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| - Was in Cleveland for the first time as asked around about a local delicatessen, Melts was mentioned most. The menu is mouthwatering and entertaining. The ambiance is fun, diverse, hip and eclectic. All the staff was genuinely concerned and extremely polite. They name you something random when you check in to await seating, which is fun,I was "Greys Anatomy" and there was a decent wait. Table was clean which is noteworthy due to how busy they were. I ordered the "Big Popper" which is a melt(grilled cheese sandwhich) with cheese, garlic herb cream stuff, fresh jalapeños on Texas toast, deep fried, sprinkled with powdered sugar and served with a side of a raspberry jelly like sauce. I added bacon. The presentation was an awesome eyefull, it looked like a sandwhich and a half. It smelled like a giant jalapeño popper with bacon(deliciousness). I believe it was just 1 massive sandwhich cut in away that is genius. The top portion which, I started with was, one of the side parts of the sandwhich, it was heavy on the garlic herb stuff, light on cheese and bacon and no jalapeño. It was all dough and bread. I dropped it aside and grabbed the middle stack, which visibly had jalepenos stacked in it. The initial flavor was almost perfect, which quickly was removed from the fire of fresh jalapeños. I like spicy but this was overkill. After a stuffed some fries in my face and drank my sons chocolate milk, I investigated the masterpiece. It was poorly prepared. The ingredients were not consistent nor acknowledgeable in every bite, in fact not one bite had the desired flavor that I knew the creator of this beast would have wanted. It was rushed to put together and unfortunately not that good. If your staple is to sell big over priced grilled cheese dandies, packed with flavors the least you could do was execute. It was a disappointment especially when I got the check. I spent $42 for a party of 2 on some grilled cheese sandwhiches. The fries were fantastic and they have malt vinegar on every table but it didn't surpass the problem with the melt. The person who made it jut didn't care, it was like a scoop of fresh jalapeños in the middle, too much garlic and herb stuff and not enough cheese or bacon. The raspberry sauce was watery. Great idea poorly executed. My wife tried the "hot buffalo" She enjoyed it thoroughly, I looked at it and didn't see the cheese I was expecting but she liked it. We will return again one day, I will make my own sandwhich an my wife will attempt their challenge. I believe that if the guy that created the sandwhich I ordered, had prepared it for me, I would be a 5 stars. It's a giant popper, this sandwhich could be amazazing!
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