The Cheese Encounter

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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10/05/2026

🍎🍏 The Roots to Harvest c***r is here! A moment we eagerly await each year. Sweet, tangy, complex c***r pressed from local apples by the Roots to Harvest crew. As with many of the best things in life, here for a fleeting moment 🍂❤️

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10/05/2026

🪤 Raclette au Poivre is a delicious semi-soft, buttery, organic cow’s milk cheese layered with floral, tingly pink peppercorns. Excellent on cheese boards, sandwiches, for melting, and Raclette dinners! Made by Fromagerie La Station in Compton, Québec 🧀❤️🐄

🍂🦃🧀 Thanksgiving is next weekend! We'll be open our regular hours, then closed Monday, October 12th for the long weekend...
10/03/2026

🍂🦃🧀 Thanksgiving is next weekend! We'll be open our regular hours, then closed Monday, October 12th for the long weekend. As always, we've got all sorts of really delicious food to share with your friends and family ❤️🪤

🧀🍂 Cooler weather means it's time to dust off the fondue pot 🫕❤️
10/01/2026

🧀🍂 Cooler weather means it's time to dust off the fondue pot 🫕❤️

10/01/2026

🪤 Gratin Bleu is a delicious cow's milk blue made by the Rosso Dairy in Piedmont, Italy. Creamy and fudgy, with a pleasant saltiness, hint of sweetness, and subtle mineral note. One of our favourite cheeses ❤️🧀🇮🇹🐄

09/29/2026

🧀🏆 Chateau de Bourgogne is one of our all time most popular offerings. A super creamy, super buttery, super soft, super indulgent triple cream cow's milk cheese from Burgundy, France. Haven't tried it? Come on, man! We've been open for like ten years and samples are free. What are ya doing? ❤️🪤

09/29/2026

🪤 The cheese with the cursed, scary child on the label. But as we know, we're so much more than what meets the eye, and cheese is no different. Challerhocker from St Gallen, Switzerland is a 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🇨🇭

09/29/2026

🪤🇫🇷 We've got a freshly cracked wheel of Mimolette on offer this week! Cheese is always delicious, but it's especially delicious and most flavourful when the wheel has just been opened. Sharp, salty, caramely, delicious. Produced in Lille, France since the 17th century 🧡🧀

09/28/2026

🍫 We're now stocking Austrian chocolate from Zotter! In the spirit of overdoing it, we're starting with 17 varieties for you to try. A ton of bars that eat like huge chocolate truffles filled with all sorts of delicious things, and a number of curious single origin bars too. Which will you try first? We couldn't resist trying the peanut caramel, the tangerine tonka caramel, and the Amalfi lemon and sage marzipan ❤️🇦🇹

09/28/2026

💐🪤 Buchette aux Fleurs! Soft, creamy, citrusy unripened artisanal goat cheese coated in dried flowers. Hailing from the Loire Valley, France 🐐🧀

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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