Chris Adair | Freelance Writer

If you have preconceived notions of what a French cheese shop should look like, you might wonder how well a fromagerie would fit in Nolita, surrounded by high-end boutiques like Le Labo and Aimé Leone Dore. Luckily, French Cheese Board is not interested in recreating your reductive version of a French cheese shop. You won’t find wood accents, warm lighting, or wicker baskets lined with baguettes and bundles of chives. Instead, the store’s thoughtfully designed new space on Spring Street, one block over from its original location, has itself taken on the spirit of a luxury boutique—a fromage atelier of sorts—blending in seamlessly with the rest of the neighborhood in the process. [more]