"The go-to place for cheese" - Mia Stainsby, Vancouver Sun

The city’s busiest cheese shop” Tim Pawsey, Where Magazine

"Vancouver's Best Food Store" - Urban Diner Awards 2008

Welcome to les amis du FROMAGE

We are Vancouver's busiest and best cheese shop.  We specialize in unpasteurized or "lait cru" French cheeses.  We also sell cheeses from Switzerland, Italy, Quebec, Spain, Portugal, England and Ireland.

We stock between 400-500 cheeses at any given time, and we have the best selection of cheeses made locally in British Columbia.

In addition to cheese, we also import many other specialty foods including:

  • Top quality blended and single varietal extra virgin olive oils
  • Crackers and biscuits
  • Pates, prosciutto and salami

  • Cheese equipment including Girolles, cheese knives, cheese boards, raclette machines, and fondue pots

Our Vancouver store has a full kitchen on premises where we prepare frozen ready to heat soups and entrees that can be purchased at either store.


New Specialties from Provence: Jun 03, 2008

Lots of new stuff this week from Provence including olive oils, olives, nougat, honey and chestnuts...read more


Fresh Baked Cookies: May 24, 2008

Our chef Michelle Darling has been baking up fresh cookies each day at the 2nd avenue store.  Enjoy some of our favourite recipes like Peanut butter, Pecan Chocolate Chip, Ginger cookies, Oatmeal Chocolate Chip and more.

Available at both locations


Moccia Salumeria: Apr 26, 2008

This East Van classic specializes in artisan salumi...find out more


Georgia Straight - Golden Plates 2008: Mar 20, 2008

Thank you readers for voting les amis "Best Specialty Cheese Store"


13 Things We Love About Vancouver: Mar 16, 2008

Pecan & gruyere shortbread cookies from les amis du FROMAGE...read more in the march issue of Where Magazine


Blog Update: Mar 16, 2008

I've started a new blog over at blogspot.com.  It will be a bit simpler to update, especially when I'm mobile.  The old blog can still be viewed here


New gift cards now available.  Starting at $25.00


New items from the kitchen: this month include Spicy maple glazed mixed nuts, Chicken Chile Con Queso, Seafood Chile Con Queso, Prosciutto wrapped chicken breast with roasted garlic and goat cheese stuffing, Mulligatawny Soup...read more


In an effort to encourage sustainability not only within our business, but with our customers, we will be eliminating shopping bags from our stores.  ...read more

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New Cheeses

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George from The Farmhouse Natural Cheeses in Agassiz tends to the goats.  Happy goats make good cheese. 

The Farm House Natural Cheeses produces handmade artisan cheeses and specialties from the rich, fresh milk of the farm's own dairy cows and from fresh local goats' milk. Everything is made right on their own farm in British Columbia's beautiful Fraser Valley.