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Prime Choice Meat Market committed
to quality products, customer service
Prime Choice Meat Market, located
just south of Eagle River on Highway
45, has been a local favorite for more
than 20 years.
Owners Todd and Jacqui Monge
have always had a commitment to
high-quality products and excellent
customer service.
Prime Choice Meat Market has long
been known as “one of a kind” to both
its loyal North Woods customers and
friends from out of town. Prime Choice
is Eagle River’s one-stop shop for
fresh-cut USDA prime and top choice
steaks, fresh all-natural pork, all-natural free range poultry, and premium
seafood.
The market also is known for its selection of gourmet cheeses, fine wines
and signature smoked meats. Prime
Choice carries a selection of 100%
grass-fed beef and certified organic
chicken.
“We carry only USDA prime and top
choice steaks, fresh cut and hand
trimmed to our customers’ orders and
satisfaction,” said manager Rick
Behrens. “Customers are amazed at
the quality and appearance of a handtrimmed piece of meat. Everyone likes
their steak cut a little different, and
you just can’t get that with a pre-cut
showcase steak.”
Prime Choice grinds its own ground
chuck and fresh-ground sirloin.
“All of our ground beef is made fresh
on the premises, not bought from another processor. We feel that our freshground products make for great
grilling, especially our famous bacon
burger and cranberry bacon burger,
which has our own naturally smoked
bacon blended in for a unique flavor,”
noted Behrens.
Displaying some of the many products at Prime Choice Meat
Market are, from left, manager Rick Behrens with a prime rib,
“We also have several additional
products available, including restaurant-quality stuffed chicken breasts,
custom-seasoned pulled pork and our
The Prime Choice Meat Market retail area features fresh meat and poultry items,
smoked products, wines and a variety of cheeses.
James Carver with specialty items and Mark Blotnicki with
smoked products.
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newest bratwurst, the bacon and cheddar brat,” said Behrens.
Prime Choice also is widely known
for its large selection of more than 50
different smoked meats. The newest
additions include a summer sausage
with jalapeños and cheddar cheese, a
hot beef stick with pepperjack cheese,
and a smoked Landjaegers.
All smoked products such as bacon,
jerky, summer sausage, pork chops,
hams and bratwurst are made in
Prime Choice’s own on-premise smokehouse.
“Our market produces an Italian
sausage, polish sausage and authentic
chorizo sausage,” said assistant Mark
Blotnicki. “Our varieties of fresh and
frozen bratwursts include our original,
onion, jalapeño, sauerkraut and wild
rice brats. Plus, try our famous cranberry bratwurst, our best-selling flavored brat and customer favorite.”
The popular cranberry brat is featured at Eagle River’s own Cranberry
Fest every October.
Prime Choice also offers a large selection of deli meats and cheeses.
“You can find some of the ordinary
meat and cheese varieties found in
most other stores, but our focus is on
quality taste while still being comparable in price,” said Behrens.
“We carry a wide variety of imported Welsh cheddars such as English
Tintern and Black Mountain along
with specialty cheeses such as domestic Maytag bleu, Rosenborg Danish
bleu, French imported brie and several
new imported varieties, that are very
highly rated,” said Behrens.
Prime Choice also offers an array of
top-quality Wisconsin cheeses, including cheddar cheeses aged from four to
12 years, Deppler’s full-cream baby
Swiss, Grande Mozzarella and
Provonella, Widmers specialty brick,
Black River Gorgonzola, regular, hot or
smoked string cheese, and plain or flavored cheese curds.
The store is located at 1144 Highway 45, south of Eagle River. Prime
Choice can be contacted at (715) 4794456 or found online at prime-choicemeats.com and on Facebook at facebook.com/PrimeChoiceMeatMarket.