"The most unique thing to us is our willingness to tolerate your requests in cutting thicknesses and packaging." That's how Joseph Dugdale, co-owner of Kincaid's Meat Market, described the shop to Current in Carmel after it opened its third location at 2159 Glebe St. in the Village of WestClay.
The quote is modest, but it points to a real change. For years the Village Center has offered nearly everything that goes around a home-cooked dinner: wine, a bookstore, a hardware store, pizza, a brewery. It didn't have the thing at the center of the plate. Since June 2026, it does. That turns Glebe Street from a place to eat out into a place to shop for a meal you cook yourself.
A shop that waited for this exact street
Kincaid's didn't land on Glebe Street by accident. Dugdale told Current that the business had been interested in a WestClay location for years and was waiting for space on Glebe Street specifically. He called the expansion from its Indianapolis and Fishers shops a chance to fill a gap in neighborhood offerings. He runs the business with his brother, Jonathan Dugdale.
That patience fits the shop's history. Kincaid's says it has served Indianapolis since 1921, and a Towne Post profile identifies the original store as the one at 5605 N. Illinois St. So a butcher with more than a century in Indianapolis waited for one particular stretch of storefronts in a planned village.
What the counter actually stocks
The everyday-to-special range matters because it decides whether this is a Tuesday stop or a once-a-year splurge. According to Current, the shop's USDA Prime filet is among its most popular items. Club Down sirloin, American and Australian Wagyu, and Japanese Kobe beef are also customer favorites. The same report describes the selection as running from everyday staples to specialty cuts, so the case isn't only for occasions.
The custom-cut policy in Dugdale's quote is what makes this work on a weeknight. Current reported that customers have asked for chicken cubed for stews or flattened for sandwiches. That means you can ask for a cut at the thickness a recipe calls for, or packaged in portions sized for your household.
The shop also stocks the rest of a meal, which keeps it from being a single-purpose errand. Kincaid's carries imported cheeses and pastas next to products from other local businesses:
- Angelo Italian Market pastas
- Heidi Ho Baked Goods banana bread
- B's Bagels salads
Put a protein, a pasta, a cheese and a side salad together, and that covers most of a dinner from one counter on Glebe Street.
Current also reported that, because customers asked for it, Kincaid's planned to add made-to-order sandwiches the week after Labor Day. We haven't seen confirmation that the sandwich menu has launched, so call the shop before planning lunch around it.
Hours that fit an end-of-workday stop
As reported in September 2026, the WestClay shop is open:
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday through Friday | 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. |
| Saturday | 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. |
| Sunday | 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. |
A 6 p.m. weekday close leaves room to pick up dinner after work. Weekend hours end in mid-afternoon, so Saturday dinner shopping needs to happen before 4. Kincaid's lists its Carmel location and regular hours on its contact page.
The wine wall a few doors down
The butcher counter is the newest piece of a dinner circuit that came together over the last year. Quynh Nguyen opened Q's Wine Bar in fall 2025 at 2139 Glebe St., Suite 100, the same street as Kincaid's. Current in Carmel reported that the room seats about 45 and centers on a self-serve wine wall inspired by wine bars Nguyen visited in France.
The wall is useful if you're deciding what to pour with whatever you just bought. Guests can try 2-, 4- or 6-ounce pours, and the dispensers use food-grade nitrogen to keep opened bottles fresh. Nguyen told Current she picks bottles that don't overlap much with other local restaurants and retailers. A small pour of an unfamiliar red can tell you whether it belongs with a standing rib roast before you commit to a bottle.
Q's also serves small plates for sharing, including charcuterie boards with Smoking Goose meats, flatbreads and desserts. Some evenings, a glass and a board might be dinner on its own.
The rest of the errand was already here
What makes Kincaid's matter more on Glebe Street than in an ordinary shopping center is what surrounds it. The Village of WestClay Owners Association merchant directory lists WestClay Fine Wine & Spirits for bottles to take home, Benge's Ace Hardware for the meat thermometer or roasting pan you can't find, and MacArthur Books. The same directory lists Zing! Cafe, Fundae's Ice Cream & Sweets, Danny Boy Beer Works, Greek's Pizzeria, Sahm's Ale House and Puccini's Pizza and Pasta. The directory isn't dated and doesn't show live hours, so check with each business before a specific trip.
Before June, the Village Center was strong on prepared food and drinks. A home-cooked dinner still meant leaving the Village for a grocery store. With a butcher on Glebe Street, the cooking side of the neighborhood's walkability has finally caught up with the dining side.
Thanksgiving and Christmas roasts, closer to home
The holidays are where this change will show most. Kincaid's web shop lists three items that cover most holiday tables:
- Rosebud Whole Turkey, described as "always fresh, never frozen," in weight options from 8 to 28 pounds
- USDA Prime Standing Rib Roast, in 2-rib through 7-rib options
- Kincaid's House Tenderloin, in 3- to 5-pound options
As of mid-October 2026, Kincaid's hasn't published a 2026 holiday ordering guide, a preorder deadline or a holiday pickup policy for the WestClay shop, and the prices shown online carry earlier dates. The Rosebud turkey listing and the standing rib roast listing are good places to see the size options. For timing, pricing and whether a roast can be picked up at Glebe Street rather than Fishers or Illinois Street, ask the shop directly.
Thanksgiving falls on November 26 this year, about six weeks from now. With no published deadline, an early question at the counter about holiday ordering is the simplest way to know where things stand. If you'd like a roast cut or packaged a certain way, that's also the time to ask about the custom requests Dugdale described.
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