"Then there are sandwiches of intention, culled from careful planning and procurement of just the right ingredients. Mario Llamas, owner and operator of Mario's Butcher Shop in Orange County, is king of them all. In the four years since he opened his butcher shop, in the corner of a dense strip mall in Newport Beach, he's built a following for his house-cured and smoked meats and a growing menu of stellar sandwiches."
"After working as a chef in Guadalajara and Mexico City, he returned to the United States and started an apprenticeship at West Coast Prime Meats, one of the largest meat distribution companies in Southern California. "I come from a steakhouse background and when chefs and cooks break down meat, it's very different from when a butcher does it," Llamas says."
Mario Llamas operates Mario's Butcher Shop in a Newport Beach strip mall, building a reputation for house-cured and smoked meats and a standout sandwich menu. He cures and ages coppa, soppressata and Genoa salami for an Italian sub and smokes and steams his own pastrami. Llamas worked as a chef in Guadalajara and Mexico City, then apprenticed at West Coast Prime Meats in Southern California. He intended to run a butcher shop with a few sandwiches, but pastrami, burgers and steak sandwiches gained demand, prompting him to source premium cuts like filet mignon and New York strip.
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