{"id":3201,"date":"2019-08-22T20:43:56","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T20:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/?p=3201"},"modified":"2019-08-22T20:43:56","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T20:43:56","slug":"new-meltology-restaurant-in-mi-featured-in-newsday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/?p=3201","title":{"rendered":"New MELTology Restaurant in MI featured in Newsday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Meltology opens in Middle Island<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n
\"MeltologyMeltology in Middle Island serves a Buffalo grilled cheese with melted mozzarella, Buffalo chicken strips and blue cheese dressing. Photo Credit: Meltology<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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By Joann Vaglica<\/strong> Joann.vaglica@newsday.com<\/a>
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When Kevin Muller was scooping ice cream at the now-defunct Friendly\u2019s in Middle Island, the then-16-year-old couldn\u2019t have predicted he\u2019d own the storefront by age 32.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went to Longwood High School and worked [here],\u201d Muller said, looking around the dining room of what now is home to his second Meltology eatery. And he kept working at Friendly’s to put himself through college,\u00a0leaving in 2012, when he was ready to open his first business, Crazy Crepe Cafe in Selden.<\/p>\n

The new restaurant, on Middle Country Road, is the first\u00a0sit-down Meltology, boasting table service and a full menu centered around an over-the-top grilled cheese concept. Muller opened an \u201cexpress\u201d version of the restaurant in Mount Sinai in 2017. And now he\u2019s hoping to start a franchise.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a tight knit community over here,\u201d he said of the Middle Island neighborhood where he grew up. \u201dI wanted to get back into that. I thought Meltology would fit in great,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Customers can find more than 10 grilled cheese variations on the menu, including\u00a0 the kitchen cinque (Parmesan-crusted sourdough with melted American, Swiss, Cheddar and pepperjack cheeses, with bacon and tomato), $9.95; Buffalo grilled cheese (melted Mozzarella, Buffalo chicken strips and blue cheese dressing),$10.95; bacon mac-n-cheese (melted American, sliced bacon and homemade mac-n-cheese), $10.95; and grown man grilled cheese (melted\u00a0 American, sliced tomato and smoked bacon), $8.95.<\/p>\n

And then there are appetizers like chicken wings, $8.95-$12.95; quesadillas, $7.95-$9.95; and mozzarella sticks, $8.95; burgers, including the better burger (melted Cheddar, lettuce, tomato, better sauce, sliced bacon and fries), $10.95, and Southwest burger (melted pepperjack cheese, spicy mayo, lettuce, tomato and jalape\u00f1os), $9.95; and salads, like the\u00a0fresh berry salad (spring greens with grilled chicken, strawberries, blueberries, cranberries, walnuts and blue cheese crumbles), $10.95, and crispy chicken salad (spring greens with Cheddar, grape tomatoes and crispy chicken), $10.95.<\/p>\n

Several breakfast grilled cheeses and Belgian waffles make up the all-day breakfast menu, which ranges from $7.95 to $9.95.\u00a0Meltology also has an all-you-can-eat weekend brunch buffet starting at $13.99 per person for adults and $7.99 per child.<\/p>\n

Muller said he plans to open another express Meltology\u00a0this fall in Selden, and\u00a0hopes to \u201cfranchise out\u201d and expand Meltology into Nassau County in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Newsday LifestyleRestaurants Meltology opens in Middle Island Meltology in Middle Island serves a Buffalo grilled cheese with melted mozzarella, Buffalo chicken strips and blue cheese dressing. Photo Credit: Meltology By Joann Vaglica Joann.vaglica@newsday.com Updated August 22, 2019 6:00 AM Print Share When Kevin Muller was scooping ice cream at the now-defunct Friendly\u2019s in Middle Island, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3201"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3201"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3202,"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3201\/revisions\/3202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}