{"product_id":"john-boos-aa02-professional-boos-block-butchers-block-24-x-24-aa02","title":"John Boos AA02 Professional Boos Block Butchers Block 24\" x 24\" - AA02","description":"\u003ch2\u003eJohn Boos AA02 Professional Boos Block Butchers Block 24\" x 24\" - AA02 \u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStylish and durable, the John Boos AA02 Butcher Block unit features a 16\" thick block on square pencil legs. The work surface is made of hard rock maple end grain with a Boos Block cream finish with beeswax. The sides are laminated. 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