A short time ago Jeffrey Ruhalter of Jeffrey's Meats told us he's not reopening his shop in the Essex Street Market. Three months ago Ruhalter temporarily closed the store to get his finances in order. His rent was due...
We just received the following statement from Jeffrey Ruhalter of Jeffrey's Meats in the Essex Street Market:
I speak to my/our community.
I sent out a press release last week in a last ditch effort for help because I have run...
This morning, there are no signs of any activity at Jeffrey's Meats in the Essex Street Market and the display cases are completely bare. Yesterday, an employee told us it was the store's last day in business. In the...
Over at the Essex Street Market this afternoon, the staff of Jeffrey's Meats appears to be preparing for a "move out." Odds-and-ends are being removed from Jeffrey's office -- boxes are being packed. When asked whether the business was...
Here's the latest on the plight of Jeffrey's Meats, a Lower East Side institution that's fallen on hard times. Last week, news of a 29% rent increase raised new concerns that Jeffrey Ruhalter, a fourth generation butcher, wouldn't be...
Yesterday author Karen Seiger reported on her blog, the Markets of New York, that Essex Street Market butcher Jeffrey Ruhalter was in trouble. According to a press release she received from his publicist, Jeffrey was "running out of options"...
Don't let that big knife scare you. Essex Street Market butcher Jeffrey Ruhalter will be happy to help you prepare for Thanksgiving, which is only 10 days away. We stopped by over the weekend to learn about some of...
Today the New York Times got around to discussing the wonders of inexpensive cuts of meat, just two weeks after The Lo-Down brought you Essex Market butcher Jeffrey Ruhalter's cheap meat primer.
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Earlier this month, Essex Market butcher Jeffrey Ruhalter made headlines for his "recession dinner," treating dozens of struggling families to a steak dinner at two neighborhood restaurants. Just about everybody is trying to make their dollars stretch further these...
