The London Traveler

I mentioned Paxton & Whitfield, doyen of London cheese shops, yesterday. But any lover of cheese should also find time to pay a visit to one of the Neal’s Yard Dairy shops – the original one in Covent Garden, or the Borough Market branch.
Now P&W is a very fine shop, a very fine shop indeed. But my affections have been captured by Neal’s Yard – the huge walls of cheese stacked up, the massive wheels of it, the whiff of cheese that hits you as you walk in, the absolute, almost bloody-minded concentration on cheese, cheese, the whole cheese …read more

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In the heart of St James’s, you’ll find one of London’s best cheese shops. Some people say it’s the best, though I prefer to see it as a sort of Arsenal v Man U match versus Neal’s Yard – they’re both great outfits but you never know which one will win this match. And they tend to have slightly different supporters.
Paxton & Whitfield, at 93 Jermyn Street, announces its name in golden lettering across the bressumer, and the slightly yellow light inside illumines huge wheels of cheese and even hams hanging from the ceiling. It looks like you might imagine …read more

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