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Restaurant: Tom + Chee (Cincinnati, OH)
Featured on Travel Channel’s “Man vs. Food” and The Today Show, our next feature is a unique Grilled Cheese Shop that offers up a whole variety of sandwiches, soups, and salads…all around one of the best foods…CHEESE!!! Based in Cincinnati, Tom + Chee is a cheese lover’s paradise and they even have a special spin on sweet with one of the most unique dishes we’ve seen yet…a grilled cheese that uses a glazed donut as the bread…, yes a donut! Anyway, we had the opportunity to go with my parents, brother and sister in-law on a quick trip to Cincinnati and we were far from disappointed.
SIGNATURE DISH: If my little blurb above didn’t give it away…grilled cheese sandwiches are this little shop’s forte. But these aren’t your momma’s Kraft singles slapped between two slices of Bunny Bread…not in the slightest. Tom + Chee’s creations are some serious cheesy goodness, from a classic plain cheese, to ones mixed with meat combinations; and as we mentioned…, on a donut! Pretty much any cheesy combo you can think of they are doing it and doing it well!
TASTE: While I’m not very picky when it comes to a grilled cheese, I now know I clearly have been missing out in this sandwich department all these years. I mean…what’s not to love…buttery thick bread, ooey gooey cheese coming out the sides, and any addition you can possibly think of. These totally hit the spot and although unlike any other grilled cheese I’d ever had, not so weird that I wouldn’t keep going back for more. A bunch of us also tried their soups, and both the creamy tomato and cheese soups were extremely tasty and perfect for those cheesy dips. Finally we all tried a bite of their grilled cheese donut, while although hard to describe, was pretty much the best thing you have ever tried!
AMBIANCE: The location we visited was just a little shop downtown Cincinnati that I would say had no more than 5 or 6 tables and the counter you ordered from. You could literally see their small kitchen. I guess what more do they really need than their flat top? We were there when they opened so we easily snagged a table and it was a perfect cute and quaint city spot to catch a quick bite, but I can’t imagine being there when they are busy.
SERVICE: You order at the counter and from there they quickly whip up your sandwiches and grab your soups and bring them to you. There wasn’t much in the way of service, but nothing to complain about.
PRICE: For six sandwiches and for most of us soups as well, I thought the prices were very reasonable. Often time new trendy places that come in get you with their prices, because well…they can. But I felt that this was really no more or less than you might find at a local deli or something similar, so I found them to be spot on.
Overall, lunch at Tom + Chee was a great way to spend a Sunday morning and we had a really fun time getting to try bites of eachother’s cheesy creations. We also recently learned that a Tom + Chee opened where my parents live in Louisville, so you’ll be sure to hear us talking about it again. I give Tom AND Chee 4 ‘Little Piggies.’
Ever since having Kherington and then subsequently going back to work, I have found that in my free time the last thing I often feel like doing is blogging. I realize most of you are probably thinking, “come on, it’s not like it really must take you all that long.” And you would be write, if I really just sat down and wrote my posts, I could pop them out relatively quickly. However, I find that when I sit down, I feel so brain dead, I honestly don’t know what to say and therefore feel pretty uninspired. I am not trying to toot my own horn or make it sound like this blog is the end all be all for anyone else but Adam and I, but I have been feeling like my heart hasn’t been quite in it these days. I mean I know I am no writing Pulitzer Prize winning stuff, but I also want to feel like what I am putting out there is well-written, funny, and actually gives some pertinent information, not just whatever BS I decided to pull out. It is when I start to feel like this that I question whether I should even devote time to the blog anymore, when it is clear that I am hardly even putting forth enough effort for anyone to even follow me regularly, but then I also step back and see this thing that has been such a fun addition and inspiration for our travels that I think I should keep forging ahead. I do know this, if I do keep it going, I definitely want to make a few changes, spice it up if you will…
So my few loyal followers, with all that being said, I want to ask you opinion. I would love it if you would take the time to complete my short survey or even send me a note with any comments or suggestions you may have. Or even if you just want to tell me how wonderful you think I am, I’ll take that too 
Just want to send a quick apology note out to my loyal readers to let you know that I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth. My blog seems to be having some technological difficulty at the moment and I am unable to get my post up. I do apologize and I am hoping to have some wonderful reviews for you ASAP!