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Melt totally lives up to all the hype. I was there with my best friend visiting from New York. When we arrived, the host told us an hour and a half would be the wait- and then he glanced over at the bar- "Oh wait! If you two go fast, you can snag those two spots that just opened at the bar." Love him. We did indeed snag those two spots at the bar.
Our bartendress was awesome. I think her name was Penny. We opted for 21st Amendment "Lower da Boom", a 10.5% ABV beer that they have on draft. It was a deep dark mahogany color with aromas of fig. Hell, yes. Deliciousness. Yum.
The bathrooms are downstairs. There are chalkboards in there so you can leave comments, reviews, your phone number, etc. Dara left me a message on the wall in chalk. It was a nice surprise to discover whilst sitting on the toilet.
So I suppose I should share some information about the sandwiches. (Aside: when I lived in NYC there was a restaurant on the Lower East Side . I believe it was just called "Grilled Cheese". A little hole in the wall. I don't know why it closed, but it did. I've been trying to find something like this place again. Melt Bar and Grilled is really nothing like that, but it did just made me think of that place. I miss you, sweet Grilled Cheese place in NY.)
Ok where was I? Oh yes, the sandwiches! So we of course had the Parmageddon (that's the one with the pierogi) and then the Northcoast Shores: crabcakes, spinach, herbed cream cheese, or somesuch goodness. There were loads of fries with it, which I dowsed in malt vinegar. And then that yummy beer. Oh it complemented my dinner so well!
We were so stuffed from all the deliciousness that we had to take half of our sandwiches home for the next day. And then we came back again the day after that for dessert around lunchtime. No wait. Sat at the bar again. We had bread pudding, which was okayyyyy, but not the best dessert in the entire world, although it gets a lot of praise, apparently. Once again- very awesome and very cool staff. We even met some other New Yorkers. Since I am new to the area and Dara was visiting, we asked the people who work there for some "must-see" things to do. They recommended "Flower Child" and "Big Fun", which were great suggestions and I'll write about in later reviews.
Melt Bar and Grilled: much like my move to the greater Cleveland area, it ROCKS.
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