New York

Generally stores that can be found in mini-malls don’t make it into NFT. But the Bedford mini-mall is no ordinary mini-mall, and Bedford Cheese Shop is no ordinary cheese shop. The minuscule store on Williamsburg’s main drag is operated with a hipster flare usually reserved for places like Kim’s Video. Before Murray’s expanded, Bedford Cheese Shop actually topped Murray’s for New York Magazine’s 2004 “Best Cheese Shop in New York City” honors. Today, they don’t have much on Murray’s aside from the hilarious labels they use to describe their cheeses. Labels that boast such qualities as “like eating popcorn and bubblegum at the same time but not so gross” and “as close as your mouth can come to having an orgasm” will have you smiling before you even down your first sample.

Photo:  David Freedenberg