Homestead Meats

Named "Best Butcher Shop" by Chicago Magazine in 2018. Handcrafting unique fresh meats, deli meats, sausages, and other charcuterie.

Meat is sourced from family-owned, sustainable Midwestern farms that raise their livestock in open pastures without hormones or GMO feed. These methods produce meat that is more healthful, more ethical and less taxing to the environment—as well as flavorful, vastly superior meats. First-time customers are often shocked by the difference in quality found at a local butcher.

Homestead Meats is proud to be a part of the Evanston small business community, serving Chicago and its suburbs.

Located at 1305 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60201, Homestead Meats operates as a specialty food store serving Evanston in Illinois. This page gathers the practical details people usually look for before visiting: where it is, how to reach it, when it opens and how customers rate it.

Store size varies enormously, from a small corner grocery with a few aisles to a full supermarket chain location in Evanston with a bakery, seafood counter and food court under one roof. Sales and promotions are often posted in-store or in a weekly flyer rather than online, so prices listed on a website may be out of date. Seafood markets sell live and on-ice product and can usually clean or prepare fish on request for a small fee. Specialty food stores in Illinois may focus narrowly on one category, like a butcher, a rice and dry goods shop, or an import store, so calling ahead to confirm stock for a specific item saves a wasted trip.

Hours are published for 6 days a week. On most of those days it is open 10 am–6 pm. Note that it does not open on Monday. Hours in the United States do change around federal holidays and long weekends, so a quick call before a special trip is sensible. You can reach Homestead Meats at (847) 868-8040; calling is usually the quickest way to ask about availability, prices or directions. Its website is homesteadmeatsevanston.com, where you may find menus, price lists or booking options.

On Google it holds a rating of 4.6 out of 5 from 87 reviews, which is a strong result for a specialty food store in Evanston and suggests consistent service.

Evanston is in Illinois, in the Midwest, where summers are warm, winters are cold and snowy, and most errands are done by car; businesses keep steady year-round hours with the usual holiday changes. Getting around Evanston is easiest by car; street parking is metered in busy downtown areas, and most suburban businesses have their own lot. Ride-share apps such as Uber and Lyft operate across Illinois's larger cities, and public transit varies from extensive to minimal.

See the other specialty food stores in Evanston listed below to compare ratings, hours and locations before you decide. Details on this page come from public sources and may change; confirm anything important by phone before relying on it. Business owners can claim the listing to keep it up to date.