Cheese & Crack Snack Shop — Restaurant in Portland

Cute little spot. High prices to make up for the niche market they serve. Mind you, it was packed the entire hour we were there. Ordered a deluxe sampler platter for $30. It was tasty, the selection of cheeses was okay. Very strong, not very friendly to those who prefer mild or sweet cheeses. The Brie Brûlée was overhyped in my opinion. You can do the same thing at home with a lighter. The bread included was absolutely horrendous. It was hard, not fully cut through, making it difficult to rip apart or even to chew. Also the bread was extremely airy, air bubbles everywhere, making it basically nonexistent. Normally charcuterie boards have bread that’s more dense, to make up for their exceptionally strong cheeses. Also, one slice had HAIR baked into it. I’ll get to that a bit later. Definitely had too little jam, that was a huge problem as that meant there was nothing to balance out the strong cheeses. I’m assuming it cost extra had we asked for more. Not enough crackers either.

The indoor seating is very cramped, outdoor seating is in direct sunlight. They seem to make a LOT of money off their ice cream and alcohol, which is why it confuses me that the charcuterie boards are so pricey.

The board overall was a 3/5. It was $12 of product for $30. Not enough crackers, horrible bread, not enough jam, olives out of place and not de-pitted.

Environment was a 2/5. Cramped, loud, dark. Especially when they pull down the curtains. The water bucket wasn’t even cold. It’s 33°/92° outside and the water indoors is lukewarm.

Service: 1/5. No Apple Pay or tap options. Physical credit/debit card or cash required. When I told the employee about the hair in the bread and showed it to him, his response was a monotone “we don’t bake it. I’ll get you more.” Like no, I don’t want more of this hair bread!! Apologize, take ownership for the bad quality bread and offer something else, like more crackers or a partial refund because I just ate a human hair that wasn’t mine! Also I felt a bit of judgement when I didn’t order a drink.

Probably wouldn’t...

not entirely sure what just happened. my partner and I were waiting by the door & one of the workers (tall w a beard) comes out about 3 times & very aggressively, swings the door open every time right next to us and completely ignored our existence. even the two ladies next to us noticed & kept saying “woah watch out”. finally my partner called it out and said, basically watch out & you’re being aggressive. the worker denied it & then my partner said “even other people see it” to which the worker said “oh, you can see inside” ? (Or something along the lines of that implying it’s busy so Its okay for me to swing the door open aggressively & ignore you? ) idk but that reply made absolutely zero sense as we were stating, you are being aggressive with opening the door, ignoring our presence, and even the two people besides us noticed and commented on it as well prior to the altercation. after that we were denied service? The communication was absolutely terrible and both parties were heated (my partner and worker) but the guy didn’t even give us as chance to explain. Heyo, you were being extremely aggressive and basically swinging the door open as hard as you could with us close and ignored our presence. It was busy, I get it. But he was aggressive from the start (intentionally or not). I’m bummed because I love the soft serve! The tone wasn’t great on both parties, but we were just trying to let the guy know he was being aggressive & we were clearly standing right there. “A pardon me” would have been easy. I wouldn’t bother with a review for this but the fact that we were denied service is lame & he even said it with a smirk like he did no wrong and it was all us? We take accountability but my partner reacted to what...

So if you are reading this review and debating whether or not to swing by this amazing place, just go visit! Like, right now, leave the review and just get over there!!!!

I was taken here on a surprise bike trip with my husband and had heard rave reviews about this place. I could not believe how incredible this frozen yogurt was!!

We were there around mid afternoon and didn't have to wait very long to order. I was pretty overwhelmed with the menu, so many goodies!!!

I went with something simple, a plain cone. A lot of yelp reviews have photos involving a chocolate cowboy hat, so I had to see what the fuss was all about and ordered one of those as well.

And. Oh. My. Goodness. What a treat!! The frozen yogurt was incredible, filling and creamy. The cowboy hat was over the top but whatever, I wanted it and it was the best thing to have on a ridiculously hot day.

THEN WE REALIZED THERE WAS A SURPRISE AT THE END OF THE CONE. At the very tip of the end of the cone, just as you're savoring that last bite? THERES A GIANT HEAPING PORTION OF DARK FRIGGEN CHOCOLATE.

Again, just go to this place. The Frose looked amazing, the sundaes indulgent, and the sandwiches...