I’ll Stop the World and Melt With You
Saturday we found ourselves on the Westside and decided to stop at Melt Bar and Grilled in Lakewood for something to eat. We’ve been wanting to go there ever since we saw Melt featured on the TV Network show Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.
When we arrived, we were told by the staff that it would be a 90-minute wait for a table and that the kitchen was currently running about 60 minutes for food orders. So we were looking at about 2.5 hours until we would actually see any food. We had somewhere to be so we had to bounce and couldn’t wait to be served.
Oh, did I mention this was 3:30 on a Saturday afternoon?
I guess this is a positive sign of the growing food scene in Cleveland that people are willing to wait almost three hours on a Saturday afternoon for a restaurant’s food. I can’t imagine what it is like on a Friday or Saturday night, though. And I do want to stress the staff was courteous.
We’ll go back when we have time that can wait. I just suggest blocking our your entire day if you plan to do the same.
Red Right 88 
They are opening a Melt in Cleveland Heights this month. The food is excellent, although I am not sure it would be worth the wait you are talking about.