January is Grilled Cheese Month at SoDel restaurants
When it's cold and gray outside, few foods beat the blues as well as a grilled cheese sandwich – or so it seemed last January, when all of SoDel Concepts' restaurants featured grilled cheese among the menu specials. The promotion was so popular that it's back this month.
"Our corporate chef, Doug Ruley, came up with the idea, and the guests just loved it," said Scott Kammerer, president of SoDel Concepts. "It's the perfect time of year to enjoy grilled cheese and hot soup, and the chefs have come up with some amazing creations."
Even the most basic grilled cheese sandwich soothes the soul. Credit the satisfying crunch of toasted bread and the silky texture of melted cheese. But SoDel Concepts chefs are kicking it up a notch. Specials change depending on a chef's muse. At Catch 54 in Fenwick Island and NorthEast Seafood Kitchen in Ocean View, one might find lobster in the mix – along with homemade tomato bisque. At nearby Papa Grande's Coastal Taqueria, menu specials have included a blackened shrimp grilled cheese with yucca fries.
Bluecoast Seafood Grill in Bethany Beach has made waves with a Monte Cristo-style grilled cheese with lobster and homemade tomato soup. A few miles away at Matt's Fish Camp, the Caprese-style grilled cheese includes mozzarella and tomatoes.
In Rehoboth Beach, Papa Grande's Coastal Taqueria has paired Delmarva's favorite meat, scrapple, with jack pepper cheese and pickled jalapenos. Lupo Italian Kitchen has used provolone and capicola to create a grilled cheese sandwich with Mediterranean flair.
A crab cake has added signature flavor to the grilled cheese at Matt's Fish Camp in Lewes, where it's been served with spicy crab soup. Fish On, also in Lewes, has grilled shrimp toast served with Old Bay-dusted fries.
"As it turns out, grilled cheese is a great way for our chefs to show off their talents," Ruley said. "So far they're meeting our guests' high expectations."
The promotion continues through January. For more information, go to www.sodelconcepts.com.
