§ 01 The Trail
Centennial Edition · Est. 1926The Cheese &Food Trail ofRoute 66
Tradition · Community · Discovery
The Route 66 Cheese & Food Trail brings together cheesemakers, shops, restaurants, and specialty food destinations across eight states. Eat your way from the Pacific to Lake Michigan — or the other direction, we don’t judge.
Brought to you by the Cheese Trail and and the New Mexico Cheese Guild
with support from the City of Albuquerque.
01 · All Together Now · Chicago, IL
02 · Alma Creamery · Alma, KS
03 · Boston Post Dairy · Eleven Brothers
04 · Ollie's Cheese & Provisions · Oakland, CA
★ ★ ★ ★ ★Celebrating 100 Years · Mother Road · Milk Road · 1926–2026★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Hand-pulled mozzarellaAsadero + green chileGoat curds at sunriseBurrata in El MonteCheddar curds since 1946200-flavor malt shopGoat dairy + dinnersBoards & butcher, Santa FeCrypto-Jewish nightshade rennetFermentation exhibit, AlbuquerqueBottle Tree RanchRiverton deli on Route 66
Hand-pulled mozzarellaAsadero + green chileGoat curds at sunriseBurrata in El MonteCheddar curds since 1946200-flavor malt shopGoat dairy + dinnersBoards & butcher, Santa FeCrypto-Jewish nightshade rennetFermentation exhibit, AlbuquerqueBottle Tree RanchRiverton deli on Route 66
§ 02 Plan Your Stops
Plan Your Stops
Where will you
pull over?
Eight states. 2,448 miles of Mother Road. Search by address to find cheesemakers, cheese shops, restaurants, and roadside provisions near you — all Route 66 Centennial Trail verified.
CheesemakersCheese ShopsRestaurantsProvisions
§ 03 Trail Members
Trail Members
The Route 66 Cheese & Food Trail Features
11 stops across 8 states, Chicago to Santa Monica. Click any member to plan your visit.
All Together Now
Chicago, IL
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Prairie Fruits Farm & Creamery
Champaign, IL
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Picnic NM Cheese & Charcuterie
Santa Fe, NM
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Camino de Paz
Santa Cruz, NM
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New Mexico Cheese Guild
Corrales, NM
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Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
Albuquerque, NM
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The Mouse Hole Cheese Shop
Albuquerque, NM
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Mountain Priory Cheese
Tehachapi, CA
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Gioia Cheese
South El Monte, CA
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Agnes Restaurant & Cheesery
Pasadena, CA
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§ 04 Field Notes
Field Notes
Dispatches from the Mother Road
Stories, creameries, and roadside finds from along the centennial trail.
Origin Story
The Road That Made America — and Its Cheesemakers
Route 66 didn't just connect cities. It connected dairy farms, roadside diners, and family creameries from the plains of Illinois to the coast of California. For the centennial, we're mapping every stop worth pulling over for.
2,448 miles · 8 states · 100 years
Trail Spotlight
Alma Creamery: 13 Miles of Route 66 Glory
Kansas only gets 13 miles of the Mother Road, but Alma Creamery makes every one count. Their aged cheddars have been a Great Plains staple for generations.
Alma, KS · Cheesemaker
Visit Alma Creamery →Chicago Start
All Together Now: Where the Trail Begins
At the corner of Adams and Michigan in Chicago, Route 66 officially starts — and so does the Cheese and Food Trail. All Together Now is your first stop, and it's a great one.
Chicago, IL · Cheese Shop
Visit All Together Now →§ 05 Join
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Centennial Trail · 2026
Your Business Belongs
on Route 66
Cheesemakers, cheese shops, restaurants, and roadside provisions — if you're on or near the Mother Road, we want you on the trail. Applications open now for the centennial season.
IL · MO · KS · OK · TX · NM · AZ · CA
- Listed on cheesetrail.org & the printed Route 66 Centennial road book
- Featured in the 2026 centennial newsletter (38k subscribers)
- Window decal, passport stamp kit & trail map listing
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