Jack O'Shea one of Belgium's best butchers that used to sell meat to some of the best restaurants in Brussels and beyond has closed its doors indefinitely. According to Belgian newspaper La Derniere Heure, the three butcher shops in Brussels and the Chop House restaurant closed indefinitely this week. They said that the chain faces significant financial problems and a bankruptcy could be on the horizon for the company. Jack O'Shea made a name for himself when he opened his first shop in the European district of Schuman in Brussels in 1998. A long-time proponent of nose to tail cooking he opened the Chophouse restaurant restaurant last year was part of a strategy to eliminate waste. A 10th generation Irish butcher, O'Shea expanded his business in recent years opening a butcher shop in central Brussels together with the Chop House restaurant and also opened a butcher's shop instead of Slabbinck, a famous poultry butcher who had died tragically in a traffic accident in … [Read more...]