damnlines.comdamnlines.comA family-run Brooklyn butcher shop since 1960 known for its two-pound Italian hero sandwiches sold from the meat counter.
damnlines hasn't pointed a lens at Los Paisanos Meat Market yet. The most-wanted lines get a camera first.
Per Yelp reviews of Paisanos Butcher Shop, the line for the shop's namesake two-pound hero sandwiches is "usually long but worth it," with the counter busiest as customers stack up for both fresh-cut meat orders and made-to-order sandwiches at the same register.
Yelp reviewers describe the line as moving quickly once you're in it, and note the shop's layout effectively splits foot traffic: sandwich customers cluster toward the front half of the counter near the door, while the back half serves shoppers picking up cuts of meat to cook at home — a detail worth knowing before joining the queue.
There is no reservation system reported by Yelp reviewers or by the shop's own site, lospaisanosmeatmarket.com, which promotes catering-size party heroes but gives no indication of advance ordering for the standard hero line. It operates strictly as a walk-in butcher counter.
Patterns as reported by press and regulars — not measured by damnlines.
Reservations: No reservation system reported — walk-in butcher counter only, per Yelp reviews and the shop's official site.
Walk-ins: Walk-in only. Per Yelp reviewers, sandwich customers should stay toward the front half of the counter near the door; the back half serves shoppers buying cuts of meat.
Mon-Sat 8am-7pm, Sun 9am-4:30pm, per the shop's official site.
Yelp reviewers describe the line for the shop's two-pound hero sandwiches as usually long but worth it, with the wait heaviest on weekends. Reviewers also note the line moves fairly quickly once you're in it, since the counter processes both meat orders and sandwich orders together.
No — Los Paisanos operates as a walk-in butcher counter, and neither Yelp reviewers nor the shop's own site mention any reservation or advance-order system for the hero sandwiches.
Yes, it's walk-in only. Per Yelp reviewers, sandwich customers should head toward the front half of the counter near the door, while the back half serves shoppers picking up cuts of meat to cook at home.
It's known for its namesake two-pound Italian hero sandwiches, loaded with prosciutto, salami, mortadella, pepperoni and provolone, sold from a family-run butcher counter that has operated on Smith Street since 1960, per the shop's official site.
The shop is at 162 Smith Street in Brooklyn, on the Smith Street corridor near the Carroll Gardens/Cobble Hill line, per its official site and Yelp listing.
Sources: Yelp · Paisanos Butcher Shop official site