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| - I'm automatically in when someone says grilled cheese. And when it's gourmet? Heck yes, I'll try anything once! Well, I've tried the Yard twice now, and I must admit that I'm of mixed feelings about it. Here's what they get right: great service, and pretty fast, too. The sweet potato waffle fries and the accompanying cinnamon sugar butter are so, so delicious. Sandwiches come with a small side of tomato soup, and though I have only been there twice, each time the soup tasted a bit different, as though they haven't quite landed on the recipe yet. For the record, I preferred the first encounter, where it tasted almost like a roasted red pepper and tomato soup. The second time it tasted like straight tomato, and it was a bit too acidic. This, I suppose, is a good time to point out the really not so good, which is the bread situation. Now, they use really nice, thick bread, which is a good start. Where these grilled cheese sandwiches are missing the mark is the truly *grilled* part. The bread comes out so dry that I suspect that it's actually toasted, not grilled. I guess that's good if you're watching calories and don't want your bread grilled in butter until it caramelizes the sugars in the bread and achieves that nice golden brown crust. But friends, if I'm already ordering a sandwich with cheese, bacon, and a fried egg, I can tell you that I most assuredly am NOT coming here looking to cut calories. Please grill the bread. Like, greasy diner grill it. Please. That would make the entire experience that much closer to perfect and worth the price.
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