The sign said ribeye steaks, and the butcher agreed. I don’t think they are right. Any way these can be ribeyes?

by PotentiallySmallOK

37 Comments

  1. Odd-Principle8147

    Strips. The ribeyes appear to be two over to the right.

  2. Strange_Diamond7808

    Nope. Yanks call them strips. I (Aussie) would call that a sirloin. There are ribeyes there, a couple over on the right.

  3. Most chain grocery stores don’t have true butchers, they have meat cutters and clerks. I was a clerk for about two years and was on my way to be a cutter but it is hard work and most are idiots. My boss was a true butcher and hated how it was changing.

    Point being, you were probably talking to some kid who had no clue and got moved to be a meat clerk or a meat cutter who was high.

  4. larryfisherman23

    Assuming this is a Kroger(or Kroger affiliate) based on the case cards. The two signs are switched. The pan in the left is ribeye and has a strip steak sign. Clerk just didn’t know the difference and just agreed with the tags their leader put out.

  5. gassygeff89

    It’s a strip. Calling that guy a butcher is a stretch.

  6. whoberrydooberry

    Definitely a strip. It’s a duplicate of the proper ribeyes to the right. Good quality strips though.

  7. The butcher or the meat clerk that is closing up shop with squinty eyes?

  8. StoryWolf420

    Those are New York Strip steaks. The butcher is lying to you and to everyone else. They’re lovely looking strip steaks, but they are absolutely strip steaks.

  9. They could be ribeyes with the cap removed since that’s now a more popular separate cut and the best part of a ribeye

    The top 3-4 remind me of a ribeye cut because they have that ribeye tail

    Still could be a strip with the classic strip sidewall, but just to offer an opposing view since the butcher did cut it and is telling you it’s ribeye not mislabeled

  10. BigBerryMuffin

    There’s ribeye to the right this looks like strip. Pretty solid steaks though.

  11. Dulce_suenos

    Those are strips, and not likely Wagyu, either.

  12. YaronYarone

    Definitely New York strips. Ribeye in the picture too over to the right, but you can tell them apart clearly in the picture

  13. honeybadger1984

    NY and these aren’t Wagyu. Looks like choice level

  14. MeasurementDue5407

    They ain’t rib eyes. Can’t believe a butcher doesn’t know what NY strips look like.

  15. thecakeisali

    I had this happen at a new “locally sourced” butcher shop that opened near me. I was excited to try them out. When I walked in no meats were labeled with what they were or prices which was an immediate red flag for me. The cases were only about 1/3 filled, I looked around for a few for ribeye but they only had strip. Then the owner asked if he could help and I said I wanted ribeye but they didn’t have any. Then he tried to sell me the strips as ribeye saying that’s how ribeyes are shaped. Never went back.

  16. ProofTelephone9405

    It’s not ribeye and it’s not Wagyu.

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