Melt Bar & Grilled, Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Having dinner at Melt Bar & Grilled in suburban Cleveland, Ohio. The 45 minute wait promises to be worth it.  The decor is an eclectic blend of signs and other objects.  Note the jack-o-lanterns and Easter Bunnies next to the Dairy Queen sign.  I'm told you have to have tattoos and piercings to be considered for a job here.  I believe it based upon what I saw of the staff.

I chose the Hot Italian sandwich (grilled salami, honey ham, pepperoni, sun-dried tomato pesto, roasted garlic, provolone).  The sandwich was great.  Full of flavor.  I was only able to eat half of it.  The sandwiches are large.  But I also fault the long wait and appetizers for diminishing my appetite and holding me back.

There's also an eating challenge here that was featured on Man vs Food.  If you can eat 5 lbs of food, go ahead and try.  (I actually have a friend from Buffalo planning to attempt it this fall.)

The Dairy Queen sign across the room temped me so much, that we had to find a store, and we did, for dessert.   If you have a Dairy Queen near you, go.  Just get in the car and go there.  You are so lucky to have one.  We have none in Rochester :-(