While legit butcher shops where talented meat masters actually cut portions from whole animals instead of from boxes of frozen parts are pretty much dying out, Nashville has been blessed with a few professionals who still practice the arcana of butchery. In addition to old favorites Porter Road and Bare Bones, there’s Smokin’ Oaks, which has opened a storefront in Melrose where staff processes cows, pigs and chickens that they raise on their own farm. The front of the shop features shelf after shelf and coolers filled with locally produced products from other farmers and artisans, plus prepared meals to go.
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