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April 21 - 27, 2021 | THE SPOTLIGHT 7
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Something old, something new The grand opening of Fred the Butcher reopens a longtime favorite market for locals By PAUL MCAVOY news@spotlightnews.com NEW SCOTLAND — Fred the Butcher, the meat shop known for loyal fans and excellent cuts of beef in Halfmoon, opened its second location in early March – and the owners and customers couldn’t be more pleased. The New Scotland store, called Fred the Butcher II, is a second generation family business, and it is in the location of the former Falvo’s, another family owned butcher business with long ties in the area. Falvo’s first opened in 1974 and was owned by butcher Joe Robilotto from 1991 to 2020. The owners of Fred’s purchased the building and business from Robilotto in 2020 and began an extensive renovation. “It was just a good opportunity for all parties involved,” said Fred the Butcher’s co-owner David MacVane, Jr. Together with his father, David MacVane, Sr., and partner Andy Buonanno (son of the original ‘Fred’). “We basically renovated the whole building and created what we wanted to bring to the area. We wanted to give them the Fred the Butcher experience, which is an old-world artisan butchery, and give a quality product to the people.”
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Customers gather at the display counter in the newly-opened Fred the Butcher location in New Scotland. Paul McAvoy / Spotlight News