Plot Synopsis

"The Magician of Meat" Pat LaFrieda runs a third-generation wholesale meat purveyor business in New Jersey with his cranky dad, Pat Sr., and his smooth-talking cousin, Mark Pastore. His business, Pat LaFrieda Meat Purveyors, supplies more than 500 customers, including some of the most prestigious restaurants and bistros in New York City. Because business expanded, the company moved in Spring 2010 from its original Bleecker Street shop to North Bergen, New Jersey, right outside the Lincoln Tunnel. Whether it's last-minute requests, creating custom blends and menus for new clients, dealing with difficult customers or navigating the personalities of a 500-person work staff, Pat always makes sure this family-owned business maintains the company's high-quality product and personalized customer service. Pat LaFrieda Meat Purveyors grinds over 50 different special blends of meat every night, and has its own aging room with over 5,000 primals aging at any given time.