Melt Bar and Grilled
Melt Bar and Grilled is a restaurant with nine main locations in Ohio that specializes in gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches and other comfort food favorites.[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]
Locations
Main locations
- Lakewood, opened in September 2006, at 14718 Detroit Avenue.
- Independence, opened in October 2011, at 6700 Rockside Road.
- Mentor, opened in November 2012, at 7289 Mentor Avenue.
- Columbus (Short North), opened in November 2013, at 840 North High Street.
- Columbus (Easton), 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.
Satellite 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.
Closed locations
- Cleveland Heights, opened in May 2010, at 13463 Cedar Road.
- Melt Public Square, opened in September 2016, at Café 200 Public Square.
Television appearances
Melt has been featured on several food-themed television shows. The Food Network's Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,[6] with Guy Fieri, featured it in an episode that aired February 8, 2010,[7]
The Travel Channel show Man v. Food[8] with Adam Richman featured Melt in an episode that aired June 22, 2010.[9]
In 2011, Melt was 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.
In 2012, Melt was featured in a cheese-themed episode of the Travel Channel's Amazing Eats,[10] another Adam Richman-hosted show.
In 2013, Melt was featured in Cheese Paradise on the Travel Channel.[11]
References
- "Grilled cheese vies to be the greatest thing on sliced bread - USATODAY.com". www.usatoday.com.
- "404 Page - WKYC.com". WKYC.
- "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.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Man V Food episode starring Lakewood's Melt airs before watch party at restaurant".
- "Man v. Food".
- "Amazing Eats | TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
- "Celebrate Melt on the Travel Channel - Melt Bar and Grilled". 1 March 2013.