Mario's Butcher Shop - Newport Beach

This place gets it. Owner is very aware of excellent food and excellent service. Pastrami on rye is crazy delisious. Whole menu and store is fantastic. Check it out for sure.

This restaurant is on several Best Of lists for Orange County including Eater's Essentials and Eater's Best Breakfast Burritos. The shop itself is quite cool and has several harder to obtain products. Honestly, if this is the sort of product you're looking for I would recommend either Francisco's Meat Company in Anaheim or The Butchery in Brea and Costa Mesa.For the Breakfast Burrito, it really doesn't deserve to be on the list of Orange County's Best Breakfast burritos. Small, expensive, and tasteless and served with a cheese that tasted like American cheese (though I don't know what was actually in it). Do yourself a favor and go to Tj's Lil Cafe instead.

Hands-down, the best butcher shop, and the food that they serve is the best in town.

Hands-down, the best butcher shop, and the food that they serve is the best in town.

GREAT SERVICE ! On Sunday my wife and I rode our eBikes to the Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve..it was a very cold and windy day ! On the way home we stopped by here for lunch...the food was great on our recent first visit. I walked inside about 1.40pm and said hi to Andrew the GM. I took a menu out to my wife on the patio....it's all outdoor dining here. NO HEATERS ! And it was **** freezing on the outdoor patio while we looked at the menu. I went inside to order an ITALIAN SUB Genoa, coppa, soppressata, lettuce, tomato, Italian dressing, mayo, parmesan, on a roll to share plus a serve of FRENCH FRIES. And then it was back on the patio with my wife...it was very cold and very windy. NO HEATERS ! It seemed like a long time but it was probably because we were so uncomfortable...I went back inside to see how our lunch order was coming along. BINGO ! Andrew had things under control and it was ready. The Italian Sub tasted great and the fresh cooked French Fries were a treat but it was SO COLD ON THE PATIO ! Still a great place !