Fromagerie du Presbytère and Its Friday Evenings

The Fridays

Stalls around the cheese factory sell pastries, wine and fresh bread, and musicians play while families picnic on cheese from the general store across the road. Entry costs nothing; you pay for what you buy. It gets very busy, so arrive early in the afternoon if you want a good spot, and bring a side table and chairs, which are required on Fridays. On Fridays the shop stays open until 21:00. The 2027 dates have not been posted.

The Cheese and the Church

The fromagerie bought the village presbytery, built in 1936, in 2005, across from the Ferme Louis d'Or that supplies its milk. Its best-known cheese is Louis d'Or, and hundreds of its wheels now mature in the former church next door, tended by an affinage robot. The church is part of the visit, along with the general store and a park for children behind it.

Shop Hours

The general store at 225 rue Principale opens Monday to Thursday and on weekends from 9:00 to 17:00, and on Friday from 9:00, with hours that change by season. Cheese platters are sold every day, with shaded picnic tables. From June to September a dessert shack opens Thursday to Sunday in the presbytery car park.

Getting There

Sainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick is a small village in the Centre-du-Québec, around 15 minutes from Victoriaville and just under 2 hours from Montreal or Quebec City by car. It is on the Centre-du-Québec circuit of the Route des fromages, which also passes Fromage Warwick and Fromagerie Victoria.