Benoit, Wisconsin

Benoit Cheese Shop

1,854 miles

Mar 25 – My stopover point today is a spot on US Highway 2 which is officially part of the tiny unincorporated community of Benoit, officially located within parts of the towns of Keystone and Mason.  The place was named for Antoine Benoit, a pioneer French settler.  Even though countless French explorers and trappers roamed this region, I suppose that only a settler gets his name attached to a place.  I wonder whether Antoine settled down to trade in liquor, since one of the few roads here is named Moonshine Alley Road.

Benoit cheeses

In this rural non-town, I was surprised to find a charming gourmet cheese shop!  Benoit Cheese offers 150 varieties of cheeses – everything from fresh curds to 16-year-old cheddar.  The shop also sells a variety of locally-made items such as honey, syrups, specialty meats, soaps, candles, trinkets, wine, and organic olive oil.  I wonder how this out-of-the-way little shop gets customers into their store.  They take orders by phone or online, so I could actually sample Wisconsin food this way!  So much for a nowhere stopover on the highway! 

info: Wikipedia.com & Google Street Views

Benoit Cheese:  http://www.benoitcheese.com/