I wish I had liked this place, it's a nice concept and the people who worked there seemed really nice. But $8 was pretty expensive for a small grilled cheese sandwich (I ordered the one with bacon and tomato), especially with the following problems:
-The cheese on my sandwich was NOT MELTED. That seems like a basic requirement for a grilled cheese place. I ate half right away because I was too hungry to wait, was super disappointed, and put the other half in my bag on the way back to the office in hopes that maybe it would melt a little more if it spent some time wrapped in tin foil. The outside of the sandwich and the bread were nice and hot/toasty when I got them, but it clearly hadn't been cooked long enough to melt the cheese. After 10 minutes on my bike at least the cheese not longer had a cheese slice shape, but the bread had gotten soggy so it was a no-win.
-It's late August and I had just returned from a farmers market full of beautiful, ripe, local tomatoes. The generous tomato slice on my sandwich was from a mealy tomato that tasted like it came from a grocery store in the middle of winter. I try my best support to local businesses and am thankful that there are lots of awesome options in Madison, but I think they should support local farmers, especially during times of year when produce is cheap, very available and incredibly delicious.
-The bacon was not cooked long enough (think white soggy fatty goo)
I'd already walked a block or two away by the time I took my first bite and was too hungry and too lazy to return and complain about my sandwich by the time I discovered the unmelted cheese. I hope that others don't have similarly disappointing lunches :(