Thistle Meats

Travis Day (Commonwealth, The Fatted Calf) took over Thistle Meats in downtown Petaluma this spring, transforming it into the kind of excellent butcher shop we all wish we had in our neighborhood, sourcing only ethically raised meats from local farms. They host rotating dinners in a cozy 13-seat dining room or you can stop and grab sandwiches, house charcuterie, whole animal cuts to cook at home and some of the most flavor-rich soups and bone broths anywhere. Day’s sausages are killer, especially a Käsekrainer Austrian-style pork sausage oozing Emmentaler cheese.