The Urban Farmer Roaming Cheese Cart has returned! The beloved tableside cheese experience is back for the first time since the pandemic, and it’s not coming back quietly. This relaunch pairs a sense of nostalgia with a serious upgrade: a new collaboration with renowned, locally sourced, and internationally celebrated cheese monger Emilia D’Albero, whose résumé includes one of the biggest accolades in the global cheese world—her 2025 Meilleure Fromagère du Monde win.
The Urban Farmer Roaming Cheese Cart presents cheese as a moment, not just a menu item. It’s interactive, informative, and unmistakably indulgent—approachable luxury that feels special without feeling stiff. And in a restaurant built on local personality and straightforward, ingredient-forward cooking, the cart fits like it always belonged there.
Urban Farmer Roaming Cheese Cart: Tableside Theater, Tailored to You
The Urban Farmer Roaming Cheese Cart is part course, part conversation, part guided tasting—built around what you actually like. The cart offers an expertly curated selection of artisanal cheeses chosen based on your preferences, curiosities, and beverage pairings. That’s the magic: instead of ordering a static cheese plate and hoping you guessed right, you get a tableside experience where you can engage directly with the selection, ask questions, and learn about origin, texture, and tasting notes in real time.
The Urban Farmer Roaming Cheese Cart is available Friday nights from 6 pm to 9 pm during dinner service, which feels like a deliberate choice—prime time for date night energy, celebratory dinners, and those “let’s make tonight count” reservations. And if you’re the type who likes to build a meal around a few high points, the cart can be enjoyed as a standalone course or as a complement to Urban Farmer’s signature steaks and seasonal menu offerings. For me, it’s the ideal move between cocktails and the main event—something you can savor slowly, let it set the tempo, and then roll straight into a perfectly cooked cut of heritage-bred beef.
Chef Sonny Ingui captures the spirit of it perfectly: “We’re thrilled to bring back one of our most beloved experiences,” he said. “The Roaming Cheese Cart adds an element of discovery and celebration to dinner, and working with someone as talented as Emilia elevates it even further.”
Urban Farmer Philadelphia has always been rooted in the people who live, work, and visit this city, with a style shaped by local personality and menus driven by locally sourced ingredients and authentic, straightforward preparations. Beef may be the headliner—heritage-bred butcher’s cuts, with grass-fed, grain-finished, and corn-fed varieties—while poultry and seafood are thoughtfully selected, and the beverage program nods to neighboring breweries, local craft spirits, and a wine list built to complement the region. In that ecosystem, the Urban Farmer Roaming Cheese Cart is the missing link between the kitchen’s confidence and the dining room’s sense of occasion.
Emilia D’Albero’s presence is more than a name-drop. She’s described as an internationally respected cheese monger and educator, and her 2025 Meilleure Fromagère du Monde recognition signals excellence in knowledge, craftsmanship, and presentation. Her collaboration with Urban Farmer is framed as a shared philosophy: supporting producers while creating memorable, approachable luxury for guests.
And it’s not only Emilia. The program will also include other local cheese mongers, including Philadelphia Cheese School owner Julia Fox-Birnbaum, which adds another layer of community connection.
If you’re planning your visit, Urban Farmer Philadelphia is open Monday through Friday from 7 am to 11:30 pm, and reservations are highly encouraged via OpenTable. But if you want the full Urban Farmer Roaming Cheese Cart experience, make it a Friday night and give yourself room to enjoy it properly—ask questions, chase pairings, and let the cart guide you into a meal that feels customized, celebratory, and completely of-the-moment.
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