Charcuterie & Specialty Meat

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Charcuterie and specialty meat purveyors source, cure, fabricate, and import the prosciutto, salame, mortadella, speck, and culatello that anchor wine bars, Italian restaurants, and gourmet catering. You bring them in when you're building a serious salumi program or a board-driven menu. Wholesale Prosciutto di Parma DOP runs $25-$45/lb in NYC in 2026, San Daniele $30-$55, and culatello $80-$150, and LL 121/2023 making Dining Out NYC permanent expanded the al-fresco charcuterie-board market materially.

Buyer's guide

How to spec NYC charcuterie + specialty meat

Charcuterie + specialty cured meat is the wine-bar + cocktail-bar + Italian-restaurant signature line. NYC operators source from artisan charcuterie producers + specialty importers + Italian-deli wholesalers. La Quercia → Charcuterie Artisans Oct 2025 (US producer transition).

Brand short list. NYC charcuterie + cured-meat: Charcuterie Artisans (formerly La Quercia · Oct 2025 transition · the US artisan reference) + D'Artagnan (specialty meat wholesaler) + Olympia Provisions (PNW-based · NYC distribution) + Boccalone (SF · NYC distribution). Italian deli wholesalers: Faicco's + Esposito Meat Market + Citarella wholesale. Specialty Iberico + jamón: Iberico Imports + Despaña.

NYC-specific traps: La Quercia → Charcuterie Artisans Oct 2025 (rebrand transition). Iberico premium tier $40-95/lb wholesale. Mortadella + prosciutto + speck across producer tiers $18-65/lb wholesale.

Vendors profiled below

•D'Artagnan— NYC specialty-meat + charcuterie wholesale market leader.

Types — see what they actually look like

1 types

🥓Wholesale charcuterie + cured meatArtisan

Charcuterie board display

Artisan charcuterie wholesale · wine-bar signature plateCharcuterie Artisans · D'Artagnan$15-$95/lb

Wholesale charcuterie + cured meat

Per-pound wholesale · 5-50 lb orders

Artisan + specialty + Italian-deli wholesale charcuterie. Wine-bar + cocktail-bar signature.

Price

$15-$95/lb wholesale

Best for

Wine bars + cocktail bars + Italian restaurants + hotel charcuterie programs.

2 variants in the wild

Top brands

Charcuterie ArtisansD'ArtagnanOlympia ProvisionsIberico Imports

Brands — how the big names compare

1 brands

D'Artagnan

Newark NJ · multi-decade specialty meat

D'Artagnan · Newark NJ

NYC specialty-meat + charcuterie wholesale market leader.

D'Artagnan is one of the NYC specialty-meat + charcuterie wholesale market leaders — Newark NJ production + tri-state distribution. Foie gras + duck + game + charcuterie + specialty cured meats.

Top NYC models

Charcuterie wholesale account
Multi-product · weekly delivery
Wholesale account

Strengths

+NYC specialty-meat market leader

Weaknesses

−Premium pricing

Best for

Wine bars + cocktail bars + Italian + fine-dining charcuterie programs.

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By venue type — recommended setup

Venue	Recommended setup	Cost
Wine bar (40 seats)	D'Artagnan + Iberico Imports · weekly 10-15 lb mixed program	$300-$800/week

Common operator questions

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Sourced from operator interviews + charcuterie wholesale benchmarks 2025-26.

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