Melt Bar and Grilled

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Lakewood is a beautiful community located just west of Cleveland and on the Lake. It is filled with beautiful, historic homes and buildings. Well worth the drive around, especially if you come in along the Lake, while you’re on an adventure around Lakewood, you’ll also notice many pockets of street shops, restaurants, & bars to stop. Most of Lakewood has street parking within a short walk of any destination. Private or public parking lots are here & there, just be aware as well as courteous to owners. Melt is located on Detroit Road just east of West 150th/Warren Road & lucky enough to have an inexpensive public lot at the rear entrance with electronic (credit card) meter booths. Melt wasn’t too busy for a Wednesday afternoon, but we still paid the $1.00 per hour plus the free half hour. The City does monitor the parking spaces, and as a gage for a party of two (2), on a not so busy day, we needed about one (1) full hour or so to relax & enjoy ourselves.

Melt Lakewood’s atmosphere is always casual, cheery, & high energy (great for family, friends, or couples). It’s fun to eat & watch the Lakewood pedestrian street life passing out of the big glass windows. If by chance there is a wait, then take some time to take in all of the elaborate wall memorabilia, cool stuff.

Brett asked for drink orders & the Heavy Seas (Maryland) Tropicannon on draught immediately caught my eye. It was a satiating citrus IPA, so much beach flavor without as much of that hopsy IPA kick.

We always debate between all of the wonderful menu items; it’s like a sandwich treasure trove! Today, we went with the Mighty Macaroni Melt with side V.O.D. - Melt’s unbeatable broccoli and the El Diablo Burger from “May’s Old Skool Burger Season” menu. We concluded in unanimous agreement that the mac melt was the best mac & cheese ever, just out of this world. The El Diablo was on fire. You know when that spot in your throat gets thunderstruck? Sauces, flavors, & spices mixing so well, which a Latitude 42 (Michigan) Rainbow Weasel American blonde wheat ale nitro style beer was the perfectly smooth & flavorful fire extinguisher.

Brett provided excellent service & attention; he could scientifically read the heat from my face & rapid drop in beverage levels to check on beer refills. Weekday lunch usually doesn’t have much of a wait for seating, and Brett was the man with recommendations (El Diablo & extinguisher). Food presentation is always spot on, & you’ll have the option of full or half sandwich options. Melt is on the higher end price wise for sandwiches, but these are high quality & gloriously tastebud bursting mouth bombs. Plus, you will have leftovers for a revisit later at home. I’ve tried so much, and I’ve never been disappointed - be adventurous & go for what you love! There remains so many sandwiches on my Melt “to-do” list that I always look forward to a return to one of the many local locations.