- Grilled cheese seems to be all the rage now with the Twitter and Facebook crowd. This is a natural outgrowth.
- JA
- By WILLA PLANK
A new restaurant in Astoria serves up gourmet grilled cheese for grownups. The Queens Kickshaw infuses flavors found locally in ethnic cuisine—Brazilian, Greek, Italian—to shake up the childhood staple.
A co-owner's favorite: the Gruyère sandwich on rye bread.
Co-owner Ben Sandler said the Gruyère sandwich with pickled and caramelized onions on rye bread is his favorite because it is similar to the open-face Swiss sandwiches he ate when he was a child. It comes with Napa cabbage-caraway slaw for $8.
Customer favorites include the original cheddar-and-mozzarella grilled cheese with tomato soup ($8) and the Gouda grilled cheese with black bean hummus, guava jam, pickled jalapeños on brioche with green salad and jalapeño vinaigrette ($10). The guava jam comes from a local Brazilian market.
Mr. Sandler said he focuses on cheese also because it's great to pair with beer. The restaurant has an extensive list of choices customers won't find in the supermarket.
The Queens Kickshaw, 40-17 Broadway between Steinway and 41st streets in Astoria, is open 7:30 a.m. to 1 a.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 1 a.m. weekends; 718-777-0913
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