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If you’re in Heyburn and have a yearning for beef jerky or pepperjack curds, or maybe some award-winning ice cream, stop by Gossner’s Magic Valley Chalet to satisfy your craving.
The chalet, which is a retail store for the nearby Gossner Foods plant, is downstairs from the Upper Crust Bakery and Grill. Both are owned by Dave and Sandy Thomas and operated by their son Brett. Dave Thomas is a longtime plant manager at Gossner, so the family is very familiar with the products they sell, says Brett Thomas.
“We’re in our third year and are really going strong,” he says. “We opened the restaurant a year ago, and that’s been doing really well. Now we’re looking to expand more into the bakery, producing things that will complement the cheese that we have downstairs.”
The fresh curds are available in different flavors on Mondays and Fridays, while the ice cream is carried pretty steadily. In fact, the chalet’s ice cream holds the blue ribbon from the Idaho Dairymen’s Association competition. That said, it’s all about the cheese at Gossner’s Chalet – and there’s even a free sample bar.
“We have the widest selection of cheese in the valley, and we even do a small specialty line,” he says, noting that products come from both the Heyburn and Logan palnts. “We’ve also got the shelf-stable milk, which people really go crazy about because they can take it camping or store it for about a year.”
Visit www.gossner.com to learn more.
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