Best places to buy your Christmas Goose (or other holiday meat) in Denver

September 29, 4:30 PMDenver Food ExaminerAndrea Spikes

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Get great quality meat to show you care about your guests

It's coming: the pressure. Go out or stay home for Thanksgiving or Christmas or Easter or whatever? And if you're lucky enough to host the big meal, what in the world will you cook? You want something special to put on the table - and it better be good.

With all the fluff about how animals are raised from growth hormones to grass feeding, it's clear that there is a difference between what you can buy at big chain grocers and what you can buy from a specialty retailer. Never been in one? Not to worry.

If you're not old enough to remember shopping for meat, bread and vegetables separately because that was the way it was, then know this: Today's specialty meat retailer knows what you like, knows how to butcher and prepare it, and knows how to price it so you'll come back for more.

They say you get what you pay for, and shopping for high-quality meat is no different. But you don't need to take out a HELOC just to fix a special meal. Below I've compiled a short list of great places to find just what you need to spoil your dinner guests and show off your cooking skills. When I did my research, I considered a few important details: the retailer has to know its way around a cut of meat, know how to serve its customers well and provide top-knotch quality. Some of them even ship direct.

Top five places to buy great quality meat:

Central Denver:
Oliver's Meat & Seafood Market
1312 E 6th Ave
Denver, CO 80218
Phone: (303) 733-4629

Marczyk Fine Foods & Marczyk Fine Wines
770 E 17th Avenue
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: (303) 894-9499

South of Denver and Castle Rock
Tony's Market
Three locations plus catering available

West of Denver
Edward's Meats
11280 W 44th Ave
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
Phone: (303) 422-4397

East of Denver
Sir Loin Meat Shoppe & Fresh Seafood
1910 S. Havana St.
Aurora, CO 80014
Phone: (303) 751-0707

Pretty much everywhere
Whole Foods Market