On a recent road trip to Minnesota, we drove through a lot of Wisconsin and knew we couldn't go home without stopping and buying cheese at least once. Well our cheese stop happened to be at the Cheese Chalet-the huge CHEESE sign with a climbing mouse dressed in lederhosen and a giant cow helped out our decision.
They have the usual "cheese shop" stuff.....cheeses, sausages, mustards, jams, honeys, and the like as well as some Chalet merch.
The prices seemed reasonable. The only thing that pissed me off is they have a 1/2lb minimum on all their items. With just my husband and I-we would have much preferred 1/4 lbs (and likely bought more).
We tried the buffalo Monterrey jack and it was disappointing. The garlic Monterrey jack was only made with garlic powder, so we passed on that. But we also tried the apple cinnamon Monterrey jack and it was surprisingly delicious (we just didn't want a 1/2 lb of it!) I was impressed with their selection of cheddars and we ended up buying a 3 yr old white cheddar and a garlic summer sausage that were both good.
I doubt I'll be back since I didn't fall in love with it as I have the Mars Cheese Castle-and I'm rarely up that way, but if you want a fun place to rest your legs while on a road trip hit up the Chalet!