Our story
Four generations at the block
A family butcher on Gillygate since 1931. Same shop, same trade, still cutting to order.
Since 1931
The same shop, the same trade
Harlow & Sons opened on Gillygate in 1931. Four generations on, we are still here, cutting the same way, buying from farms we know.
We wanted a shop that smells of sawdust and good meat. Not a supermarket, not a gift shop. A proper butcher, where you can watch the whole animal come in and go out over the counter.
Everything is hung and cut on site. If you want to know where a cut came from, ask. We can tell you the farm.
On Gillygate
1931 Butchers to York sinceThe same family behind the counter for four generations.
Behind the counter
The people in the shop
Come in and you will meet one of us. Send us a photo of the three of you and we will put real pictures here.
Ted Harlow
Behind the counterFourth generation. Ted cuts the beef and knows the regulars by name.
Michael Harlow
Behind the counterMichael runs the block alongside Ted and makes the sausages.
Nan
Makes the piesNan makes the pies, Thursday and Friday, the way she always has.
Come and say hello
We are on Gillygate, Tuesday to Saturday. Ring first or just walk in.