Jun 17, 2014

Wheel House Cheese Shop Brings a Hundred Cheeses to the WestsideBy Amy ScattergoodLAWeekly.com

Culver City, CA – Cheese-lovers on the Westside don’t have to trek all the way to Norbert Wabnig’s shop in Beverly Hills to get good cheese anymore. They now have over a hundred cheeses, some very hard to find, to choose from in a small shop of their own in Culver City.

On June 7, Alex Josef and Steve Jones opened Wheel House Cheese Shop in a former television repair shop on West Washington Blvd. A large cheese case fills the center of the room, with a marble counter and shelves for cheese-related items such as crackers and cornichons, Maldon salt and oatcakes and yuzu marmalade and gorgeous Oregon-made cheese boards. A second case is filled with speck, bresaola, duck salami, pate and olives. There’s a basket of baguettes from Rockenwagner bakery, which is conveniently located just down the street.

There’s a window counter with seating and wine barrels in the back near a pretty outdoor patio. It’s cozy, but there’s plenty of space for the wine tastings and pairings, events and classes that Josef plans to host once they get their forthcoming liquor license. Once that happens, there are plans to sell about 25-30 wines and beers. You know, to have with all that cheese.

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