Hi,
I am looking for farmstead cheeses on the UWS. I looked into West Side Cheese Company first but the number I have says it is no longer in business and is 20+ blocks away from me. Otherwise, I am thinking to check out Whole Foods. Any other suggestions?
Thanks!
By ral217
on Dec 3, 2010 05:10 AM
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I've bought some lovely cheeses at the farmer's market near Lincoln Center - Thursdays and Saturdays, I think.
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Yes, that's the Tucker Square one. I like it too. We also bought the smoked duck for a brunch for my family and they swooned over it.
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Bobolink Dairy and Bakehouse, from cheese genius Jonathan White, is at the Tucker Square market on Thursdays and Saturdays.
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I think the Boblink cheeses are mediocre at best. Poorly stored, often in bad condition...and frankly not so good in the first place.
Try Cato Corner at the USGM.
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Any of the greenmarkets on the UWS should have something. Today's market on 97th St. usually has a cheese seller but I did not see them today (Valley Shepherd). Definitely hit the one at Tucker Square as I think there's a cheese person there as well. Fairway should also have a few local-ish cheeses besides all the other stuff.
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Try Zabar's too - they have a large cheese selection.
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West Side Cheese closed on Oct. 31st and is now a mobile phone reseller.
YEAH!
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If you're serious about farmstead cheeses, take the B train from the UWS to Grand Street and walk over to Saxelby's at the Essex Street Market.
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Saxelby Cheesemongers
120 Essex St, New York, NY 10002
Essex Street Market
120 Essex St, New York, NY 10002
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The Fairway has a decent selection of farmstead cheese, some of the same types sold at Essex St., in fact, e.g., Pleasant Ridge Reserve -- my favorite.
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Fairway Market
2127 Broadway, New York, NY 10023
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True, Fairway does carry Uplands Pleasant Ridge Reserve, which is a terrific Gruyere-style cheese. And it's more convenient for the UWS OP. But the wheels at Saxelby's taste better, in my opinion. I have no explanation.
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Ardith Mae sells their goat cheese at both the Columbia and the 77th St & Columbus Greenmarkets on Sundays. I find their chevre to be the best around, but I'm fond of their aged cheeses as well. Nice people, too.
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I wound up going to Zabar's and they had several. I bought Pt Reyes Blue, Coach Farms Goat, Cypress Grove Midnight Moon Goat and Cowgirl Creamery Mt Tam. I have to visit Saxelby's the next time I am down that way. The Uplands Pleasant Ridge Reserve is also on my list to try! Thanks for all the comments.
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Zabar's
2245 Broadway, New York, NY 10024
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Oh if that's the kind of thing you're looking for....go to Murray's Cheese Shop on Bleecker St.
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Murray's Cheese
254 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10014
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Bumping this old thread, the new answer is Epicerie Boulud, 20 W. 64th, which is carrying American farmstead cheeses curated by Anne Saxelby and French cheeses from Herve Mons.
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Epicerie Boulud
1900 Broadway, New York, NY 10023
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