Western Daughters Butcher Shoppe

I have utilized Western Daughters for several different whisky events I have hosted throughout the city, and they never fail to impress. The quality of their ingredients is second to none and their prices are very competitive, especially considering the caliber of their fresh, local meats and handcrafted mustards, pates, etc. The owners are an awesome, friendly, hardworking couple and their entire team is equally pleasant and knowledgeable as yet come.

I’m re-​reviewing Western Daughters after members of my CrossFit gym made a «field trip» last week. We had an hour to discuss WD’s meat sourcing and their dedication to a high-​quality supply chain. Their meat is sourced almost exclusively within 150 miles of Denver. They’re one of the few butcher shops in the country purchasing and breaking down whole animals.
Their beef is grass fed and finished. That means you get a great Omega 3 content. Likewise, their hogs eat a healthy diet, so you’re getting a much healthier (and tastier) product. We did a side-​by-​side taste test of london broil and pork tenderloin: grocery store vs Western Daughters. The difference was stark.
I love that everyone working at WD is passionate about their products and are always willing to educate their customers.

The ONLY butcher shoppe I will go to in Denver. All meats are grass-​fed or pasture-​raised. Super friendly and knowledgeable staff. Everything is local and sustainable raised.
I’ve tried to find good sources of meat at sprouts, whole foods, and even vitamin shoppe but this place does it right. Western Daughter’s Butcher Shoppe is a one stop shop for food that’s healthy for your body and that is great for the earth.
Freshly made bone broths, a good variety of rendered fats, and even BACON from a local pasture-​raised pig… amazing. Couldn’t recommend this place more.

I love the idea of Western Daughters. What’s not to love about a local butcher shop sourcing and selling high-​quality local meats? But, our experience there was really disappointing.
We decided to purchase steaks as a gift for a family member. And, first visited their location at The Source. While there, the Western Daughters offered curt service and no assistance when we asked for steaks. «We don’t sell them here. You have to visit our other location,» he shared. It felt like our question was a massive inconvenience – perhaps because he was busy or because he’s heard that question many times before, I don’t know the reason – but we decided to give Western Daughters a chance and drove 10 minutes to the other location. This was supposedly the best butcher shop in Denver, after all.
We arrived at the Tejon Street location shortly thereafter. I posed the same question again, «We’re looking for two delicious steaks as a gift for a family member. What do you recommend?»
The attendant responded, «Are you looking for ribeye steaks?»
We aren’t meat experts so I wasn’t sure, but sensed from the attendant that this must be what she recommended. We shared we were buying steaks for two people. She put the order in and the next thing I knew, we were looking at an $ 84 bill for two ribeye steaks. I was too proud to admit my shock, but seriously? I mean, I get that they’re great steaks. But there aren’t many restaurants in Denver that charge $ 42 for an a la carte steak.
If I’m going to pay $ 42/​steak, I sure better feel like the butcher shop staff members are going above-​and-​beyond to make it a great experience.
On both cost and service, our experience at Western Daughters was a big disappointment.

Since moving to the neighborhood a year ago have been going here for special occasion cooking. Great quality meats and fantastic service. More frequently pop in for the daily sandwich specials which are always great. Our dog loves their treats too, so he loves when I go too. They’ve started carrying more produce which is helpful too.

I love everything about this place, locally sourced and always on point. Support local business!

Quite surprised to see all the high reviews.
Me and my husband went in to buy some sausage for a special family meal. I like to support small business but $ 11.99/pound for sausage? We are talking sausage, the stuff made out of scraps.
It was a special meal so I gave in. $ 24 dollars for a few sausage. I was expecting to be blown away by the quality, but far from it. The sausage smelled funny right from the beginning and the texture had a lot to be desired.

Super friendly and knowledgable group helping you find a perfect steak, burger or other cut of meat. If you plan in advance for any large gathering, they will sell you pre-​made burger patties. The seasonal sausages (peach right now) are also wonderful.

This is my Graceland. This place is it! Went here to find some good steak and I did. This is going to be my go to spot for special occasions involving beef. I also want to try the Pâté. We got a 2″ bone in rib eye and a 2″ porterhouse. Both were aged 40 days. Went with a reverse sear. Easily the best steak

Had a wonderful experience at this quaint little shop yesterday! I was looking for a thin steak to sear and serve over a salad.
The staff was very helpful and knowledgable — they directed me to a wonderful steak (similar to a strip steak) and it turned out to be perfect!
They also sell really cheap pig ears as dog treats! We all won after yesterday’s trip to Western Daughter!

Best cuts of meat in town. I highly recommend everything. Specially their ground beef. Never going back to a grocery store for meats again.

I have been driving by this little shop for a few weeks now and keep meaning to go in. The décor is so cute, which I would not expect at all for a butcher shop. The people who work here were so friendly and knowledgeable about their products. Not only did they have a great selection but they had tons of other local products you could buy.
The meet I got was delicious, I got some of the sausage, I will definitely be coming back here!

Good, quality meat and service. I always recommend to friends.
The location is a huge plus for me, since I dont have to drive to get here, but I would if I had to. Worth a look :)

I have heard about this place and finally got a chance to stop in last Friday. I wanted everything but I really had no plan other than to go in and look. All of their meat is incredibly beautiful! The bright red color and everything looks so fresh! The osso buco caught my eye. That bone filled with marrow made me salivate! I have never cooked veal shanks until now and decided to try something new. I got two lamb shanks and grabbed a green chili chorizo sausage for breakfast along with some beef liver pâté and pork butter. They have an Awesome selection of fats/​lard. I have been hoping to fine somewhere local that I can get leaf lard and tallow and they make everything in house. I grabbed a baguette as well to try my pork butter and pâté with. The service was a Great too!
The pork butter is like refined bacon fat butter. Delicious. The pâté has this amazing hint of lemon maybe and allspice. Yummy. I made an Osso Buco recipe from fine cooking with Risotto alla Milanese. Delicious, rich, amazing. The Veal was incredible and the marrow was like eating heaven (thankfully my husband didn’t want his so I got two!)
I will be back soon I hope!

Wow! I am impressed with this business and so happy they are in my neighborhood. Quality product and friendly service.

These guys are a-​holes.
I have been living my life a few blocks away perfectly content. I was happy. Those were my soup days. Tomorrow will be different.
Today, I had a hankering for steak and since grocery store steak weirds me out I thought oh, yeah, I should try that butcher. So I walked over. To my demise.
Glazed hams. Sultry turkeys. And that brisket. The brisket was like, *a moment in my life.* People write memoirs about briskets like this. And the butcher gave me too big a sample for me to forget having eaten it.
To top it all off, everyone in there was knowledgeable and friendly. The place is cute, and I only wish I could just use it as my primary animal source. Alas, not going to happen because pasture-​raised hand-​jerked chickens don’t come for free. Or even at a price that I can make a part of my daily. Oh, and all of the patrons were cool. Not cool in the kind of way that’d you resent them, but cool in the kind of way where you kind of hope you can make some friends.
The place is beautiful. The meat looked divine. The people were patient and lovely. The brisket sample was out of this world. When the butcher described how he makes his brisket sandwiches, I felt blissfully dirty afterward, just having heard his savory siren song.
I really didn’t need to know about this hedonia. Nor did my waistline. Thanks, a-​holes.

Wow! This place is the real deal. Freshest meat and by far the best roast beef sandwich I’ve ever had.
One stop shop for fresh cuts of meat! (Plus the staff is really friendly and knowledgable!)
5 Stars all day!

Great butcher shop with great customer service. Staff was friendly and knowledgeable, and the meat is good quality.
The bacon is excellent and the chicken apple sausages were great grilling for lunch!

Oh boy. I unfortunately cannot add a good review to this adorable, well-​meaning little store on Tejon. I loved the look of the store and I loved that they have a lot of small, niche products, many of which are local. Additionally all the meat is humanely, pasture raised, and comes from local farms.
I popped in here on a whim and liked their handmade sausage selection, and bought an Egg Roll pork sausage and a Bacon Cheeseburger sausage. I also bought some dry aged hamburger because I’d never seen that before and it looked really interesting. On a whim I also ordered the BLT, which used their house made bacon, as well as pickled onions, green tomato, spring mix, and aioli.
I could tell something was wrong when on the way to the car I was thinking «what is that smell??» well that smell was my sandwich. I was mostly smelling the kind of overwhelming aioli, but unfortunately it just got worse after that. The bread was great, the ingredients were mostly high quality, but the bacon was the singularly most disgusting bacon I have ever eaten. Principally because it was ½ inch thick. That sounds delicious, right? Think about it though– bacon is a really tough cut of meat with lots of fat and connective tissue. When it’s thin, the fat caramelizes, and the meat crisps. When it’s thick and cooked quickly, the fat congeals, the connective tissue cannot break down, and the meat becomes tough and rubbery. Multiple times the connective tissue in the bacon got stuck in my teeth and it was so tough and thick I actually could not bite through it. I made repetitive «ugh» sounds while eating and threw it away.
I didn’t review at that point though, because I wanted to try the sausages and hamburger. The sausages were interesting and definitely tasted like their titles, although the pork sausage was so loosely packed that I couldn’t cut into it; the stuffing separated from the casing and just fell out. I wanted to use the hamburger the next day (We are talking 3 days post purchase) and when I opened my fridge I was confronted with *bad fridge smell*. You know the smell. Turned out it was the hamburger. I checked the «use by date» and it was for *11 days in the future* which meant 14 days after my purchase. Obviously that seems a bit long but 3 days was way too short.
I called them and shared my experience and after actually arguing with me over what constitutes «three days» she said «well…you can come get some more or I guess we can refund you». She seemed shocked I asked for a refund (this stuff is expensive) and then kept me on hold for 3 – 5 minutes before connecting me with a manager who, after some technical difficulty, refunded my money. For the refund, I added a star, because it was pretty much the only thing redeeming about this experience, and even that’s debatable. I was really bummed because I really wanted to try the dry-​aged hamburger but we were going out of town and now, honestly, I will not return. If I wanted a niche product like their specialty bitters, I’d return, or if I were going to use a cut of meat the very same day, then yes, but otherwise, absolutely not.

I read about this business on
while preparing for a long weekend in Denver. I knew that we had to come here and plan at least one home cooked meal during the trip. Best. Idea. Ever.
The shop is small, so the products they carry on their minimal shelf space are the best of the best. I was happy to see that Jacobson Salt from my home state made the cut. Plus Colorado’s own Dram bitters. Nothing punches up a hot toddy better than some honey chamomile bitters. Hell yeah! But c’mon, you really want to hear about the meat, amirite?
Simply put, it’s glorious. If you don’t see what you’re looking for in the case, ask. They likely have what you you seek in the back. We went with New York strip steaks for our family barbecue, and the meat was grass-​fed perfection. They will cut your steaks to your preferred thickness, but we went with their recommended one and a quarter inch cut. There was not a single complaint at the table that night.
Friendly, full service butcher shoppe here. Plus they make sandwiches so if you’re not feeling the need for an entire side of beef, you can still get your fix.
We will definitely be back here the next time we visit family. I love supporting a local shop that sources their meat from local farms. You really can taste the difference.