Melt Bar and Grilled
Melt Bar and Grilled is a restaurant with ten main locations in Ohio that specializes in creative grilled cheese sandwiches.[1] The restaurant is owned and operated by Matt Fish, who is also the executive chef.[2]
Melt has enjoyed notoriety both locally and nationally. Matt Fish's creations and the popular Cleveland restaurant have been featured in USA Today,[3] Esquire Magazine],[4] as one of the best sandwiches in America; and in National Culinary Review.[5]
In 2010 Melt was featured on two national food-themed television shows: The Food Network's Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives[6] with Guy Fieri, which aired February 8, 2010,[7] The Travel Channel's Man v. Food[8] with Adam Richman, which aired June 22, 2010.[9] It has been featured in Cheese Paradise on the Travel channel, which aired in 2013.[10]
In 2011 Melt was also featured on the Food Network show "The Best Thing I Ever Ate", in the messy food themed episode for their "Godfather" lasagna grilled cheese sandwich.
Locations
Main locations
- Lakewood, opened in September 2006, at 14718 Detroit Avenue.
- Cleveland Heights, opened in May 2010, at 13463 Cedar Road.
- Independence, opened in October 2011, at 6700 Rockside Road.
- Mentor, opened in November 2012, at 7289 Mentor Avenue.
- Columbus, opened in November 2013, at 840 North High Street.
- Columbus, opened in December 2014, at 4206 Worth Avenue.
- Akron, opened in June 2016, at 3921 Medina Road.
- Cedar Point, opened in May 2017, at 1 Cedar Point Drive.
- Dayton, opened in June 2017, at 2733 Fairfield Commons.
- Avon, opening in August 2017, at 35546 Detroit Road.
- Canton, opening in November 2017, at 4230 Belden Village Mall Circle.
Scaled-down locations
- Melt University, opened in August 2014, at the Tinkham Veale University Center at Case Western Reserve University.
- Melt Ballpark, opened in April 2015, at Progressive Field.
- Melt Public Square, opened in September 2016, at Café 200 Public Square.
References
- ^ "Grilled cheese vies to be the greatest thing on sliced bread - USATODAY.com". www.usatoday.com.
- ^ "404 Page - WKYC.com". WKYC.
{{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help) - ^ "Cool pop-culture spot: Cleveland's Melt Bar & Grilled".
- ^ "The Best Sandwiches in America: A Reader Addendum". 24 April 2008.
- ^ "The National Culinary Review - July/August 2010 - 38". www.ncrdigital.com.
- ^ "Food Network star Guy Fieri raves about Cleveland's food scene: Restaurant Row".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-09-06. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Man V Food episode starring Lakewood's Melt airs before watch party at restaurant".
- ^ "Man v. Food".
- ^ "Celebrate Melt on the Travel Channel - Melt Bar and Grilled". 1 March 2013.