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As regular readers probably recall, Jeremy is the General Manager of Burger
Shack, a restaurant that especially caters to University of Rhode Island
students, faculty, and staff (as well as locals, such as the nearby fire
department, etc. -- and, on weekends, visiting parents). In fact, the majority
of the businesses in the shopping plaza where they are located are restaurants
(and the rest include a CVS, a book store, a convenience store, and so
on). Now, there is something new added -- they have opened the wall into
the neighboring unit and are starting a new business -- U Melt "a
grilled cheese store." This is a restaurant that specializes in grilled
cheese sandwiches.
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Here's Jeremy being managerial -- figuring out employee work schedules for the coming week.
They opened on Friday and Saturday night for employee training and for
a test run, with friends and family coming in to act as customers (and
also to supply reviews of the food and service).
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Nancy got a #2 -- Tomato Basil -- A grilled cheese sandwich made with mozzarella cheese, tomatoes, nut-free
basil pesto, and a basalmic glaze on a baguette. (This is the half a sandwich
that was still left by the time I thought to take out my camera to snap
a picture.)
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And I got a #6 -- Cubano -- A grilled cheese sandwich with Swiss cheese, ham, BBQ pulled pork,
pickles, garlic aioli, and honey mustard on a baguette. (The same as with
Nancy's sandwich, it was only after I had gobbled down the first half that
I remembered I had brought my camera for a reason.)
It was so difficult to choose. There are a dozen grilled cheese sandwiches
on their menu, ranging from #1 Classic Grilled Cheese (American cheese on white bread)
to #4 The Club (Swiss cheese, roasted turkey breast, ham, bacon, and honey mustard on
white bread) to #9 The Wild (Swiss cheese, caramelized onions, apple, and truffle oil on sour dough
bread). They even have a dessert -- #12 The Dessert (Nutella and honey roasted banana on raisin
bread). They also have various add-on items such as chips, soup (tomato bisque or chicken noodle),
or mac 'n cheese. (By the way, Nancy got the tomato bisque soup and I got the chicken noodle and
we were both pleased -- these are real soups, not something poured out of a can.)
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Me and Jeremy -- this is over on the Burger Shack side -- that's his kitchen
through the doors behind us.
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Jeremy and Nancy (at the Burger Shack ordering counter).
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p.s. UMelt now has a webpage with photographs of their menu items -- hover your mouse over each photo
to see what it is.
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