The Butcher Shoppe history

In 1784 he was one of the petitioners for the news New York slaughter house, and in 1805 he was one of the first butchers located in Catherine Market.

Isaac Varian's youngest son was also Isaac, son of Isaac (1) and Elizabeth (De Voe) Varian, was born in New York City, September 8, 1740, died on one of his estates in Westchester County, New York, May 29, 1820.

-1835: The 1835 Municipal Reform Act finally abolished all guild trade privileges.

By 1840 Cincinnati led all other cities in pork processing and proclaimed itself Porkopolis.

-1865: Chicago was the United States's largest meatpacking center and the acknowledged headquarters of the industry.

Accessible to all railroads serving Chicago, the huge stockyard received 3 million cattle and hogs in 1870 and 12 million just 20 years later.

-1906: Upton Sinclair's sensational novel The Jungle led to the Meat Inspection Act, which put federal inspectors in all packinghouses whose products entered interstate or foreign commerce.

-1920: The meat industry promoted itself through little recipe booklets, most of which were published by the (United States) National Live Stock and Meat Board.

In 1927, the Federal government started grading the products.

-1941: The first Feast of the modern Butchers' Gild was held in the Davy Hall, Davygate on Shrove Tuesday.

-1950: The City Council was able to provide The Butchers' Gild with a suitable hall, appropriately in The Shambles.

1957 -- The Butcher Shoppe and its parent corporation, Scotland Road Market Inc., are founded as Kennie's Market at Scotland and Roland avenues in Chambersburg.

1964 -- C. Glenn Koons and wife, Lorraine, gain full ownership from Kenneth Faust.

1977 – A second store, The Butcher Shoppe, is opened on Stouffer Avenue.

1980 -- With the success of The Butcher Shoppe, Scotland Road Market is closed.

-1991: The authorities looked for a 'commercial rent' for the Butcher's Hall located in The Shambles.

-2004: Butchers once again become important to restaurants when Danny Meyer asks Pat LaFrieda, a third-generation Manhattan meat purveyor, to craft a custom blend of hamburger for his Shake Shack restaurant.

2006 -- Mary Sue Keath, the Koons’ daughter, and her husband, Frank, assume ownership of The Butcher Shoppe in the fall.

-2011: The Butcher's Guild formed and began accepting professional members

2015 – The company’s first micro market opens at Martin's Famous Pastry Shoppe in September.

2017 -- Micro market opens at the Coyle Free Library in December.