Michael at the BBQ in front of the store"My family's meat business dates back to 1897.  I began meat cutting in my father's butcher shop more than 30 years ago and remain as enthusiastic now as I was then."

- Michael Hovey

The Hovey family has a long and fascinating history.  We have been in the meat cutting business for over one hundred years in Quebec and the Eastern townships.  In our butcher shop we have the front page of a Sherbrooke, Quebec newspaper displayed with a Hovey's ad on the front page.  The paper is dated February 9, 1897.

We offer specialty prepared fine foods, including our famous double baked potatoes.  We cater roast beef in gravy.  We also cook your dinner or holiday turkeys.

We are a licensed retailer of Certified Angus Beef ®.  All our poultry is free range and grain fed and our lamb is fresh from Ontario.  All sausages and burgers are store made including chicken breast burgers, blue cheese, salsa and bison.  No fillers or additives are used.

The Angus Beef counter at our butcher shopVisit Hovey's Gourmet Meats and you will always see the Traeger Wood Pellet Grill smoking away outside our door . We are so committed to this method of cooking that we encourage our customers to take up wood pellet grilling . Hovey's is also a dealer for Traeger grills and the convenient and unique wood pellets which come in a wide range of flavours .

We are the only owner named, owner operated shop in Barrie, voted Barrie's #1 Gourmet Meat Store.  We don't just say we're the best, we prove it!

We offer many amazing fund raising opportunities.  Contact us for details.  To Michael, being involved with and supporting his community means more than just setting up shop - it means helping to sustain the worthy organizations that hold special resonance in his own life.  As a parent, Michael also support numerous school and team sport events.

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