"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 / 2009

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.  Of those cheeses, at least 150 are from Canada, with a focus on British Columbia and Quebec.

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 East Vancouver store has a full kitchen on premises where we prepare frozen ready to heat soups and entrees that can be purchased at any of our stores.

 


Hastings Grand Opening Sale!:  Jun 08, 2009

les amis du FROMAGE on East Hastings is having a GRAND OPENING SALE!

On Saturday June 13th, we would like to invite you to come and visit us at our new store located at 845 East Hastings Street, between Hawkes and Campbell. 

While you have a gander at the new store, we'll have some specialties out for you to sample.   

Also make sure to take advantage of the Grand Opening Sale!  EVERYTHING in the store will be marked down by an additional 15% OFF!

Receive a free insulated shopping bag ($5.00 value) with any purchase over $25.00.  Limit one per customer, while supplies last. 

Sale limited to stock on hand.  

Sorry, no raincheques. 

Sale at Hastings location only

 


New Tastings Added:  Jun 01, 2009

New cheese and wine tastings are now scheduled!

Click here for more details


New from our kitchen:  Apr 19, 2009

Risotto balls with prosciutto, gorgonzola and rosemary now available in the freezer section at the Hastings les amis du FROMAGE!


Best Food Shop:  Apr 19, 2009

Online Magazine Urban Diner has voted les amis du FROMAGE Best Food Shop!


Park Royal Hours:  Mar 31, 2009

Please note a small change in our Park Royal hours of business that will take effect starting April 16 2009.

  • Mon-Fri 10:00 am - 6:00pm

  • Sat 9:30am - 6:00pm

  • Sun 11:00am - 6:00pm


Easter Weekend Holiday Hours:  Mar 31, 2009

The following hours will be in effect for the upcoming Easter weekend:

Park Royal

  • Fri Apr 10th -  11am - 6pm

  • Sat - regular hours

  • Sun / Mon Apr 12th &13th - Closed both days

West 2nd Ave

  • Friday Apr 10th - 9am - 6pm

  • Sat / Sun - regular hours

  • Mon Apr 13 - Closed

East Hastings

  • Friday Apr 10th - 11am - 6pm

  • Sat / Sun - regular hours

  • Mon Apr 13 - Closed


Guilde de Fromage Pics:  Mar 31, 2009

Check out some pictures from our Guilde des Fromagers Confrerie du Saint-Uguzon event

 

 


Village Press Olive Oil:  Mar 31, 2009

Now in stock.  Read more ...


Coming Soon:  Mar 31, 2009

Coming soon to the east hastings store - Frozen ready to heat meals from Vij's / Rangoli.  Look forward to Kolonji Chicken, chicken in Vij's Masala, Punjabi Lamb Curry, and more.


Hastings Update:  Mar 3, 2009

The new store is not far from being finished.  You can look forward to double the freezer space for frozen meals, triple the showcase space for cheese, and plenty more room for specialty foods from BC and around the globe.  Plans are also in the works for ready made sandwiches.  More on that to come soon.

 

We hope to be open mid March.  Cross your fingers for us.


Coming Soon:  Mar 3, 2009

New flavours of La Pananella's award winning croccantini, including Tomato-oregano, Onion and three new flavours of their new line of spicy Fieri cocktail size crackers.

Also, soon to be back in stock is single varietal extra virgin olive oils from New Zealand's Village Press. 


Tastings on Hastings:  Mar 3, 2009

All booked tastings in March and April are now sold out. Please sign up for our mailing list to be notified of upcoming tastings, sales and other events.


Frozen meals now available in Langley: Nov 04, 2008

Starting November 8th, you will be able to find a limited selection of our frozen meals at Well Seasoned in Langley.  Look for popular items like Macaroni, Beef Shepherd's Pie, Veal Lasagne, Tomato Soup, Yam & Ginger Soup and Cauliflower & Stilton Soup in their freezer section.


New Specialties: Aug 26, 2008

Lots of new stuff arriving this week from Austria including Kracher eiswein and traminer wine gelees, trockenbeerenauslese vinegar, tomato vinegar, veltner vinegar and more.  Also from Spain's Catalonia region we have caramelized walnuts and marcona almonds, along with sweet pedro Ximenez sherry vinegar.  Lastly a small supply of bulk sized 1Kg fleur de sel tubs from the Camargue. 


New gift cards now available.  Starting at $25.00


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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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.

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