Longtime Pharmacy Building Converts Into Butchery, Cafe

BEL AIR, MD — For 127 years, Boyd and Fulford Drugs was a fixture in Bel Air. Seven years after it closed, the pharmacy's former building is undergoing a makeover to become a space for John Brown General and Butchery.

John Brown’s General and Butchery, run by Michelin Chef Robert Brooke Voss, currently has a location in Worthington Valley, Baltimore County. According to its website, the business specializes in "whole animal butchery of grass-fed, grass-finished beef and pasture-raised pork, lamb and poultry. We also dry-age beef in house. Our butcher staff keep the cases stocked with a rotating selection of house-made sausages, pates, breakfast and charcuterie meats alongside pantry items, local eggs and vegetables, provisions, local bread, house-made baked goods, spirits, beer and wine."

There's also a counter-service, made-to-order lunch menu offered Tuesday through Sunday, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

The vegetables are organically grown all in Maryland, and supplies vary based upon the growing season.

ADW-Architectural Design Works, Inc. made the announcement of the new busienss on its Facebook page, stating "Cats out of the bag, John Brown’s General & Butchery will adaptive re-use Boyd & Fulford on Main Street in Bel Air."