{"id":1014,"date":"2010-06-16T21:14:18","date_gmt":"2010-06-17T02:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cheeseloverca.wordpress.com\/?p=1014"},"modified":"2010-06-16T21:14:18","modified_gmt":"2010-06-17T02:14:18","slug":"good-cheese-hunting-day-13-pilgrimage-in-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cheeselover.ca\/index.php\/2010\/06\/16\/good-cheese-hunting-day-13-pilgrimage-in-montreal\/","title":{"rendered":"Good cheese hunting: Day 13, pilgrimage in Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"

On our final full day in Montreal, we make a pilgrimage to the oldest cheesemonger in Quebec. As true pilgrims, we trudge on foot, some two hours, between March\u00e9 <\/em> <\/em> <\/em><\/em> Jean-Talon and our downtown hotel on Boulevard Ren\u00e9 L\u00e9vesque.<\/strong><\/p>\n

March\u00e9 <\/em> <\/em> <\/em><\/em> Jean-Talon<\/a>, the largest year-round farmer’s market in Montreal, is where one finds the head office and main retail store of La fromagerie Hamel<\/a>\u2014in the cheese business since 1961.<\/p>\n

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There are some 700 varieties of cheese on display at La fromagerie Hamel in March\u00e9 Jean-Talon in Montreal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

La fromagerie Hamel now has five locations in Montreal including the flagship store at Jean-Talon. The name comes from its founder, Fernand Hamel, who owned the business until 1988 when it was purchased by Marc Picard who runs the business today with his wife, Murielle Chaput, and his son, Ian Picard, who has been the master fromager affineur for the past decade.<\/p>\n

Camille, one of the friendly, bilingual experts in cheese who looks after customers, introduced us to three new-to-us Quebec cheeses that we will report on in due course:<\/p>\n