Madinah in the Market Season 3, episode 7

July 16, 2026 - 6:30 pm

Madinah in the Market

KBCS is excited to have Madinah in the Market segment for broadcast.  This is the final episode for this Season 3. Madinah is changing up productions and we’ll know more soon if there will be more segments or a change in programming.  Please check out Madinah in the Market Series  for the lastest segments and archives.

Episode 7 – Don and Joe’s Meats

This week, Friday July 17th (and 24th), Madinah features a visit with Don & Joe’s Meats. 

Inside Seattle’s sole full-service butcher shop at Pike Place Market, Ben Frey is carrying forward a century-old legacy.

More than twenty years after first stepping into Don & Joe’s Meats for a “cleanup kid” gig, Frey now stands behind the block as owner and head butcher of one of the region’s oldest family businesses. In this conversation, he reflects on the discipline of whole-animal butchery and the relationships that continue to shape the community around him.

Filmed on location inside the historic shop, we follow “Bennie ‘Da Butcha” as he processes a whole lamb by hand while discussing regional farm partnerships, charitable food efforts within the Market, and what it means to preserve a disappearing trade in modern Seattle.

This episode marks the conclusion of Act One of Season Three of Madinah In The Market.

Act Two continues live from The Rabbit Box Theatre on September 4, 2026.

Originally broadcast on KBCS. Distributed by Madinah Slaise Media.

· Madinah In The Market | S3, E32

Editor’s Note: During this episode, the monthly community meal hosted by Atrium Kitchen is mistakenly identified as “Nourished Meals.” The correct name is “Nourished Neighborhood.”

Don & Joe’s Meats at Pike Place Market