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Japanese Butcher Shop Will Bring Wagyu Burgers to Your Next Cookout

Your average wagyu.
Your average wagyu. Photo: Wikipedia

Kobe Club has closed, but a new Japanese butcher shop (and an old supplier of Kobe Club) is about to beef up the city’s supply of wagyu. Japan Premium Beef, Inc. was founded for the purpose of importing wagyu-style American beef (or washugyu) back to Japan, since raising the cattle on an Oregon farm and shipping it overseas is cheaper than importing the massive amount of special feed required to raise it in Nippon. But the mad-cow scare prevented export, so the company now concentrates on supplying its luxuriously marbled meat to local restaurants such as Gramercy Tavern and Megu. This Friday, it will open its first storefront, allowing the general public to purchase (among other things) its ground beef for cookout wagyu burgers!

The butcher, Eiichi Yamamoto, has fifteen years of experience wielding katana knives, and claims that the imported Japanese slicer he’s using is one of the few that can slice raw meat into shabu shabu–thin slices, meaning the store’s meat doesn’t have to be frozen or aged. Here’s a list of the beef you’ll be able to buy, along with a variety of other imported Japanese products.

Rib Eye
8 oz. - $49.99
6 oz. - $39.99

NY Striploin
6 oz. x 2 - $42.99

Tenderloin
6 oz. x 2 - $49.99

Loin Sukiyaki
8 oz. x 2 - $39.99

Loin Shabu Shabu
8 oz. x 2 - $39.99

Tokujyo Yakiniku
16 oz. x 2 - $89.99

Jyo Yakiniku
16 oz. x 2 - $69.99

Yakiniku
16 oz. x 2 - $39.99

Ground Beef
16 oz. - $7.99

Kiriotoshi
16 oz. $16.99

Japan Premium Beef, Inc.; 57 Great Jones St., nr. Bowery; 212-260-2333

Japanese Butcher Shop Will Bring Wagyu Burgers to Your Next Cookout