Is Philly the Best Cheese City in America?

Step aside Wisconsin, the Keystone state is coming for your cheese crown! Pennsylvania is home to 5,000 dairy farms, and the Philly area is chock full of artisan cheese shops and creameries. Today, host Trenae Nuri chats about what makes Philly a dairy destination with Tenaya Darlington, the cheese curator at Tria and author of Di Bruno Bros. House of Cheese and Madame Fromage’s Adventures in Cheese. Plus, she gives her recommendations for creating the ultimate local cheese board.

Here’s a list of the local cheese shops, markets, and restaurants mentioned in this episode: 

• Birchrun Hills Farm
• Perrystead Dairy
• Merion Park Cheese Co.  
• Clark Park Farmers Market
• Valley Milkhouse
• Conebella Farm
• Di Bruno Bros.
• Downtown Cheese
• Weavers Way Co-Op
• Tria
• Talula’s Garden
• Third Wheel Cheese Co.

Want to hear about our sister city Pittsburgh’s cheese scene? Check out their episode with Pgh’s Cheese Queen here. 

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