Area carnivores still mourn the closure of the John Dewar & Co. butcher shops in Newton and Wellesley. After T.F. Kinnealey & Co. bought the local butcher in 2006, the owners eventually folded it into their 77-year-old meat processing and distribution business. (Kinnealey meats are sold mostly to food service and restaurant accounts, although the company operates a retail shop at the Fruit Center Marketplace in Milton.) But Dewar’s beloved steaks and chops — those “produced according to John Dewar specifications,’’ says co-owner John Kinnealey — are still sold at Volante Farms in Needham. In the farm store’s refrigerated meat case are old favorites such as sirloin steak (currently $24.99 per pound), skirt steak ($19.99), hanger ($17.99), flank ($8.99), and dry-aged sirloin ($28.99). Also under the Dewar label are pork chops, lamb rib chops, veal cutlets, and ground beef. They’re just what you need for your Labor Day cookout. Volante Farms is at 292 Forest St., Needham, 781-444-2351, www.volantefarms.comLisa Zwirn

Lisa Zwirn can be reached at lisa@lisazwirn.com.