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More cheese please! America&#8217;s comfort foods&#8212;grilled cheese and mac &#8216;n&#8217; cheese&#8212;are getting gourmet makeovers. The fast-casual industry has embraced the two dishes and has seen a 33 percent rise in menu mentions of mac &#8216;n&#8217; cheese in the past five years <a href="https://www.qsrmagazine.com/menu-innovations/new-kind-comfort-food?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=qsr-magazine-a-new-kind-of-comfort-food-5691" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">according to a recent article in QSR Magazine.</a> &#8220;People often told me I was crazy for opening a grilled cheese restaurant because they can make the sandwich at home. We&#8217;re not trying to compete with what you do at home, because what we do at American Grilled Cheese Kitchen is something you can&#8217;t or don&#8217;t want to do at home,&#8221; explains Nate Pollak, co-owner of American Grilled Cheese Kitchen in San Francisco. <span style="n&#8217; cheese or grilled cheese sandwiches is the cheese. Experts are thinking outside the box for the tastiest new cheese to include, but also cheeses that have the correct &#8220;meltability&#8221; or consistency for the perfect dish. Check out the full article <a href="https://www.qsrmagazine.com/menu-innovations/new-kind-comfort-food?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=qsr-magazine-a-new-kind-of-comfort-food-5691" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.

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Grilled cheese and mac ‘n’ cheese have gone gourmet in the fast-casual industry. 

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