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Here's Where You Should Celebrate National Grilled Cheese Day (TODAY!)
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Jen Carlson
Published Apr 12, 2012
Modified Apr 12, 2012
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Grilled Cheese at The Queens Kickshaw (© Bradley Hawks)
Today, we all celebrate melted cheese being sandwiched between two slices of bread—three, if you're into triple-deckers. It's National Grilled Cheese day, and we're going to celebrate 'til our lactose level gets dangerously high. If you're observing this importantly delicious holiday, here are some spots we suggest you hit up—from the fancy to the classic diner 'wich:
Highbrow:Little Muenster on Stanton Street has dubbed themselves "the super fancy grilled cheese" place, so that's the place to go if you want to shell out a little bit more for your fix. Their toppings range from taleggio cheese to sage brown butter to leek confit to pear purree. They also have the standard american cheese, tomato and bacon mix, but even that'll cost you $7.25. Check out their full menu here (PDF).
Middlebrow: During the sandwich tour we created for Jason Segel, we mentioned Queens Kickshaw in Astoria for their wide variety of grilled cheese sandwiches, which start at 5 bucks. You can pair one up for a glass of cider for the perfect combination. And if you can track it down, the Morris Grilled Cheese Truck is always worth visiting—they update their location on their website every time they move, which you can monitor here.
Lowbrow: This is actually the preferred type of grilled cheese, for us purists. Since we can't get a Grilled Cheese Doughnut around these parts, let's go with the classic diner Grilled Cheese. There's always Denny's, but for something with a little more character, we have to suggest you go with Village staple Odessa. Their grilled cheese sandwiches have soaked up plenty of alcohol on late nights, more times than we can remember.
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Jen Carlson
Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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