It was time to tear down the old and put in the new. That’s what Raymond Turkas Jr. says about how the renovations to Strip District Meats, Pittsburgh’s premier butcher shop, came about. Situated at 2121-23 Penn Avenue for over four decades, the family-run business had long been showing its age: Outdated green paint covered the exterior walls, showcases from when Turkas’s father (the original owner of the shop) installed   Read More ...