The Butcher's Tale
Minneapolis, MN · Steakhouse
Tier 3 · Menu claim only What the tiers mean
Wagyu from $130 on the menu we read
This listing's current published materials advertise Wagyu, but the offering does not meet our full verification standard for provenance. It carries no authenticity badge; undisclosed details remain explicitly unverified.
Why it's listed
Artisanal steakhouse in the Harmon District operated by Kaskaid Hospitality, with a main dining room, a beer garden and an in-house butchery of house-smoked meats and hand-crafted sausages. Its Meat & Seafood list runs a Japanese A5 Wagyu at market price served with candied ginger and yakiniku sauce, a 16oz Australian Wagyu ribeye at 130, a 16oz Kansas City at 70 and Minnesota Angus cuts. The venue also publishes a dedicated page about the Japanese Wagyu it features.
Authenticity flags
- The menu sells a '16OZ AUSTRALIAN A5 WAGYU RIBEYE'. A5 is a Japanese JMGA grade and does not apply to Australian beef, which is graded on the AUS-MEAT marbling scale. Ask what the Australian cut's marble score actually is.
- The venue's own Wagyu page opens 'Wagyu steak, also known as Japanese Kobe beef'. Kobe is one registered brand of Wagyu from Hyogo Prefecture, not a synonym for Wagyu, and this restaurant is not on the Kobe registry. Nothing on the menu is Kobe.
Wagyu on the menu
- American
- Brand / Prefecture
- Not listed
- Grade
- Not listed
- Producer
- Eden Valley Ranch
- Australian
- Brand / Prefecture
- Not listed
- Grade
- Not listed
- Producer
- Not listed
- Japanese
- Brand / Prefecture
- Not listed
- Grade
- A5
- Producer
- Not listed
| Origin | Brand / Prefecture | Grade | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|
| American | Not listed | Not listed | Eden Valley Ranch |
| Australian | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Japanese | Not listed | A5 | Not listed |
The experience
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Cuts named on the Wagyu menu
Read from this venue’s quoted evidence, so a listed cut may not be on tonight. What these cuts are
Sourced from
Evidence on file
“Meat & Seafood - THE BUTCHER'S CUT: 16OZ AUSTRALIAN A5 WAGYU RIBEYE* $130.00 served with roasted garlic; JAPANESE A5 WAGYU* MP served with candied ginger & yakinuki sauce; 16 OZ KANSAS CITY* $70.00; 8 OZ MN ANGUS FILET MIGNON* $69.00”
butcherstale.com “Page title 'The Butcher's Tale - Miyazaki Wagyu Steak'. Body: 'Wagyu steak, also known as Japanese Kobe beef, is a type of beef that has intense marbling ... The wagyu featured at The Butcher's Tale has won the "Wagyu Olympics" in 2007 and 2012 ... It has also won the Prime...”
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Quoted from the venue's own menu or site. A Wagyu claim on a menu is not the same as documented provenance.
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Common questions
- Does The Butcher's Tale serve real Wagyu?
- Its own current menu advertises Wagyu, and that claim was read directly on August 11, 2026. What the menu does not do is say which Wagyu: no prefecture, grade, breed status or producer is published, so the sourcing cannot be checked from outside. That is a gap in what is written down rather than a suggestion that anything is wrong with the beef, and plenty of kitchens buy carefully without printing the details.
- What kind of Wagyu does The Butcher's Tale serve?
- Its menu discloses Eden Valley Ranch, Australian and A5 Japanese. Each of those is taken from the venue's own current materials rather than from a review or a listing site, and the evidence behind it is quoted further down this page.
- Why is The Butcher's Tale listed without a Wagyu badge?
- Because a badge here means the sourcing was checked, not that the food is good. This listing is published because the venue genuinely advertises Wagyu on its own current material, and it carries no badge because that material does not say which Wagyu. If the venue publishes the prefecture, grade, breed status or producer, the listing can move.