We were meeting friends at RTs in Arlandria, so we stopped at Cheesetique — in Del Ray, also on Mount Vernon Ave. before dinner.
We sat at the bar and had a mac-and-cheese with cauliflower, cheese, and bacon. The also have a large seating area in the back and a front patio.
Then the cheese trays looked so pretty, I had to order one — I chose Prima Donna, a Dutch gouda, aged a year. Nice, but not too salty. It came on a wooden cheeseboard with bread, crackers, cornichons and red grapes. The oniony crackers were a bit much with the mild cheese, but the rest worked. $8 for one cheese plate.
We had a North Carolina IPA with it (Brevard Brewing Company) — don’t know enough to know if a wine would have been better.
You get 10% off your store order if you buy at the restaurant, but I forgot to ask. I wanted to get a French and a German cheese for a friend. They had a ton of French cheeses, and only one German one — Cambozola, a blue cheese.