If you're going to pay for grilled cheese, it better damn well be a step up from the white bread and American cheese number you can make yourself at home. These buttered-up, overloaded and cheesy as all hell sandwiches most definitely are...
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Mac & Grilled Cheese Where to get it: H-Town StrEATS
Grilled cheese goes full fatty with the red meat-, carb- and cheese-loaded "Shorty Mac." Two slices of buttery, golden-brown bread come absolutely stuffed with nutty Provolone, gooey macaroni and cheese, AND juicy, meltingly tender short rib. At $9, it's one punch-packing grilled cheese that is not to be missed.
Grilled Bacon & Pimiento Cheese Where to get it: Beaver's, 2310 Decatur
House-made pimiento tastes as creamy and cheesy as ever when stuffed inside two giant-size slices of Kraftsmen rye. Tack on loads of thick-cut bacon (and a cup of loaded baked-potato soup), and you have yourself a winner. Get the monster sandwich for $12.50.
Inside Out Grilled Cheese Where to get it: Brasserie 19, 1962 West Gray
This egg-topped croque-madame ($15) is like having an inside-out grilled-cheese sandwich...for brunch...in France. And every second of it is freaking divine. Two pieces of ultra-buttery grilled toast are stuffed with even more buttery ham, then topped with melted Gruyère, a rich and velvety béchamel, and a yolky sunny-side-up egg that is just asking to be broken.
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