Welcome to The Better Cheddar and our new online store!!

For over 20 years, The Better Cheddar has been offering its wide selection of cheese and other gourmet delicacies to customers from all over the Midwest. We are excited that we are now able to reach out to those who may not get a chance to stop in one of our two locations in the Kansas City area.

To give you a bit of history, Ron Shalinsky purchased a small cheese and sandwich shop in Kansas City in 1983 and turned it into THE destination for gourmet food items in Kansas City as well as the largest selection of cheese in at least the four-state area. Since then, The Better Cheddar has enjoyed a thriving business, driven from its main location on the Country Club Plaza, Kansas City's fashionable outdoor shopping district. 3 years after the original Plaza location was opened, Ron opened a second store just across the border in Prairie Village, Kansas. It has been estimated that The Better Cheddar offers about 4,000 items, so we hope you will enjoy browsing our shelves, either in the store or on our website. The NASFT (National Association of the Specialty Food Trade) honored The Better Cheddar in 2003 by recognizing it as one of the Top 5 Specialty Food Retailers in the US. Of course we can't offer all of our fabulous items on the website, so we have picked a generous selection of our favorites, and will continue to add to them as we get in new and exciting products.

We are dedicated to educating the public about cheese and other gourmet topics, so check in with us to see what information we can share with you, both on our website and in the stores. Welcome and enjoy your visit!

  -- The Staff at The Better Cheddar