You are reading

Cheese of the World, long time Austin Street gourmet store, is for sale

Aug. 4, 2017 Staff Report

Cheese of the World, which has been on Austin Street for more than 60 years, is currently for sale.

The store, which will remain open until a buyer is found, sells more than 250 cheeses as well as cured meats and olives, is listed on the Multiple Listing Service website as currently for sale.

The store owner would not comment as to why he’s selling.

For the listing, click here

MLS ad

 

email the author: news@queenspost.com

7 Comments

Click for Comments 
Bonnie Sholl

This year, I really found my favorite cheeses at “Cheese of the World”. I really enjoy the entire Cheese World Family………They represent ” The Best Of Small Business Owners”, and it is a shame that small business owners, like our Cheese Family Owners, are fading too quickly…………Kinda like that part of America is dying………So Sad………..Hope the next owners maintain that classy, modest, and The customers are important quality……..I think their ‘Human Touch” is what kept return customers…….LANDLORDS – Don’t Wipe Out USA’s small business owners. You’re killing part of an American Tradition !

Reply
Eva Klaus

I do hope that it will continue as a cheese and cold-cut store. I like their offerings. We need rhese smaller retail stores to retain some semblance of small town Forest Hills. Too bad that only banks and big chain stores seem to be able to afford the high rents. It ruins the ambiance of FH.

Reply
Lisa Fisk

Wow I used to go there weekly back in the day. I also go all of my cheeses there for holiday parties, dinners or just if I was in the mood for cheese and olives! The best!!

Reply
Anonymous

So do I, great selections, reasonable prices, hope new owners would keep the same, but will probably be another bank ?

Reply

Leave a Comment
Reply to this Comment

All comments are subject to moderation before being posted.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Recent News

Woman groped at Woodhaven Boulevard subway station near Queens Center Mall: NYPD

A woman was groped by a heavyset man as she entered the Woodhaven Boulevard subway station near the Queens Center Mall late last month.

Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst and Transit District 20 reported that the 31-year-old victim was by the turnstiles just after midnight on Monday, June 30, when she was approached by a stranger who allegedly grabbed her buttocks. The suspect exited the station onto Queens Boulevard and ran off in an unknown direction. The woman was not injured during the encounter.

Queens Council Members celebrate $2.5 million in funding for AAPI curriculum

Jul. 3, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Queens Council Members Shekar Krishnan, Linda Lee, Sandra Ung and Julie Won gathered on the steps of City Hall Wednesday afternoon alongside Manhattan Council Member Carlina Rivera to celebrate the “historic” $2.5 million budget investment to support the implementation of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) history curriculum in NYC schools.