Smokey Mountain
Cheese Traveler

Cheese Traveler

540 Delaware Avenue, Albany, NY 12209, 12209-1442, City of Albany, United States

Cheese • Casual • American • Catering


"I don 't know a lot about cheese, except that it makes for some of the best jokes. However, for a while now this place has been on my radar and a series of events (such as date night coinciding with the store 's late hours allowed us to come here and explore their offerings. It is a small shop, located on Delaware Ave. in a set of stores that is easy to miss if you don 't have a smart phone or a very observant wife/navigator! When we walked in it was obvious that this was a fun little store with a wide variety of cheeses. However, it wasn 't cold (as in full of fridge coolers at all but instead warm and pleasant. Which is also exactly how I would describe Mary, the woman who helped us. She walked us through several types of cheddar cheeses which my wife likes, providing samples and commentary along the way. Then, she made some recommendations regarding soft cheeses. They appear to only have one variety of Provolone (one of my favorites and it was quite good, but I do wish there were more. We decided to get a box filled with four types of cheese, two types of meats (beef sausage and spec , various fruits (strawberries, two types of grapes, blueberries nuts, corn nuts (a surprising but welcome addition! , honey sticks, and marmalade. All worked well together with the crackers provided and it was easily enough for two rather hungry and adventurous adults. I won 't lie... it wasn 't inexpensive... but for a special occasion it was certainly special. Going back, I think I would focus more on some of their interesting cured meats and other local items like jams on the walls. Go take a look at the EXTENSIVE list of items they have on their website as being in stock, and then wonder how anyone could possibly see them all in just one visit. It was a lot of fun and I hope to get back."