Beecher’s Handmade Cheese, Seattle

What to buy here: Seattle Handmade Cheese - Nothing goes better with wine than cheese. Across from Pike Place Market is a must-do-see-eat experience; Beecher’s Handmade Cheese. Watch them make cheese, while you taste cheese, buy cheese, books, recipes, acquire ‘cheese education’, learn about cheese wine pairings, what seasonal cheeses are popular and so much more in this Seattle specialty cheese factory. A Seattle favorite is their "World's Best Mac & Cheese Kit” which lets you make your own scrumptious batch of award-winning macaroni and cheese. Beecher’s Mac-n-Cheese has been on Oprah’s favorite things. What a great gift! The kit sells for $55.00 (US) and can be easily packed or shipped, as can most anything else in the store.

Join their monthly cheese club (price ranges from approximately $70-$280), watch the cheese-makers at work – Beecher’s is one of the few cheese factories still practicing the centuries-old craft of open vat cheese making – order Pacific Northwest cheese from the cheese counter, and enjoy a cheesy wonderful, affordable lunch at their café where you can order cheesy soups and breads, Panini’s, and salads or try that fabulous Mac-n-Cheese for yourself.

Beecher’s Handmade Cheese is located on Pike Place Seattle, right in the heart of Pike Place Market on the corner of Pike Street and First Avenue.