Mac'n'Cheese

Yeah. I think mac'n'cheese qualifies as my favorite food. Maybe ever. Seriously. In high school, I even went through a phase where I ate it for breakfast. When I was a kid, you couldn't get me away from the boxed stuff. Homemade just wasn't going to work for me. Nowadays though, I'm all about the gourmet variety. In fact, I make a killer mac with smoked Gouda.

So, when I heard that there was a new place opening up that would just be serving mac'n'cheese, I knew I had to go there. I became Cheese-ology's fan on Facebook and began watching of news of their opening. Today was that day, and, I'm embarrassed to say, I was the first customer through the door. I went with my friend Joline, and the food was great! Here's the menu.


We decided to stick with the standard choices. Joline got the Classic and I got the Four Cheese. I was the clear winner in the menu battle. Her dish was good, but mine was much better. The goat cheese really added a nice tang to the whole thing. Plus it had long stringy pieces of real cheese in it. Her's was more creamy and the American cheese made it very mild.

Notice that you get your food in a real, cast iron skillet. It makes for a nice crunchy layer at the edges. I asked for breadcrumbs, but they forgot them. Oh well. Anyway, I ordered a large because the small was going to be too small for me, but I knew the large was too big. (I ate it all anyway though.) Overall, I'd give my dish an 8.5 out of 10. If you know me, this is a very solid grade. In terms of mac'n'cheese, I'd give it a 9 out of 10. I think it would have been perfect with breadcrumbs and curly noodles instead of elbows.

Now, like I said, today was opening day. If you've ever worked in restaurants, you know that this means that things are guaranteed to be a little bumpy. First of all, the girl at the front was still learning how to use the register. She also didn't have a pen for CC receipts. Ooops. Then, the food quite honestly took quite a while to come out. Because they make each dish individually, they put all the pasta and toppings in the skillet then run it through one of those conveyor belt ovens like at Quizno's.

Our food took about 10-12 minutes to come out. So less time than at a sit down place, but not what I would call fast. It looked like they did do call in orders to go though, so you could probably call ahead to pick up if you were in a hurry.

I suspect that things will run more smoothly as they stay in business longer. It's also probably good that they opened on a Tuesday so they can work through some kinks before the weekend. I'll be back, but I'll probably wait a little while for them to hammer out some details.