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Time Out Chicago's Grilled Cheese Meltdown

We devoured 10 grilled cheeses at Time Out Chicago's Grilled Cheese Meltdown—find out which sandwich was the winner

Amy Cavanaugh
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Amy Cavanaugh
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There's not much better than a toasty grilled cheese sandwich, and you agree—hundreds of readers turned out to the Grilled Cheese Meltdown on December 12 at Chop Shop to try 10 different grilled cheese sandwiches and crown a winner. We sampled grilled cheeses from the Fat Shallot food truckLady Gregory's, Gayle's Best Ever Grilled Cheese, Toasty Cheese food truck, Same Day Cafe, Northdown Cafe and Taproom, Beard & BellyBlue Door Farm StandGlenn's Diner and the Happy Lobster Truck.

Attendees voted for their favorite sandwich, and Beard & Belly took the win for their grilled cheese, made with cheddar and butterkase cheese and a slick of sweet tomato jam. Check out photos of the event below.

Photograph: Chris Andrew

Ten restaurants faced off to win Time Out Chicago's Grilled Cheese Meltdown, held December 12 at Chop Shop.
Photograph: Chris Andrew

Ten restaurants faced off to win Time Out Chicago's Grilled Cheese Meltdown, held December 12 at Chop Shop.
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Photograph: Chris Andrew

Ten restaurants faced off to win Time Out Chicago's Grilled Cheese Meltdown, held December 12 at Chop Shop.
Photograph: Chris Andrew

Ten restaurants faced off to win Time Out Chicago's Grilled Cheese Meltdown, held December 12 at Chop Shop.
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Photograph: Chris Andrew

Ten restaurants faced off to win Time Out Chicago's Grilled Cheese Meltdown, held December 12 at Chop Shop.
Photograph: Chris Andrew

Ten restaurants faced off to win Time Out Chicago's Grilled Cheese Meltdown, held December 12 at Chop Shop.
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Photograph: Chris Andrew

Ten restaurants faced off to win Time Out Chicago's Grilled Cheese Meltdown, held December 12 at Chop Shop.
Photograph: Chris Andrew

Ten restaurants faced off to win Time Out Chicago's Grilled Cheese Meltdown, held December 12 at Chop Shop.
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Photograph: Chris Andrew

Ten restaurants faced off to win Time Out Chicago's Grilled Cheese Meltdown, held December 12 at Chop Shop.
Photograph: Chris Andrew

Ten restaurants faced off to win Time Out Chicago's Grilled Cheese Meltdown, held December 12 at Chop Shop.
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Photograph: Chris Andrew

Ten restaurants faced off to win Time Out Chicago's Grilled Cheese Meltdown, held December 12 at Chop Shop.
Photograph: Chris Andrew

Ten restaurants faced off to win Time Out Chicago's Grilled Cheese Meltdown, held December 12 at Chop Shop.
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Photograph: Chris Andrew

Ten restaurants faced off to win Time Out Chicago's Grilled Cheese Meltdown, held December 12 at Chop Shop.
Photograph: Chris Andrew

Ten restaurants faced off to win Time Out Chicago's Grilled Cheese Meltdown, held December 12 at Chop Shop.
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Photograph: Chris Andrew

Ten restaurants faced off to win Time Out Chicago's Grilled Cheese Meltdown, held December 12 at Chop Shop.
Photograph: Chris Andrew

Ten restaurants faced off to win Time Out Chicago's Grilled Cheese Meltdown, held December 12 at Chop Shop.
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Photograph: Chris Andrew

Ten restaurants faced off to win Time Out Chicago's Grilled Cheese Meltdown, held December 12 at Chop Shop.
Photograph: Chris Andrew

Ten restaurants faced off to win Time Out Chicago's Grilled Cheese Meltdown, held December 12 at Chop Shop.
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Photograph: Chris Andrew

Ten restaurants faced off to win Time Out Chicago's Grilled Cheese Meltdown, held December 12 at Chop Shop.
Photograph: Chris Andrew

Ten restaurants faced off to win Time Out Chicago's Grilled Cheese Meltdown, held December 12 at Chop Shop.
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Photograph: Chris Andrew

Ten restaurants faced off to win Time Out Chicago's Grilled Cheese Meltdown, held December 12 at Chop Shop.
Photograph: Chris Andrew

Ten restaurants faced off to win Time Out Chicago's Grilled Cheese Meltdown, held December 12 at Chop Shop.
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Photograph: Chris Andrew

Ten restaurants faced off to win Time Out Chicago's Grilled Cheese Meltdown, held December 12 at Chop Shop.
Photograph: Chris Andrew

Ten restaurants faced off to win Time Out Chicago's Grilled Cheese Meltdown, held December 12 at Chop Shop.
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Photograph: Chris Andrew

Ten restaurants faced off to win Time Out Chicago's Grilled Cheese Meltdown, held December 12 at Chop Shop.
Photograph: Chris Andrew

Ten restaurants faced off to win Time Out Chicago's Grilled Cheese Meltdown, held December 12 at Chop Shop.
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Photograph: Chris Andrew

Ten restaurants faced off to win Time Out Chicago's Grilled Cheese Meltdown, held December 12 at Chop Shop.
Photograph: Chris Andrew

Beard & Belly won Time Out Chicago's Grilled Cheese Meltdown.
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