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What is a Patty Melt?

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What is a Patty Melt?

Saw this on the menu at a restaurant I tried a couple weeks ago.

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Maybe it's just me, but I thought grilled onions was standard on a patty melt. Rye bread, too, really. :shrug:

I will note that this restaurant added extra charges for everything. This was only the sandwich. Fries were extra. Breakfasts did not come with potatoes, those were extra. If you ordered ham & eggs, you got ham & eggs (and toast).
 
A patty melt is basically a cheeseburger on regular bread instead of a bun.
 
It's a patty.




But melted.
 
Hamburger/cheeseburger but with bread, preferably rye, always with grilled onions, hopefully at a good Jewish deli.

NEVER with lettuce or most of the other trappings of a traditional burger.
 
To me, a patty melt is burger on almost any bread other than a bun. I've seen them on challa, rye, Texas toast, etc. Mushrooms are also key. Onions have been made optional, because there so many crazies out there that don't like them.

Other key thing is the cheese...can't be American. Gotta be Swiss, or sometime provolone.
 
radcen said:
What is a Patty Melt?

Saw this on the menu at a restaurant I tried a couple weeks ago.

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Maybe it's just me, but I thought grilled onions was standard on a patty melt. Rye bread, too, really. :shrug:

I will note that this restaurant added extra charges for everything. This was only the sandwich. Fries were extra. Breakfasts did not come with potatoes, those were extra. If you ordered ham & eggs, you got ham & eggs (and toast).
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I worked at a bar and grill a long time ago and the patty melt was hamburger with swiss cheese and grilled onions on rye. You could also add grilled onions for free to anything.

I hate those restaurants that charge for any little thing extra, I'm too cheap to go to those. I had to leave a place a couple weeks ago because we always share a plate and they wanted to charge us to share. This wasn't even a buffet or anything, we wanted to order a dinner and share it, which we always do and never have any other place charge us. So yeah, we walked out and told them we were going to their competition.
 
radcen said:
What is a Patty Melt?

Saw this on the menu at a restaurant I tried a couple weeks ago.


Maybe it's just me, but I thought grilled onions was standard on a patty melt. Rye bread, too, really. :shrug:

I will note that this restaurant added extra charges for everything. This was only the sandwich. Fries were extra. Breakfasts did not come with potatoes, those were extra. If you ordered ham & eggs, you got ham & eggs (and toast).
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On rye with grilled onions what it is is delicious!
 
According to The Pioneer Woman...

"In case you don't know the strict definition, a patty melt is a beautiful, luscious, delicious cross between a grilled cheese and a hamburger. Cooked, golden brown onions are a signature ingredient and while any bread can be used, rye is the classic choice."

Patty Melts | The Pioneer Woman
 
americanwoman said:
I worked at a bar and grill a long time ago and the patty melt was hamburger with swiss cheese and grilled onions on rye. You could also add grilled onions for free to anything.

I hate those restaurants that charge for any little thing extra, I'm too cheap to go to those. I had to leave a place a couple weeks ago because we always share a plate and they wanted to charge us to share. This wasn't even a buffet or anything, we wanted to order a dinner and share it, which we always do and never have any other place charge us. So yeah, we walked out and told them we were going to their competition.
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Onions are freaking cheap! Any restaurant that charges extra for onions is just nickle-and-diming, price gouging. And that's what really put me off, the feeling of being nickle-and-dimed to death.

Now, I will also add that this place had a seriously large senior citizen clientele, and maybe they like that. This pricing tactics does seem to be more common in places that caters to seniors. But, it's not for me.
 
KevinKohler said:
To me, a patty melt is burger on almost any bread other than a bun. I've seen them on challa, rye, Texas toast, etc. Mushrooms are also key. Onions have been made optional, because there so many crazies out there that don't like them.

Other key thing is the cheese...can't be American. Gotta be Swiss, or sometime provolone.
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WAT?!?!?!? What kind of MONSTER doesn't like grilled onions?
 
I will say that I often use sourdough bread when I make them. I love a good sourdough. I'm not real hip on rye, though it's ok. But, I do not delude myself into thinking it is a patty melt. It doesn't have rye bread. What I make is a sourdough melt.
 
Tanngrisnir said:
WAT?!?!?!? What kind of MONSTER doesn't like grilled onions?
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I know, I know. But they're out there, living amongst us. It could be your neighbor, your friend...
 
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radcen said:
I will say that I often use sourdough bread when I make them. I love a good sourdough. I'm not real hip on rye, though it's ok. But, I do not delude myself into thinking it is a patty melt. It doesn't have rye bread. What I make is a sourdough melt.
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Your sandwich with the sourdough bread sounds like a Frisco Melt, two steakburgers with American and Swiss cheese and Frisco sauce grilled on buttered sourdough bread,

The Patty Melt at Steak and Shake -Two Steakburgers™, American cheese and caramelized onions, melted together on toasty, grilled rye. Served with fries.

Both are available at any Steak and Shake for 5.49 and served with fries. No extra for rye bread or caramelized onions

Steak 'n Shake | Steakburger & Hand Dipped Milkshakes
 
radcen said:
What is a Patty Melt?

Saw this on the menu at a restaurant I tried a couple weeks ago.



Maybe it's just me, but I thought grilled onions was standard on a patty melt. Rye bread, too, really. :shrug:

I will note that this restaurant added extra charges for everything. This was only the sandwich. Fries were extra. Breakfasts did not come with potatoes, those were extra. If you ordered ham & eggs, you got ham & eggs (and toast).
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Onions and Rye are standard for a Patty Melt. If you've got a burger served on "bread of your choice" it's called.....not a Patty Melt.
 
It is not a melt without cheese and dont be charging me extra for rye bread cause rye bread does not cost more than other breads.
 
Its essentially a burger cooked like a grilled cheese sandwich. I like tuna melts myself.
 
What is a Patty Melt?
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generally, something like this :

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chains offer versions of it from time to time. Hardees had a Frisco burger years ago that i think technically qualifies.
 
KevinKohler said:
I know, I know. But they're out there, living amongst us. It could be your neighbor, your friend...
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My gut doesn't like them, but it's a small price to pay, I tell myself as I tuck in anyway, only to regret it at 3am!
 
Helix said:
generally, something like this :

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chains offer versions of it from time to time. Hardees had a Frisco burger years ago that i think technically qualifies.
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They still do, at least around here. It would be very good if they'd take the time to grill it properly, but everything is rush-rush and the bread is not grilled long enough. It ends up kind of limp and undercooked.
 
radcen said:
They still do, at least around here. It would be very good if they'd take the time to grill it properly, but everything is rush-rush and the bread is not grilled long enough. It ends up kind of limp and undercooked.
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There was a small chain in SC called The Clock that had one that was pretty good. It was kind of a cross between a diner and a fast food place. Not a bad place, but I don't know if they're still around.
 
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