What's New
NEW CHEESE TOPIC!?

When is there NOT something new in the cheese department? There's too much going on for this little box. Tell you what, come on by the store for a taste and a chat.

It is common industry knowledge that Fairway is the most successful retail cheese operation in the US. While our sales figures are proprietary information (we sell many millions of dollars worth annually) we can say that our inventory hovers around 650 different cheeses from a dozen countries. Most of the world's greatest cheeses were sold here first, starting in 1980. Steve Jenkins, America's first French-certified "maitre-fromager" (master cheesemonger) is nationally and internationally recognized as the person who is responsible for the light-years jump in the availability and rabid popularity of so many artisanal cheeses that are considered staples today. His book, Cheese Primer (Workman, 1996), is considered both the professional's and amateur's bible. It won the James Beard Award and has sold over 300,000 copies. Fairway's cheese operations have spawned a number of other retailers across New York City and the rest of the country, and, doubtless, each of their owners has made the pilgrimage to Fairway in an attempt to emulate our success.

We have the greatest respect for the world's oldest cheeses, and we will always consider ourselves specialists in this regard. But, it is Fairway that has thrown its weight behind the efforts of the new cheese makers, in particular those here in the US. Fairway is always first, always in the news, always in the vanguard of the world of cheese, and as a result, is practically synonymous with the very word.