Meat & Cheese Restaurant and Farm Shop

Before there was Meat & Cheese, there was Avalanche Cheese Company. Founded in 2008, Avalanche was a 130-acre goat dairy in Paonia, CO with a herd of 200 mixed-breed goats. Goats were rotationally grazed on pasture in order to provide the best milk possible for the cheese. The creamery was located in Basalt, CO and provided artisanal goat cheeses to the restaurants, shops and hotels in Aspen, CO. In 2012 Avalanche also began making cured meats. The meats and cheeses won numerous awards from the American Cheese Society and the Good Food Awards. In 2016 we closed the doors to the creamery and sold the farm. Just another, sad, small-farm-going-under story that is all too common today. Luckily, by that time Meat & Cheese was a big success and we are still able to support small farmers, artisans, vintners, brewers and distillers – as a retailer rather than a manufacturer.