Belle Chevre

Wonderfully friendly service, delicious goat cheese products, and a quaint hometown location. A great place to investigate local shops and take a beautiful «Rails-​to-​Trails» hike!

Great cheeses. I love the honey breakfast spread and the pimento cheese spread.
Skip the tour though. At $ 10 each its definitely not worth it.
Try the honey spread on crackers with homemade blueberry jam.

This review is for the tour.
I purchased Groupon which included guided tour, tasting and one spread to take home. The Groupon was worth it, but nor the regular tour price ($ 12/​person) because the tour itself was short and uneventful. You get free tasting up front anyways. The goats, though cute and very friendly, were not as exciting as we had anticipated. The staffs were super nice and sweet and they did seem to know their guide-​materials, i.e. building history, town history, cheese making, etc. We just felt like there wasn’t much to do to make the tour interesting. He talked a bit about the history. And then we went to see the 3 goats*. After that it was into a barn-​like area for a 9 mins video. Then to a window where we watched a lady packing the original spreads. It was a Saturday morning so absolutely nothing to watch. Even on the weekdays, we don’t think there will be much «action.» *They do NOT milk their goats there. They do NOT even use local goat farm anymore. For demand and production purpose, they use/​buy/​contract/​franchise/​whatever from a TN goat farm.
We ate lunch there. We thought the food was delish as usual. The Pimento cheese fondue (came with bread, sausage and celery) was excellent! They should do more of those with separate pairing, i.e. with just fruits or just veggies or different type of meat. The lady in there was so sweet too! I stand by my 4 stars for this section.
Verdict, skip the tour and just go for the cheese and food.

If you love goat cheese you must stop in do the tour and eat at the Belle Chèvre. The menu is small, but everything is delicious with several options for a light lunch or breakfast. I wish they had ice cream more often as recently every time I’ve stopped in they have been out and their ice cream is absolutely to die for especially the butter pecan. The cheesecake is delicious and the staff is as friendly as they can be — you know you’re in the south and by the time you leave you feel like family.

Belle Chevre is definately a destination spot in the quaint town of Elkmont. Lunch there is always a treat with the homeade fresh sandwiches. The goat cheese selection is tasty and always available for take home, and the chessecake is to die for!!! The owner Tasia is very passionate about her recipes, and if you are lucky, she will be there to autograph her cookbooks. She just came out with a new one, so I recommend picking it up while you are there!

BC is the type of place where you can enjoy as a Sunday Drive destination. After reading other Unilocaler’s reviews, I opted out of the tour so this review is only for the café, and products.
The quaint town of Elkmont features Belle Chevre (and apparently another goat cheese farm that is going to go to the winner of an essay contest). Parking is ample and I believe the owner is a graphic designer as well as artisan cheese maker, so the design is spot on! I love the logo and the look and feel of the café.
On the checkout counter of the café, are the samples. The lady doles out the samples on a wooden spoon reminiscent of a tongue depressor. I didn’t care for that. However, they have crackers that you may break into squares for your samples. Win!
I tried all the goat cheese samples and loved the fig, the coffee, and the pimento cheese the most, and then the «regular» is really good too. Behind where you sample cheese (meaning behind your back) is a refrigerator containing the items for purchase, and you can buy the cheesecake (my family’s fav) at the sample and checkout counter.
I ordered a grilled pimento cheese BLT and it was really delicious! I don’t recall the price (8.00 maybe?) but it was hot and delivered in a~ 15 minutes.
I purchased several of the cheeses that are in jars at room temperature and we really enjoyed one of them (I believe it was the Tuscan Chevre that we all liked, but it may have been the Greek Kiss ‘Grape Leaved’ Discs). I also purchased the cranberries and walnuts disk of cheese. The cheese wrapped in grape leaves was really good, but not the grape leaf. It was tough, but imparted a delicious flavor!
I’ve been told that Isom’s Orchard on 72 in Athens carries BC’s products and that Costco in Huntsville does, but don’t quote me on that.
Go here, it’s so quaint, you are missing out if you don’t take the pretty drive and try this good cheese!

Recently my husband & I had the pleasure of visiting Belle Chevre. We had a wonderful experience! After following Tasia and Belle Chevre on her website and in every magazine imaginable, it was quite a treat to meet this lovely lady and view the grounds. We truly enjoyed the goat cheese tasting as well as the incredibly awesome cheesecake tasting! We purchased a cheesecake and absolutely loved every bite:) We have a true appreciation for what has been accomplished through this small business as we dabble in goat cheese making ourselves. Everyone that we met on our visit there was so full of good olé southern hospitality and made us feel very welcome. We hope on our next visit to Belle Chevre to stay for lunch!!!

Our book club took a field trip to Elmont and were sadly disappointed in a road trip we had so been looking forward to.
We spent ten dollars each to walk by the bathrooms that had information about the owner and her accomplishments, walked ten more steps to see some women rolling cheese, and then fifty steps more to see three sleepy goats. Oh and a movie that didn’t play out until an employee happened by and turned on the eight minute excerpt.
Any food or wine tours I’ve ever been on subtract the admission price towards the purchase of their products. Not here. They charge ten more dol

Very unique cheese factory. I enjoyed every bit of this stop except that their food and beverage menu was very limited. They offer a variety of sandwiches and cheese plates. It would have been even better with more options such as green salads or veggies with their cheese incorporated.
Beverages were slim as well with Milo’s Sweet tea, Sun Drop, and bottled water as options from their cooler or coffee.
Try the cheeses which is why we stopped in. Also the check in offer is from the back cheese factory and not in the front Café part. Enjoy!

My wife and I along with another couple decided to give the «Saturday Supper» a try at the Belle Chevre tasting room in Elkmont and were very disappointed with the meal. The atmosphere is neat, but the food was terrible and was served at room temperature for all courses.
The meal started with a sampler of chicken liver pâté on a croûton (I personally don’t like chicken liver) but others in my group did not object. The appetizer was a fried green tomato slice with goat cheese and would have been great, had it been served at the proper temperature. The entrée consisted of two thinly (¼″) sliced pieces of pork loin wrapped in prosciutto that literally had to have been sitting for hours prior to serving as the meat was completely dry and at a true room temperature. The pork was accompanied by a tablespoon of risotto that was under cooked (very crunchy) and also at room temperature. The plate also included shaved pieces of zucchini and onions with very little flavor or seasoning. The dessert was intended to be bananas foster, but turned out as a room temperature 2 inch slice of banana sitting in melted room temperature ice cream.
The meal cost a fixed ~$ 35/​person and we all left hungry and very disappointed. This restaurant simply isn’t setup to serve people food in a timely manner or at proper/​safe temperatures. Throughout the meal you could tell that folks weren’t enjoying the meal and that the staff was struggling to keep up even though there wasn’t a full house. We will not return to this restaurant and will recommend that others not waste their time and money either.

Goat cheese nirvana. Fig, honey, coffee, pimento & other flavored creamy fresh goat cheeses. Tasting samples allowed and encouraged. A menu with sandwiches, fondue, sampling platters, and ice creams — all with goat cheese. Goat related art, souvenirs and even goat cheese making kits. Nearby is the cheese making facility with tours for those who need more to do.
This is definitely worth seeking out for those of us with chèvre dreams.