Beecher’s Handmade Cheese

Specialties

When visiting Beecher’s in the Flatiron District, we invite you to grab a sandwich in our café and watch the cheesemakers at work or wander downstairs into The Cellar where you can enjoy a glass of wine in the glow of our cheese cave where row upon row of Beecher’s cheeses ripen to perfection.

From our cheese counter, you can pick up any one of Beecher’s award-​winning cheeses or choose from our variety of the best artisan cheeses made in America.

History

Established in 2011.

Founded in 2003, Beecher’s Handmade Cheese is an urban cheesemaker operating out of Seattle’s Pike Place Market and, since 2011, New York City’s Flatiron District. Visitors to Beecher’s glass-​walled cheesemaking kitchens witness first hand the crafting of their signature favorite, Flagship cheese, as well as many of the other award-​winning cheeses Beecher’s has to offer. By starting with fresh, pure milk from local farms, and applying the traditional methods used by cheesemakers for thousands of years, Beecher’s cheeses are free of artificial ingredients making them just as delicious as the milk they are made from.

Meet the Business Owner

Kurt D.

Business Owner

A cheese lover since childhood, I remember encouraging my mother to buy artisan cheese at a time when processed cheese was overtaking the market; and I recall my great-​grandfather, whose first name was Beecher, purchasing Stilton by the wheel.

In 2002, I was walking through Seattle’s historic Pike Place Market and noticed that a long-​time tenant had closed up shop. Inspired, I called the landlord, returned to my office and announced we were going into the cheesemaking business. With fond memories of my grandfather and his wheels of Stilton, it was a natural fit to name the business Beecher’s Handmade Cheese.