{"id":83590,"date":"2024-09-11T14:09:22","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T21:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=83590"},"modified":"2024-09-11T14:10:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T21:10:00","slug":"wild-fork-specialty-meat-open-long-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/food\/wild-fork-specialty-meat-open-long-beach","title":{"rendered":"Wild Fork, a specialty meat store with everything from yak to alligator, opens in Long Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you\u2019ve ever wanted to try alligator, yak or bison, you\u2019re in luck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wild Fork<\/a>, a meat and seafood market known for its exotic variety, is now open at the Marketplace shopping center southeast of the intersection of Second Street and Pacific Coast Highway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along with staples like chicken breast, ground pork and a wide variety of steak cuts, adventurous chefs can pick up duck legs, elk medallions or a whole rabbit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On Sept. 25, the store will host a grand opening from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.<\/a> with an on-site tasting of various products. The first 50 people to make a purchase and enter an email at checkout will receive a free swag bag and anyone who spends $100 gets to spin a prize wheel and take home whatever product it lands on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wild Fork\u2019s Long Beach location also hosts a tasting from noon to 2 p.m. every Saturday with live barbecue and a thawing demonstration along with a raffle drawing for those who provide an email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All offerings are frozen and vacuum-sealed with various cuts and grades available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ground beef is available at $3.78 a pound, but there\u2019s also wagyu beef tomahawk steak for $49.98 a pound. You can also buy seafood ranging from clam to salmon and everything in between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For shoppers looking to do minimal prep, the store also offers ready-to-eat frozen meals like grass-fed beef lasagna, black truffle fiocchetti and chicken tikka masala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Long Beach location, formerly a Ruby\u2019s Diner, is the latest in the chain\u2019s over 50 stores in North America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wild Fork also has stores in Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa and Manhattan Beach. The company is owned by JBS S.A.<\/a>, the world\u2019s largest meat processor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wild Fork, 6405 E Pacific Coast Hwy., is open daily from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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