Butcher Block Co. announces its 5th annual Butcher BLOCK PARTY from Dec. 26, 2025, to Jan. 11, 2026, offering 5% sitewide ...

And thus was butcher block born — along with John Boos & Co., which made them (John was Conrad’s son, and he adapted the idea for the butcher). Today, if you have a butcher block countertop, table or ...

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EFFINGHAM -- It was 1887. A blacksmith in Effingham, Ill., named Conrad Boos placed the trunk of a sycamore tree on three wooden legs, which he correctly guessed would ease the stress of using his ...