Clock Shadow Creamery Review

Quaint cheese shop. If you want the tour go during the week - there's nothing to see on the weekend.

Was super excited to check this place out. Went in around noon on a Friday. No one there. Stood around for 15 minutes. Not much variety, samples were goat cheese...thats it... No tours..no greeting...no service... wanted to support this business and experience a real creamer but I don't think this is the place save your time and get cheese from the public market.

Nice, educational tour. Needed more samples though...

Went here for a tour and I wouldn t call it a tour so much as an information session about the cheese making process. The guide was very friendly and personable and i love what the creamery stands for and how they operate. If you just want to sit and hear about how cheese is made and the company s story you ll be happy here, but if you want an actual cheese factory tour look elsewhere.

Best cheese in the city. The Coalho/Cheese-e-que is great for gluten free deep fried curds!

Cheese is very tasty with a large variety of cow, goat, sheep and even water Buffalo milk cheese. The tours were sold out though so I don't know how good they are.

Delicious cheese curds (good variety, too - plain cheddar to garlic dill to cajun to pizza to..spicy ranch ?) and friendly staff. Will stop in again.

Did the semi private tour and loved it! Had such a good time learning about the various cheeses. Also definitely try the Delores cheese. It was DELICIOUS! Also, their pairings were on point I ended up buying their raspberry preserve!

Small cheese shop, but great cheese and unique products to take home besides cheese.

Very cool place. Tour was awesome, merchandise is a bit pricey though.

I just bought the cheddar cheese curds and they don t have much flavor. I m disappointed.

Amazing tour. Amazing location and tasting session. We even tasted fresh cheese curds. Rami the general manager was a wonderful host. The grilled cheese and the rasberry chutney were spectacular. A must if your are in Milwaukee.

Small facility in the city! The tour is more like an information session with pics. But it is informative and the presenter is very knowledgeable. The cheese samples were awesome!

Molly was very knowledgeable and inclusive!
The tastings very good!
My only suggestion is that the room that the presentation occurs needs to look more professional.
The feel was that its used for storage or office space and is a place to stick this in.
Make it esthetically appealing. Also, your pictures you show should be larger and put on the wall, and frames broken.
We left with a feeling of fun and a new appreciation for what we take for granted in all that involves the cheese process!

The only place that I absolutely must visit every time I visit MKE.

Love this city cheese spot! Great variety of WI cheese and curds!

Great variety of cheeses and meat to accompany them on your cheese platters. Also they have seminars where you can learn about different type of cheeses, how to pair them with beer and wine and a little bit about the cheese making process. Very kind staff and good prices! Looking for a setepped up cheese buying experience. Be sure to swing by!

We're locals and this place is no secret. Hands down best cheese curds I have ever had. My favorite is the garlic dill, but I've never had a bad one. We had them provide 20lbs of curds for our wedding and they did not disappoint. They made them fresh that day and everyone loved them! The only thing is that when we originally tried to get an estimate of how much we would need, they by far underestimated the amount of cheese consumption of a Wisconsin wedding. :)

The tour is pretty good, especially for $3 per person. Artisan cheeses are decently priced. They also have local honey and jerky.

I've been trying to get on the website to check it out but the web page has been "Suspended" So hopefully the cheese is better than their IT.

Missed seeing any cheese be made but the shop was filled with a huge variety. The worker didn t greet or speak to anyone it appeared. We left with nothing but hope to find some cheese on the way home.

We didn't have time and opportunity to take the tour, but they offer a tour of the cheese-making operation so that puts Clock Shadow a step up on any local competition. The extreme freshness of the stock is also a significant point in favor of this little cheese shop. The trade-off, of course, is that since they only really stock the cheese they make in-house, the selection isn't as impressive as any standard deli-counter.

Quality always wins over quantity, though, and Clock Shadow makes a premium product. The prices also reflect the lack of having to cover shipping prior to sale, so as premium cheese shops go, this was one of the least pricey we've seen to date. We picked up a few kinds of cheese curds for the road and kept them on ice. We ignored anything resembling a lunch place for the remainder of our trip since the curds or "squeaks" as they were labeled kept that squeaky freshness right up to the end of the bags. Clock Shadow definitely made our side trip to Milwaukee worthwhile, and we'd contemplate the 1300-odd mile trip to go back, take the tour, and eat more squeaks.

Neat cheese and specialty shop near the clocktower in Milwaukee. There are samples to try, I recommend experiencing the house-made quark. It's similar to a cream cheese, and often has stuff mixed into it like vegetables, or in this case, sweet stuff. Some of the cheese is house-made from local animals. There is also a selection of local cheeses, spreads, and crackers so you can make a lovely picnic.
The building itself is LEED certified, with recycled pickle barrel staves covering the outside walls.

Good cheese. Terrible tour. Not sure if the tour guide had much knowledge or experience with cheese or giving the tour. Maybe he was a fill in. But it wasnt even worth going for free (I paid $3). Pails in comparison to the Tillamook Factory tour in Oregon.

The staff is very knowledgeable and friendly. There are delicious samples out for us to try.

Small but nice. Fresh cheese samples, and best of all the tour is free.

Awesome cheese curds!! We thought they were I've cream, but we're pleasently surprised with cheese! We loved it!

Interesting story for how they got the name, Clock Shadow. Most enjoyable stop on our trip. Oh yes the Samples were Delecious.

The tour was a nice little introduction to Milwaukee, but you have to pay $3 and get no cheese samples during the tour so that's a bit of a disappointment.

Picked up some cheese curds. They were so creamy and squeaky...yummmmm.

The best tasting cheese curds you'll find in Milwaukee

My favorite place to get a bloody in Milwaukee. In the summer they have a nice patio with outdoor seating. Rest of the cheese is great too.

A great place to shop for cheese they make sandwiches there too I've been there and I give that a star

Stopped on a city tour. Great cheese and great people.

Was trying the cheese curds for the first time... So, couldn't compare then to others. But, what I tried there was interesting.

Oh.... Well.... The place is in the downtown Milwackee area, but I swear that I feel like I am Up North at a little countrified creamery (Cheese Palace)...... I've been there about 4 times and I need to go back to get my SQUEEKER fix on.!!! What are SQUEEKERS you folks that are not from the land of CHEESE ask???.... Well it is an unformed Cheese not placed in a brick or mold or round that you typically will find in the grocery stores. Before Cheese is mashed into a mold or a round (or a ball) it is in little chunks floating around in a liquid (whey).....the little chunko'cheeses are formed by adding rennin (sp?) (rennin comes from scraping the inside of a cows lung) to whole milk.....They are called squeekers because the chunks or curds are so fresh that they will 'squeek' when rubbed against yer teeth whilst consuming them.......my daughter works in the Washington D/C area..... No Body there ever heard of squeekers.... I sent a box (oh, you can ship cheese and other Wisconsin products which they sell at that store) of 15 lbs of assorted cheese squeekers to my daughter who took them to work at her military base.... It was a HUGE HIT......try shipping squeekers to someone you know that is not from Wisconsin.....it will be a winner.!!

THEY DO NOT GIVE TOURS. We were told by locals that this is the place to go for a tour of a dairy. They refused to give us a tour, even though we flew here from our of town and I bought a bunch of their products.

Samples were awesome, staff is friendly,and there is free parking on the street. Tours are reservation only

Great cheese! We did the tour and it exceeded expectations, we got so much out of it!

Ate a grilled cheese sandwich, took their building and cheese making tour, and bought a bunch of cheese as a souvenir. Really delicious!

Cheese tasting was great. Super informative, answered all of my questions. Very personable staff. Delicious products.

This was a neat find while searching the area for things to see and do. I was in the area for a business trip and wanted to get some cheese and see how it was made. I didn't make it for the demonstration, but I got a grilled cheese and bought a small block of cheddar.

Staff was friendly and helpful. They don't sell any kind of sampler, which would have been awesome to take back to the group, but I still enjoyed the cheddar and potters crackers I got.

Wonderful little place. Love the atmosphere and the cheese is delicious.

Amazing cheese, awesome staff! Highly suggest doing the informative cheese lecture.

Best curds I've ever had worth the 45 min drive. And gotta try the quark dip it's amazing

I heard of this place from a TV special or something, and I was jonesing for some cheese (Wisconsinites know what I'm talking about). In lieu of my cheese need and being in the area, I purchased some cheese curds from this establishment. With the first bite and squeak of the curd, I got my cheese fix in a hurry. Creamy, rich taste and perfect texture. Hands down the best cheese curds I ever consumed, and I've had plenty to compare. To complete this cheese curd experience, I would have to say I'm pathetically hooked now and like The Terminator once said, "I'll be back."

Just trying the selections was an awesome time and I wish I could have taken the tour. The grilled cheese curds where delicious and I bought cheesebto bring to my friends

If you come here, ask the person at the front desk which cheese curds are the freshest. Got curds made the same day and they were so good!

The butterkase don't play. It plays even less when paired with the Lakeside Dusseldorf mustard they keep stocked.

Friendly people, good cheese, local business! If you need to know anything about the cheeses, the cheese making process, possible pairings, or really anything else, don't be afraid to ask the knowledgeable staff. You can also get grilled cheese sandwiches and other snacks.

awesome to see. very clean and the cheese is fresh. they do group tours, if you have friends, that is

The cheese from this place is incredible!! I ate an entire loaf of bread with the goat cheese, scorpion pepper cheese and apple cranberry jam!! So good!!

Small artisanal cheese company only one Milwaukee city limits. Cheese to taste and buy. They make really good cheese on site. Quick stip for great cheese.

Clean audit good food, friendly staff. All and all a good google restraunt near me choice

Cheese store is very nice! The have great cheese curds & cheese you can grill!! Factory tour is only $3 per person but it's more of a tour of the building & not the cheese making process, very disappointing.

I am a huge fan of Clock Shadow cheese. I love cheese in general, but this building is extremely eco-friendly and it has a great story. We took a tour and learned a lot about Clock Shadow Creamery and their cheese. The tour is purely verbal, you do not get to walk through the production area, because it is small, but you do get to look at pictures and learn. Once the tour is done, it is all you can sample cheese tasting! We left with 4 different types of cheese. Yum!

My wife can't stop raving about the maple qwark cheese. It is her favorite by FAR.

Well, i have no idea about cheese and cheese making but I really liked this place. During my Milwaukee tour, I got this opportunity to do cheese tasting at this place.

This place is must for cheese lovers and for those who want to be cheese lovers.

Visiting from Kansas City sooo glad we stopped here..the tour was very informative! We had such a nice group leader and the cheese samples were amazing definitely recommend!!!

A great selection of cheese and other dairy products as well as souvenirs. Samples were also available. The tour of the building and the explanation of the production were informative and interesting, but unprofessional and not necessarily worth the money.

A great, quick tour/explanation of cheese making, for a fun morning or afternoon thing to do, that is not too expensive. Free parking was easy to find on the street on a Tuesday afternoon. I would recommend doing with kids 7 years old and up. They are a little skimpy with their free cheese samples.