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SKANEATELES - When Gabriel Lewis tells people that she works in a butcher shop, she gets a lot of strange looks, but Hook & Cleaver, the new shop in Skaneateles that features organic meat and fish, isn't like other meat markets.

“People get to thinking about hanging meat and blood everywhere, but it's actually very clean,” she said, looking at the small shop's polished silver counters. “This isn't what people think of when they think of a butcher.”

The store's differences go further than skin deep. Christopher Brown and Matthew Maggio, the store owners, strive to give Skaneateles shoppers the opportunity to buy meat and fish that is healthier and tastes better, Brown said.

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