For many people, heading to the local megachain supermarket to get a few steaks or some ground meat for the evening's meal just won't cut it. Instead, those folks prefer to seek out meaty treasures from a standalone meat market, a type of business that is not as common as they once were, but that often offer cuts of meat and in house specialties that are not likely to end up on the shelves of most regular grocery stores.

Fortunately for residents of H-Town, the Houston area has quite a few good options for those individuals who want different types of choices when it comes to the meat they buy. Many of the existing meat markets have a definite old school charm as a result of being in business for many decades, and a trip to some of these places can feel like a trip in a time machine. Regardless of whether they trigger a nostalgic journey down memory lane or not, all of these meat markets offer their customers choices they won't easily find elsewhere.

5. Guy's Meat Market - 3106 Old Spanish Trail

Guy's has been in the grocery and meat business since 1938, but the current location has been going strong since it opened in the late '50s. Guy's isn't huge, and most of its employees seem to have been working there for decades, giving the place a homey feel. They still use ancient wooden butcher blocks, and offer everything from family meat packs to stuffed pork chops.

Guy's also has its own smokehouse and sells some delicious BBQ, including a smoked burger that's gotten the store national acclaim on more than one occasion.