Instead of taking 53 into Holmen Middle School to Carly's gymnastics, Jan, Carly and I took the back route, cty. SN, past Holmen Meat Locker on main street.
We've passed by it seemingly hundreds of times, but never stopped-in. I must have been caught in the pre-2004 days thinking HML was nothing more than a brick building housing hanging meat. Walk-in, though, and it is a feast for the 'foodie' eyes: ice cream at the front counter, a dabbler's section of BBQ sauces, muffin mixes, and mustards. Mixed meat everywhere, but most obviously in the second, back room where the glass case of the good stuff – the butchered meat – sits in see-through refrigeration. What I didn't anticipate was one of the better beer selections in the area.
Rows upon rows, stacks upon stacks of micros...one or two six packs that I have not yet seen at either Festival or Woodman's, which is saying a lot considering both stores have excellent micro selections. Moving on from the middle of the store, past the paying counter and entry to the 'meat' room, a wonderful little side room brick cafe and tasting area, furnished with a few round cafe tables and chairs,
the room itself lined with an overhanging brick ledge stocked with red and white wines. As I looked into the HML blog some, I saw that this cafe is used for all kinds of tastings, the most current for Pearl Street Brewery. I was eventually reminded that we were there to shop meat. We might have walked out with thick chops and three chicken breasts, all fine, but I'm walking back in for the cute brew pub.
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