I also had butcher block a long time ago. The cons are: difficult to match color floor and cabinet. Too much upkeep (for me). I can live with it but not my preference specifically.

Very nice! In my opinion, you just can't go wrong with clean, uncomplicated surfaces. And, ten years from now they will still look exactly that. An owner can always use painted walls and fabric in the kitchen to add color and pattern. Those are easy and inexpensive to change in the future, if desired.

I've never liked granite either - much too busy for my tastes but, I did see two versions I liked in houses of people I know. Both were a subdued, mossy green with light veining atop warm brown, wood cabinets. Quite classic. And in houses of their price points, it made sense to install an upgraded surface.

Granite is not as tough as it sounds, in fact it can be quite brittle.
Knocked a water glass over on a granite top we inherited with a previous house, and the glass chipped a lump off the granite edge.
Glass was unharmed.
Have Quartz now, mainly because I have a nasty habit of putting hot things on laminate.:shrug:

Quartz does not like hot things being placed on it. However much more user friendly than Granite

I've had granite in two homes (current one for 10 years, previous home for 5 years). I've literally placed pans and pots (right from the oven and cooktop) directly on them with absolutely no issues. Of course, others might have different experiences.

Definitely takes heat better than laminate!

I currently have granite. Quartz looks nice, but it is starting to get a bad reputation.

Quartz countertops linked to deadly lung disease in workers who fabricate the material

Quartz countertops linked to deadly lung disease in workers

Never had a problem with granite and heat as its a natural stone.
Liable to chip or crack if hit in wrong place.

We had a similar experience with them.

maybe, but lets not insult the OP's intelligence by ignoring the fact that owning a house in TV, being of retirement age in today's world, and have life experiences, that the OP hasn't considered other types of countertops. To me, too many people insult other people's intelligence by answer the question with other options, as if the person just dropped in from siberia and has never seen anything modern on TV, in other people's houses and in stores in a 50 mi radius of their residence.

MY daughter installed butcher block several years ago, and is very happy with them. They were extremely well priced at IKEA.
Now she’s looking to replace bathroom counters. IKEA had some very nice options.

Good point about local installer. If anyone has experience with that versus Home Depot, I'd love to hear about it.

I have butcher block in my northern home and it's BAD.It's even more upkeep than all others IMO to keep it from staining. Unless you polyurethane it really thoroughly (we didn't), it might be constantly stained.

Previous granite counter of mine became permanently stained by water ring from a hot lid. I'm not interested in resealing counters every year to prevent this.

If you have to replace them, you might as well go with quartz or granite, it’s not gonna be that much more money and it’s much more durable