The Melt

I like the ambiance. When we walked into The Melt it felt like a place I would imagine in Palo Alto. It was chic, cool, and it reminded me of what 1950 should have felt like. The menu was simple, five different grilled cheese sandwiches and five different soups. "Do what you do well," one of my favorite ways of doing business, I was excited.

Truthfully, the best part of the evening was the movie I took my wife to before we ate. We were in Palo Alto so we figured we would go to The Stanford Theater beforehand. As a bonus we got to see Casablanca, one of my favorite movies. An old movie, in a classic movie theater, on our way to eat an old school classic, the stars couldn't have aligned any better.

After the third bite of my grilled cheese with tomatoes and jalapenos, I looked up and said to my wife, "this taste like I am eating a grilled cheese sandwich from Panera," and that's how I felt the rest of the meal. There was nothing unique or original about the food. Quite frankly, it wasn't that good. Neither my wife or I finished the meal. On our way home we looked up The Melt on-line and found out it was a chain... no wonder. Anyways, I feel comfortable with making a better grilled cheese than what I just ate, so come back... NEXT ROUND'S ON ME.