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Is Baumgartner's Cheese Store & Tavern Still Open? Food Paradise Update

Food Paradise, Season 4 Monroe, Wisconsin

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Baumgartner's Cheese Store & Tavern is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on October 11, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: Yelp's listing for the address was updated in August 2026 with current hours and continuing reviews, and the business's own Facebook page still resolves under the same name. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

Food Paradise's 2013 'Cheese Paradise' episode (Season 4, Episode 19) featured Baumgartner's Cheese Store & Tavern, a Monroe, Wisconsin combination cheese shop and tavern built around its limburger cheese sandwich, made with cheese from the nearby Chalet Cheese Cooperative, according to Travel Wisconsin. The business opened in 1931 and is described as Wisconsin's oldest cheese store, according to the same source. Yelp's listing for the 16th Avenue address was updated in August 2026, showing continuing reviews and listing hours of 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

The tavern's storefront has continued operating from the same 16th Avenue building, according to eatMonroe's dining guide, and remains listed among the area's classic cheese-country stops, according to Travel Wisconsin. The restaurant's Facebook page, checked September 8, 2026, still resolved under the same name and address.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 4

Episode 19
Aired
Title: Cheese Paradise · What was featured: limburger cheese sandwiches and Wisconsin cheese-shop specialties
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

Also in Season 4 Food Paradise

Season 4: 134 of 199 still open · 12 renamed, moved or under new owners

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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/baumgartners-cheese-store-and-tavern-monroe
  2. travelwisconsin.com https://www.travelwisconsin.com/food-drink/restaurants/baumgartner-s-cheese-store-tavern
  3. eatmonroe.com https://www.eatmonroe.com/dining-guide/baumgartners-cheese-store-tavern/
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Record fp-0338 · checked by Cal Marchetti.