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The cheese counter at The Cheesery in Dundee, full of cut wedges and whole cheeses with handwritten labels.
Dundee

The Cheesery

A family-run cheesemonger on Exchange Street in Dundee, with more than 70 cheeses, new ones to taste every week, and cured meats, wine and beer.

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If you love cheese, The Cheesery on Exchange Street is the shop to find in Dundee.

It's a family-run cheesemonger, here since 2008 and run since 2016 by Steve and Hilary Barney, who opened a second shop in Broughty Ferry in 2019. The counter holds more than 70 cheeses, soft and hard, blue and goat's, from farmhouse Cheddars and Highland cheeses to Gorgonzola Dolce and Brie de Meaux, and there are new ones to taste every week. The team will help you put a cheeseboard together and suggest something to drink with it, and the shelves have everything else you need, from olives, crackers and chutney to cured meats, wine and craft beer, some of it from local makers such as Sarah Gray Chutney, Abernyte Brewery and Dundee Dry Gin. They build cheese towers for weddings and parties too. It's a short walk from the McManus and the waterfront, and it's open Tuesday to Saturday.

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Before you go

Closed on Sundays and Mondays.

Cheese towers for weddings and parties are ordered through its own site.

Where
9 Exchange Street, Dundee, DD1 3DJ.
Open
Tuesday to Friday 9.30am to 4pm, Saturday 9.30am to 5pm.
Also
A second shop at 58 Gray Street, Broughty Ferry.
Phone
01382 202160

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
9.30am–4pm
Wednesday
9.30am–4pm
Thursday
9.30am–4pm
Friday
9.30am–4pm
Saturday
9.30am–5pm
Sunday
Closed

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Where it is

On Exchange Street, between the Murraygate and the waterfront in the centre of Dundee, DD1 3DJ.

Close byThe middle of Dundee and the waterfront.
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