Cheese Cave Tours at Formaggio Kitchen

The Tour

Formaggio Kitchen has served Huron Village for more than 45 years and ages cheese in its own cave beneath the Huron Avenue shop. On the tour a cheesemonger takes your group into the cave among the wheels, then sits you down to a communal board of five cheeses with five garnishes and one wine pairing.

The owner, Julia, leads a special version of the tour. She has worked for the company for more than 19 years and visited many of the producers whose wheels line the cave, and her tasting is a little more generous, with two wine pairings. It runs only on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Booking and Add-Ons

Check availability and book through the links on Formaggio's cave tour page. The base price is not listed on that page, so confirm it when you book. A booking is not confirmed until Formaggio confirms it. You can add a half bottle of sparkling wine for $30, a full bottle for $60, or a premium wine pairing priced by group size. Questions go to [email protected].

The shop also runs in-store classes and events, listed on its classes calendar.

Getting There

The Huron Avenue shop is in West Cambridge, a short ride from Harvard Square. Formaggio has two other Boston-area shops, in Kendall Square at 94 Hampshire Street and in the South End at 268 Shawmut Avenue, but the cave tours run only at Huron Avenue. For cheese farms to visit, see our Massachusetts page.