What Happened to Melt Bar and Grilled After Food Paradise? (Cleveland, OH)

Food Paradise, Season 4, Episode 19 Aired 2013

On Food Paradise's 2013 episode 'Cheese Paradise' (Travel Channel), the show visited Melt Bar & Grilled in Cleveland, Ohio, spotlighting the restaurant's gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches and other comfort-food combinations. Melt Bar and Grilled was a grilled-cheese-focused restaurant chain founded in 2006 in Lakewood, Ohio, by chef Matt Fish, who ran the company as its chief executive. According to Wikipedia, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in June 2024, citing economic pressures and store closures; Wikipedia further reports that despite the company's plan to keep operating during the proceedings, its last location had closed by January 1, 2025.

Man v. Food, Season 3, Episode 3 Aired June 23, 2010

Man v. Food visited Melt Bar and Grilled in the Cleveland area in the episode that aired 2010-06-23, sampling the chain's gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches. According to Wikipedia (revised 2026-07-17), Melt Bar and Grilled was founded in 2006 in Lakewood, Ohio, by Matt Fish, who served as the chain's chief executive officer, and the restaurants drew national media attention, including coverage in USA Today and Esquire. According to Wikipedia, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in June 2024, citing economic pressures and store closures, and that it said at the time it would keep operating during the proceedings.

Wikipedia reports the last remaining location closed by 2025-01-01, leaving no locations in operation as of that date. One address linked to the restaurant's name belongs to an unrelated pizza restaurant that shares part of the name; no source ties that address to Melt Bar and Grilled.

You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 5, Episode 9 Aired April 15, 2016

Melt Bar & Grilled, a Cleveland, Ohio restaurant, was the first of three stops in the You Gotta Eat Here! episode "Melt Bar & Grilled, Mamo Burger, Ernie's Coffee Shop" (season 5, episode 9), which first aired on 2016-04-15 on Food Network Canada with host John Catucci. TVmaze's episode summary describes the segment as extreme grilled cheese in Cleveland. The series visits three local restaurants in each episode, mostly in Canada with some stops in the United States, and this was the U.S. stop in an episode that also visited Windsor, Ontario, and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

A web search run on 2026-10-19 returned a Wikipedia article titled "Melt Bar and Grilled" along with pieces from Cleveland Magazine, Restaurant Hospitality and Roadfood, which indicate wider coverage of the restaurant beyond this episode. This entry records the episode appearance only.