SONOMA CHEESE FACTORY

Interesting shop with good amount of local and no only cheeses, salami and such.

Cheese, wine and charcuterie meats on the square. The store is a little tired and looks like it is closed from the outside, but they have a very good range of cheeses and meats and lots of other goods as well. So look past the 1970s ambience and enjoy all that is on offer.

Cheese are so good. Highly recommended

If I could give this zero stars I would. I have been going to The Cheese Factory for 58 years. Since I was a little kid. One of my favorite places to go and to take visitors. Since the change of ownership it has gone to hell in a hand basket. I guess ownership really will tell. Very bad experience today. Long wait. Not warm and welcoming. Acted like doing us a favor waiting on us. Miss the Vivianis! By the way many of the good reviews from when former owners ran the place are still up. They should have to come from new ownership. Earn your own stars. If possible…….ruining one of Sonomas landmarks.

So very disappointed in the “New” Cheese Factory. Grew up in Sonoma and went there all the time. After moving away, returned to Sonoma twice a year and never missed going at least once during visits. Since it has been taken over by new owners and management it’s a joke. Went today and there were no more than 8 people in the whole place. They said they could not make custom sandwiches because they were swamped. I had to laugh. Back in the day they had customers lined up out the door and were still able to deliver better and faster service while making customers sandwiches. The staff making sandwiches today were eating chips out of bags and touching their mouths while preparing sandwiches for customers. VERY un-sanitary. New owners need to pay attention if they care about being profitable. This place was an institution in our town and it’s sad to have lost the “experience” of this favorite shop.