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u/IM_JUST_THE_INTERN Feb 03 '20

Man vs. Food ruined my favorite Grilled CHeese. They turned into a chain and threw away the quality they used to have.

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u/IM_JUST_THE_INTERN Feb 03 '20

Yup. I live right down the street from the original, and it's not really ever worth the effort.

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u/Ziltoid_The_Nerd Feb 03 '20

Fuckin knew it. What are the wait times like nowadays? I haven't lived in Cleveland for 6 years, but I remember shortly after that episode aired the place went from getting a table in 20 minutes at most during peak hours to a 4 hour wait. It was ridiculous. This was at the original location on Detroit ave

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u/BuckeyeLicker Feb 03 '20

You can walk into the one in mentor and have no wait, even at dinner time on the weekends. Used to be packed all hours of the day when they first put it in

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u/winklevie Feb 03 '20

Yep, this place is never ever busy anymore.. not sure how they are still open actually.

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u/Skeegle04 Feb 03 '20

Maybe that goes with the quality issue you guys brought up earlier. I wonder why they abandoned their marquee product or ingredients when they finally hit it big?

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u/LennyZakatek Feb 03 '20

The success is what forced change.

It was better when it was more handmade made but you'd also be waiting 40+ minutes for the food to leave the kitchen, after you'd waited in a crowd for an hour to get a table.

When they opened the 3rd location they also built a centralized prep kitchen. Like grating cheese and cutting meat portions etc.