Great selection of local and French cheeses. They vacuum packed my purchases, and I'm now enjoying…read moremy cheeses back in the USA!

Sampled and purchased the most delicious cheeses at this shop. We were able to get some shrink…read morewrapped to take home with us.

Maître Bernard Antony is an institution almost like the living national treasures in Japan. He IS…read morethe world's most renowned Fromager Affineur in his little shop in southern Alsace ca 20 minutes drive by car from Basel (CH), opened 1982. He buys young top quality cheese, about 150 artisanal produced kinds from raw milk, mainly from France. He stores them in his vast cellars until their perfect maturity. Only then he sells them in the shop or in a small restaurant, called Sundgauaer Kaes-Kaller. I once rented a bus and went with 25 people there to enjoy his special cheese menu "Cérémonie de Fromage", a six course meal, with a variety of cheese on each plate (totalling over 22 cheese varieties you will be able to taste), and served with the wines perfectly matching. Be warned, his menu consists almost only of cheese. You'll get bread and potatoes, but don't expect a traditional mix with other items like meat or salad. It's all about Cheese. He joins the guests and talks either about the products (both wine or cheese) or about one of his many adventures. He usually delivers cheese to the presidential inauguration in Matignon (Paris), the White House, many Five Star Chefs, Châteaux and numerous high profile families from politics or society. His fame goes around the globe, photos on the wall are there to prove it. I speak French with him but really love to hear him talk Alsässer Diitsch... Useless to say if you are not into cheese, there is nothing more there... but if you are, it is the place to find mature cheese of the highest quality. To me, living in Switzerland, the prices are modest, particularly when I consider the TOP quality of the products. Maître Anthony is a very friendly old chap, and luckily for us his son Jean François has decided to follow his father. We only can hope he becomes as professional as his father! For any gastro interested tourist this is a MUST!

This place may be small, but it has no shortage of things to try! The lower level is a deli with a…read morewide selection of charcuterie and cheeses, while the upper floor is a small restaurant. The dishes range from €15-20 and wine glasses are ~€5. I hadn't read reviews before coming here (most are on another popular review website) so my selections were a bit off, but on my next visit, I'll have to order their charcuterie and cheese plates with proper wine pairings. They also have a selection of brunch options. I was eyeing one of their omelettes (in a style from Corsica, with an aromatic cheese in it and served with charcuterie and a side salad), but I ended up going with a slice of "Muenster Valley" meat pie, served with lettuce and carrot salads. If I could have eaten two brunches at once, I would have picked these two items, but I was very full from the meat pie, especially after starting out with half of a cheese plate. I'll have to come back to try the omelette later. The meat pie and side salads were delicious and everything tasted fresh. I really loved the way they prepared the side salads - very light, simple dressing to bring out natural flavors (I believe French produce is organic and is rich with natural flavor). The cheese plate (mine was a half portion) was very good and featured four kinds of cheeses: a soft muenster cheese, a very strong British cheese (sorry, I can't recall the name), a truffled gouda, and an earthy goat cheese. I had just gotten off a redeye and would have passed out in the restaurant if I had taken as little as a sip of wine, but if I were to have this cheese plate again, I'd definitely order a glass of wine with it. The service was very good - the staff was very patient with my French and also spoke English fluently.

Charming people and place, great food and selection, an overall memorable experiencwread more