Underrated Cheese
By: Lauren McDowell Many people visit the world famous Murray’s cheese counter to taste something they’ve never tasted before, or to pick up something undiscovered by most. Here are… Read More
Boozy Dessert Idea: Beer and Ice Cream
Kevin Brooks is the resident beer geek at Murray’s Bleecker St. Not the first thing that comes to mind, right? Who would drop a scoop of chocolate ice… Read More
These Are a Few of My Favorite [Murray’s] Things!
The holidays are HERE, and with them come a slew of new goodies for me to become obsessed with. Here are just a few of my favorite new… Read More
Who’s Afraid of IPA’s?
Kevin Brooks is a cheesemonger and self-proclaimed beer geek. This Saturday he’ll be leading a seminar at the Craft Beer Festival in NYC. The beers in this post… Read More
Our Top 5 Beach Cheese Picks
Sum-sum-summertime! Beach season is officially here, and at Murray’s we’ve got one thing on our mind when packing a picnic for those epic days in the sun: Cheese!… Read More
Fourth of July Picks: My Country ‘Tis of Cheese!
The Fourth of July is a time for sparklers, s’mores, slaw, and sun. Everyone spends the day grilling the same old hotdogs and burgers. I’m here to tell… Read More
So You Want to Be a Cheese Whiz…Without Eating Cheez Whiz
As Murray’s Bleecker Street store’s newest cheesemonger, I know that cheese can be a little intimidating—particularly when you’re staring at over 350 in our cheese case! The fact… Read More
Summertime: Make the Most of Your Mozz!
Sean Kelly is our all-star monger who will be competing at the Cheesemonger Invitational this Saturday! Don’t forget to VOTE FOR HIM on Facebook! At Murray’s when we… Read More
Azure Skies and Snowy-white Rinds
by Caitlin Griffith At your next party – perhaps even celebrating the warm weather streak that we hope is here to stay – you absolutely need to serve… Read More
Meet A Monger Monday: Cate!
I spent several years as an editorial assistant, buried under unpublished manuscripts, with dreams of running away to a dairy farm upstate. I took Cheese 101 in the… Read More
Murray Greenberg (never met him; he died before I got here) was a Jewish Spanish civil war veteran and communist who opened a wholesale butter and egg shop a few doors up Cornelia street in 1940. The old timers tell me that even though he was an old leftie, he was still a street smart capitalist who used to buy cheese cheap and trim it and sell it. 
