J&R Oyler. Trevor Cook will lead the shop’s culinary efforts as director of operations and culinary innovation while Easton Sadler, a former UB Preserv line cook, will be the shop’s full-time butcher. Emily Rivas, formerly of Bludorn, will be the front of house meat cutter.