Each plate is a miniature masterpiece. I'm not exaggerating when I say I've had a single bite of their truffled taleggio with rosemary focaccia that made me text three friends about it. The portions are small enough that you can try four or five different things in one sitting. You become a cheese explorer, a culinary Indiana Jones, but with a napkin and less danger.
And the staff? They're not snooty. They'll help you if you look lost. One server once told me, "If you see a plate you like, grab it. They don't bite. Well, the cheese might, but we won't." That level of reassurance is rare in a city where some restaurants make you feel like you need a membership to eat a cracker.
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The Forgettable Meals vs. This One
Most of our meals are forgettable. We eat a sandwich at our desk, we go through the motions, and we don't remember it an hour later. Pick & Cheese is memorable. You'll remember the little dish of goat cheese with beetroot and dill that looked like a tiny garden on a plate. You'll remember the moment you accidentally grabbed a blue cheese that was surprisingly not scary at all. You'll remember the warm, liquid centre of a baked raclette potato that comes on a separate, non-moving plate because hot things are not allowed on the belt.
Also, there's tea. And cider. And a very good salted caramel cheesecake that comes on a plate that sits still, because even cheese belt restaurants know some things need to be eaten without the pressure of a moving target.
