The Cheese Encounter

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The Cheese Encounter The Cheese Encounter is a locally owned cheese shop in Thunder Bay, Ontario, specializing in local, Canadian, and imported artisanal cheese.
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10/29/2026

👹🧀 Challerhocker has the spookiest label in the game. Sharp, savory, creamy cheese with a subtle hint of spice and funk. The wheels are washed with a blend of w**e and spices throughout the aging process, which helps develop the complex and delicious flavours. Absolutely delicious. Fans of Gruyère, Five Brothers, Comté, and other alpine style cheeses are sure to love this one🇨🇭

🐟🇮🇹 Mullet Bottarga from the Sardinian coast of Italy! Grate it over pasta, eggs, risotto, or anything needing a deeply ...
10/29/2026

🐟🇮🇹 Mullet Bottarga from the Sardinian coast of Italy! Grate it over pasta, eggs, risotto, or anything needing a deeply oceanic, salty kick ❤️

10/29/2026

🍫🎃 Austrian chocolate from Zotter is all treat, no trick. Flavoured bars that eat like huge chocolate truffles filled with all sorts of delicious things, and a number of curious single origin bars for the purists ❤️🇦🇹

🇮🇹🍝 Have you tried any of these beautiful pastas? Made in the Marche region of Italy ❤️🤌🧀
10/28/2026

🇮🇹🍝 Have you tried any of these beautiful pastas? Made in the Marche region of Italy ❤️🤌🧀

10/28/2026

🧀🐐Old Amsterdam Goat is a delicious aged Gouda from Huizen. Sharp, and complex, with a delicious natural sweetness. Aged goat Goudas are one of our favourite styles of cheese, and this one is no exception ❤️🪤

10/28/2026

🪤🇮🇹 Cacio Marzolino is a delightful small production cheese from Tuscany. Made with pasteurized sheep milk, following ancient methods specific to the region. Fresh & full-bodied with a prominent taste of cream, and delicate sweetness ❤️🧀

10/27/2026

🪤 Bleu d'Affinois is one of our all time favourites. Lusciously soft, super creamy cheese, perfectly complimented by a hint of salty, nutty, umami laden goodness from the light blue veining. Produced by Fromagerie Guilloteau in the French Rhône-Alpes 🧀🐄💙

10/27/2026

🪤 Pecorino al Pistachio is a delicious pistachio laden young pecorino from the picturesque Albegna Valley in Tuscany. Fresh, lactic, perfectly tangy cheese complimented by rich, vegetal pistachios from Bronte, Sicily 🧀🇮🇹

10/27/2026

🪤🇮🇹 Oro Nero with truffle is a beautiful aged cheese made with unpasteurized cow's milk & real black truffle. Produced by the Gennari dairy in Emilia Romagna, Italy, the same folks who make our delicious organic Parmigiano Reggiano 🧀❤️

🫕 Up your cheese game with one of these beautiful fondue pots! Available copper plated or stainless steel 🧀❤️
10/26/2026

🫕 Up your cheese game with one of these beautiful fondue pots! Available copper plated or stainless steel 🧀❤️

Address

198 Algoma Street South
Thunder Bay, ON
P7B3B9

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 6pm

Telephone

+18072861082

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