Dish

Grilled cheese

Where it shows up on confirmed Upstate menus.

On confirmed menus

Every restaurant whose confirmed menu lists it, with each item’s confirmed date. No prices.

8 places in 7 towns: Little Falls, Indian Lake, Ogdensburg, Norwich, Oneonta, Owego, Warsaw
Regions: North Country/Adirondacks (3), Southern Tier (3), Mohawk Valley (1), Western NY (1)
How it’s served: sandwich at 3 places, kids at 2 places
Menu sections it’s listed under: Entrees (1), Grilled Cheese Melts (1), hot sandwiches (1), Juniors (1), Kidee Menu (1)

Based on 8 confirmed menus out of 20 restaurants whose menus we’ve confirmed, among the 379 places listed on this site. Other places may well serve it; their menus aren’t confirmed yet, so they aren’t listed here.

Fresh: confirmed on the official menu within 30 days (7 days for specials). Aging: up to twice that. Stale: older. Status updates in your browser from the confirmed date.

Tin Cup Tavern & Grille · Little Falls · Mohawk Valley · Confirmed menu
- GRILLED CHEESE Fresh confirmed on the official menu Oct 11, 2026
Indian Lake Restaurant & Tavern · Indian Lake · North Country/Adirondacks · Confirmed menu
- Kid Grilled Cheese Sandwich Fresh confirmed on the official menu Oct 11, 2026
McSweeney’s Irish Pub · Indian Lake · North Country/Adirondacks · Confirmed menu
- Grilled Cheese Fresh confirmed on the official menu Oct 11, 2026
The Bayside Grill · Ogdensburg · North Country/Adirondacks · Confirmed menu
- GRILLED CHEESE & FRIES Fresh confirmed on the official menu Oct 11, 2026
Nina’s Pizzeria and Restaurant · Norwich · Southern Tier · Confirmed menu
- Grilled Cheese Fresh confirmed on the official menu Oct 11, 2026
Brooks’ House of BBQ · Oneonta · Southern Tier · Confirmed menu
- PULLED PORK GRILLED CHEESE Fresh confirmed on the official menu Oct 11, 2026
- BEEF BRISKET GRILLED CHEESE Fresh confirmed on the official menu Oct 11, 2026
The Owego Kitchen · Owego · Southern Tier · Confirmed menu
- French Onion Grilled Cheese Fresh confirmed on the official menu Oct 11, 2026
- Grilled Cheese Sandwich Fresh confirmed on the official menu Oct 11, 2026
Silverlake Family Restaurant · Warsaw · Western NY · Confirmed menu
- Kiddie Grilled Cheese Fresh confirmed on the official menu Oct 11, 2026
- Canadian Bacon Grilled Cheese Fresh confirmed on the official menu Oct 11, 2026
- Golden Grilled Cheese Fresh confirmed on the official menu Oct 11, 2026

What it is

From the upstate.lol menu taxonomy.

Cuisine: American
Kind of dish: sandwich
Also listed as: beef brisket grilled cheese, french onion grilled cheese, golden grilled cheese, grilled cheese and bacon, grilled cheese and fries, grilled cheese and tomato, grilled cheese burger, grilled cheese on toast

On old menus

From historical menus indexed for this guide (NYPL What’s on the Menu? and the CIA menu collection).

Earliest dated Upstate menus in the indexed library collections that list it:

1953 · “Grilled Cheese Sandwich” at Paramount Pete's Restaurant, Saratoga Springs · library record ↗ The Culinary Institute of America
1956 · “Grilled Cheese and Bacon .85” at Persian Terrace, Syracuse · library record ↗ The Culinary Institute of America

Upstate historical menus listing it, by decade: 1950s (2 menus).

In the New York Public Library menu collection overall, it first shows up in the 1940s and appears through the 2000s.

Earliest among the menus indexed, not the dish’s first appearance anywhere.

Related dishes

Same kind of dish in the taxonomy, on confirmed menus.