Sarah Simiele was "really nervous" when she and her husband Matt first opened The Curd Nerd Syracuse in Eastwood. “People said, I just don’t think there’s a market for it," said Simiele, owner and head cheesemonger. "They told me, ‘That is a terrible idea for Syracuse.’ I was just like, I’m gonna do it anyway.” They decided to try it for five years. People came. Word spread. Customers grew more educated and said yes to Simiele’s wilder, funkier cheese recommendations. “Cheesemongering is like be

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