Dallas Grilled Cheese Co. TXmb Rated 4.8 Stars

When was the last time you or your mom made one? Grabbed a couple of spongey soft slices of simplistic white bread, smoothed butter on all four sides, topped them off with 4 slivers of good ole fashioned American Cheese, slapped it all together in a cast iron skillet and started the process of grilling some cheese. For me it’s been ages, probably somewhere around middle school to be exact. You know that time in life you know everything, including the best way to concoct the world’s greatest grilled cheese. To my 13-year-old self I can officially say, ‘You know nothing of grilled cheese, stay in a child’s place

Dallas Grilled Cheese Co. is grilling up something special between their crispy, crunchy slices of sourdough bread. And on a cold and rainy evening in Dallas I went to find out exactly what that was. When cheese is involved anywhere in the name of a restaurant, it sort of beckons you to stop everything you’re doing in life. Bad weather and all. Located in the popular Bishop Arts District, the nearly 2-month- old restaurant makes its cheddar by pushing grilled cheese to the masses. Grilled cheese, in a more mature lived a little life version. And you can also update that glass of milk to a smooth glass 10 Span Pinot Noir.

When you first walk inside this contemporary joint, if you’re lucky you will be greeted by the best to ever do it. Temore, who may energetically ask you to “Hashtag turn up for the grilled cheese”, or even better, “twerk for the grilled cheese.” And after a few bites of one of these special sandwiches you may begin to realize celebrating this goodness through dance only seems right.

There is a total of seven cheese charmers behind the business, three of which are Mack Simpson, Diane Ezzell, and Matthew Davis. As to how they came up with the tasty concept, Mack explained this place was about updating mom’s comfort food for the new millennia. “We all grew up with grilled cheese, every single one of us. And you find a certain sort of comfort there,” Mack explained. In case you were wondering they are winning at the American treasure with menu items like the classic grilled cheese complete with white toast and American cheese. The fried bologna and cheddar also makes an appearance. But for those looking to give mom a run for her spatula get your hands on D’s BSTC which is their rendition of a BLT. Diving into this sandwich you’re immediately met with crunchy sourdough followed by melted grueyere, crispy bacon and extra fresh tomato and spinach.

But people. Oh people. One grilled cheese concoction is in a league of its own. The Spicy Two Pork and Cheese (also dubbed the Sandwich of the Century by a friend of mine) is an inspirational union of crispy grilled sourdough, honey compound butter, ham, bacon, Swiss and cheddar cheese, and spectacularly spicy jam. When I first bit into this sandwich I immediately knew few things in life would be more memorable than the sweet, salty, spicy crunchy greatness I was experiencing. No surprise this decadently done sandwich is one of the top selling
items on the menu. Other greats include their popular milkshakes, Rustic Tomato Basil Soup, and their Bacon Lollies. Just imagine bacon in all its crispy salty glory coated in brown sugar and maple syrup.

Each item is created based on their flavor profiles Mack explained. If it sounds like a good idea, they give it a try, and if it turns out to be really good they will make the item a special and from there it moves over to the menu.

Though they are cooking up some glorious grub that has people coming in from places like Louisiana and Arizona there is no ego about the place. You feel this in the establishment, the staff, the clientele and most of all in the prices. In case you didn’t know, aside from their boozy beverages, everything on the menu is under $10. Yet even with the success of this cheesy, bacony palace, this group of cheese charmers is not currently thinking about their next location until they’ve grilled this one into perfection. “We just want to be friendly, casual, you come in, enjoy a good meal, have a good drink, relax, and remember what it used to be like when you were growing up as a kid watching School House Rock,” Mack said.

The next morning, I decided to heat up the left over half of my Spicy Two Pork and Cheese, aka the Sandwich of the Century. A few moments in the oven and it tasted just as monumental as the day before, causing both my 13-year-old self and me to go into a cheese conjured shimmy. TXmb

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Where to find them-310 W. 7th St., Dallas, TX 75208 (Bishop Arts District)

Phone- (214) 944-5515

That whole parking thing- If you’ve ever been to the Bishop Arts District you know finding parking out here can be just as difficult as watching just one episode of Golden Girls. Even though they are located smack dab across from a parking lot, you may have to valet.