63478 Fri Oct 01 15:58:24 -0700 2004 12 2 Los Angeles Area 0 340150 Anyone care to recommend a good Cheese shop ( or market) with good selection of English cheeses, and in particular some high end California (as in, fast becoming the NUMBER 1 cheese producer in the country) small batch gourmet kind of cheeses Im in OC so recs there would be great but if the best place in town is in LA please don't hesitate to post the info Thanks! Fri Oct 01 15:58:24 -0700 2004 0 Zanzibar 1 340151 BH Cheese & whole foods is not too bad Fri Oct 01 16:01:53 -0700 2004 340150 0 Kurt 1 340153 look no further.. beverly hills Cheese Shop on Beverly Drive across from Nate N' Al is the best Fri Oct 01 16:16:31 -0700 2004 340150 0 perceptor 1 340154 One of my favorite places in the city. Link: http://www.cheesestorebh.com/ Fri Oct 01 16:20:26 -0700 2004 340150 0 FoodZealot 1 340156 BH Cheese Store by far has the most extensive selection. If you are in the Valley, however, I recommend the Village Gourmet on Tujunga, just South of Moorpark. Sort of a miniature BH Cheese Store with various other great gourmet products. Fri Oct 01 16:39:17 -0700 2004 340150 0 Hugh Lipton 1 340161 Although The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills offers many fine cheeses, they do not offer a good selection of the cheeses which interest you. Their selection of both aged English cheeses and fine new American cheeses is poor, almost bordering on antagonistic. Their collection has a pronounced European emphasis. La Brea Bakery and Whole Foods, on occasion, have a good selection of cheeses aged by Neil's Yard Dairy. They both are more likely to have an interesting assortment of American cheese as well. If you want to try mail order, we recently tasted this in Boston: Fleur de Tesche made at Bittersweet Plantation Dairy. Wonderfully complex. Link: http://www.jfolse.com/bittersweet_dairy/products.htm Fri Oct 01 17:04:17 -0700 2004 340150 0 JudiAU 1 340168 Closer to home in OC, I like the small but mighty selection of artisanal cheeses at Picnics in Costa Mesa 435 E 17th St. 949 722 7200 The other suggestions are good, but you owe it to yourself to drop by this little gem. Fri Oct 01 17:31:22 -0700 2004 340150 0 Kriss Reed 2 340202 I was there several months ago--a very nice place and nice people too. The truffle cheese was delicious! Fri Oct 01 19:45:06 -0700 2004 340168 0 Funwithfood 2 340271 I love this place, but it is truly very small & selection of about 20 different cheeses max. Just picked up 2 last week - the Hoch Ybrig (say that without pleghm rising!) from Switzerland - nutty, little crystals, yet still smooth - absolutely delicious. An Italian that looked like parmesan reggiano with whole walnuts in it, didn't have much taste at all - but it looked so good ;( While you're there, try their Thai beef salad w/ roasted vegs - addicting! Sat Oct 02 12:44:40 -0700 2004 340168 0 torta basilica 1 340171 Since nobody's given you an OC hookup yet, check out the Laguna Culinary Arts Cheese Shop. It's on the frontage road just south of the Festival of Arts site. James is the Englishman who runs the cheese operation, and has 20+ years in cheesemongering. For disclosure's sake, I know the managers of this place; I used to work for one of them. I go here because the cheese is good, they care about the product, and they know what's what, minus the drive to Beverly Hills and the parking hassle. 845 Laguna Canyon Rd Laguna Beach 949-494-4006 Link: http://www.lagunaculinaryarts.com/pages_1/cafepage.html Fri Oct 01 17:37:09 -0700 2004 340150 0 Professor Salt 1 340178 in santa monica, it'll be 4 stops: 1)bay cities in santa monica has a nice selection of CA stuff(cowgirl creamery,cypress grove,pt. reyes farmstead,gioia,laura chenel,etc.). 2)wednesday morning farmers mkt for redwood hill & winchester cheese co. 3)continental shop on wilshire or tudor house on 2nd for english stuff 4)whole foods on wilshire in s.m. for neal's Fri Oct 01 17:52:25 -0700 2004 340150 0 petradish 1 340180 I'm not really sure about the selection of English and California cheese is at the Cheese Store of Silver Lake. They do carry a very good selection of other European cheeses, much like the Beverly Hills store (they're not related, but the proprietor of the Silver Lake shop used to work at the BH store and got some help from it when he was first getting the Silver Lake store going). Link: http://www.cheesestoresl.com/ Fri Oct 01 18:14:54 -0700 2004 340150 0 Jack Flash 1 340264 Best prices for frugal hounds at good ol' TJ's. Tasty Brit Isles cheeses including English Stilton & Irish Dubliner at very reasonable prices. On American side, Cabot extra sharp cheddar cheaper than 25 yrs ago when we lived in NE. For French, decent brie for $5/lb. For Dutch, check out the sheep's milk gouda. Anyway, after you've blown your wad at the competitors, TJ's is the place for a limited selection of good quality cheses at rock bottom prices Sat Oct 02 12:16:20 -0700 2004 340150 0 bernardo