If You Go ...

CHEESEMAKING FACILITIES AND MUSEUMS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Cedar Grove Cheese, E5904 Mill Rd., Plain; 800-200-6020, cedargrovecheese.com

Chalet Cheese Cooperative, N4858 Hwy. N, Monroe; 608-325-4343

Decatur Dairy (call about tours), W1668 Hwy. F, Brodhead; 608-897-8661

Franklin Cheese Cooperative (call about tours), W7256 Franklin Rd., Monroe; 608-325-3725

Green County Welcome Center and Historic Cheesemaking Center, 2108 Seventh Ave., Monroe; 608-325-4636

Roth Käse, 657 Second St., Monroe; 608-328-2122, rothkase.com

 

PLACES TO SAMPLE OR SHOP

Alp & Dell Cheese Store and Deli, 657 Second St., Monroe; 608-328-3355

Baumgartner’s Cheese Store & Tavern, 1023 Sixteenth Ave., Monroe; 608-325-6157

Brennan’s Market, 701 Eighth St., Monroe; 608-325-4433 (also in Madison and in Brookfield)

Dane County Farmers’ Market, Capitol Square in Madison, every Saturday and Wednesday. Year-round; hours vary with season (6 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays in the summer); dcfm.org

House of Wisconsin Cheese, 107 State St., Madison; 608-255-5204

Joseph Huber Brewing Company, 1208 Fourteenth Ave., Monroe; 608-325-3191

L’Etoile Restaurant and Café Soleil, 25 N. Pinckney St., Madison; 608-251-0500

New Glarus Brewing Company, County Trk W and Hwy. 69, New Glarus; 608-527-5850

 

TO BUY WISCONSIN CHEESE ONLINE

wisconsincheesemart.com

 

PLACES TO STAY

Arbor House, 3402 Monroe St., Madison; 608-238-2981, arbor-house.com

Brewery Creek Inn, 23 Commerce St., Mineral Point; 608-987-3298, brewerycreek.com

Cameo Rose Victorian Country Inn, 1090 Severson Rd., Belleville; 608-424-6340

Ludlow Mansion, 1421 Mansion Dr., Monroe; 608-325-1219

Mineral Point Hotel, 121 Commerce St., Mineral Point; 608-987-3889, mineralpointhotel.com

Usonian Inn, E5116 Hwy. 14, Spring Green; 608-588-2323

 

OTHER ATTRACTIONS

In Dodgeville: Lands’ End (downtown outlet), 113 N. Iowa St.; 608-935-9053

In and around Mount Horeb (888-765-5929; trollway.com): the Mount Horeb Mustard Museum, 100 W. Main St., 800-438-6878; Midsummer’s Eve festival on June 23rd at the Little Norway outdoor museum, County JG, Blue Mounds; 608-437-8211

In and around Spring Green (800-588-2042, springgreen.com): Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin, at the intersection of Hwy. 23 and County C, 877-588-7900; American Players Theatre, 5950 Golf Course Rd., 608-588-2361; House on the Rock, 5754 Hwy. 23, 608-935-3639

In and around Mineral Point (888-764-6894, mineralpoint.com): The gallery district is centered along High and Commerce streets. Good places to start are Longbranch Gallery, 203 Commerce St., 608-987-4499, and Green Lantern Studios, 261 High St., 608-987-2880

In and around New Glarus (608-527-2095; swisstown.com): the Swiss Historical Village, 612 Seventh Ave., 608-527-2317; Glarner Stube restaurant, 518 First St., 608-527-2216; Primrose Winery, 226 Second St., 608-527-5053; the Heidi Festival, June 22nd through 24th, 608-527-6838

 

FOR MORE INFO ABOUT WISCONSIN TOURISM

travelwisconsin.com

 

ABOUT CHEESE TOURISM IN AND AROUND GREEN COUNTY

888-222-9111, greencounty.org; www.uplands.ws

For the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board’s tourist-friendly map showing the locations of cheese, beer, and wine-related businesses, go to wisdairy.com or call 608-836-8820.


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