Roelli Cheese

Purveying phenomenal garlic-​infused orange-​cheddar curds at reasonable prices, this sundries station just east of Schullsburg on the road to Monroe has a great selection of southern Wisconsin fare. Claiming their own proprietary bleu (the Dunbarton Blue), and a spectral collection of other local cheese, the dairy alone is worth the visit; and yet, the sausages and other locally generated meats — specifically the cured beef-​sticks that I sampled — also present an effective case for pit-​stop patronization.
And then there’s the beer quotient: with an outstanding selection of ales and lagers from New Glarus Brewery — not to mention their own specially branded New Glarus pint-​glasses — Roelli covers another important front of southern Wisconsin.
A propitious find after striking out on a Sunday afternoon in downtown Schullsburg (which was utterly vacant in the post-​meridiem), Roelli in fact appears to be the provenance of most of the cheese we could have found in town anyways. And — resting neither far from Dubuque or Rockford — it is, moreover, a true destination for the caseophile (though they are completely willing to ship cheese to you if you cannot commit to the drive).

I stop here to get FRESH cheddar cheese curds on Fridays after noon. The store has a good variety of cheeses, beers, and pops/​sodas as well as small Wisconsin souvenirs. They also sell a local honey. This last time that I went, I found that they also sell their own Root Beer by the pony keg, ¹⁄₃ keg, ½ keg, etc!