Magician of meat Pat LaFrieda seeks $6M for his Bronx home with indoor and outdoor kitchens

Pat LaFrieda, known as America’s most celebrated butcher, has listed his waterfront Riverdale house at just under $6 million.The four-story Bronx residence, with nearly 6,000 square feet, is one of the biggest and priciest dwellings in Riverdale.It’s located on a private street with postcard views — appropriately named Scenic Place.“This is the only single-family house available in Riverdale that is directly overlooking the water,” said listing agent Adam Bachner of Coldwell Banker.LaFrieda — who is in charge of his family’s century-old wholesale meat business, Pat LaFrieda Meat Purveyors — was dubbed “the magician of meat,” by New York Magazine, so it’s no surprise that the house has not just an indoor kitchen, but also an outdoor one.The kitchens are “luxurious but still approachable and relatable,” Bachner said.The indoor kitchen allows for plenty of cooks.

It has two sinks and two dishwashers, a steam oven and a regular oven, plus a gas range and an induction range.The appliances are all high-end and digital, “so you touch the screen and it opens, touch it again and it closes,” Bachner said.

“You are not grabbing handles and getting oil or sauce on everything.”When the LaFrieda family redid the kitchen, they included child-friendly features.“We are always in the kitchen and the children like to help,” said Jennifer LaFrieda, who works with her husband in the meat business, overseeing the warehouses.(LaFrieda is also known for his eateries, such as an outpost at Dumbo’s Time Out Market New York — whose burgers are second to none — and another for travelers at Newark’s airport.)“It’s our culture to cook as a family,” Jennifer told The Post.

“A lot of holidays were cooked in that kitchen.The kids never were allowed to use the gas burners — only the electric cooktop so they can’t get burned.” A Gaggenau microwave is knee-high — easy for a child to reach.The outdoor kitchen includes a pizza oven, a ref...