Grilled Cheese. Hard to Mess Up.... uh

I enjoy a good grilled cheese. In fact not many other foods go better with a beer than a grilled cheese. We were meeting some friends in Astoria around 5 for some hookah, and since Mal and I hadn't really explored that area, we decided to head over early for some lunch and walking around.

Astoria is cool, but it reminds me of downtown El Cajon, which obviously isn't the most ideal place, but cool for what it's worth. I looked on my list of places to eat and there was one in Astoria. The Queens Kickshaw does gourmet grilled cheese, specialty coffees, and some craft beer to boot.

Let me preface by saying that the title of this blog post is completely sarcastic. It is VERY easy to mess up a grilled cheese. And really hard to make one that is REALLY good. The Queens Kickshaw was right in the middle. For a couple of different reasons.

Pros
1) It's grilled cheese. So no matter how bad it is, it's still gonna be somewhat good.
2) I love gruyere cheese, so the sandwich I got (The Gruyere. Pickled and caramelized onions on rye bread ) was gonna be good.
3) My sandwich came with a side of Napa cabbage caraway slaw that was insanely good.

Cons
1) Small. The sandwich looked like it was on half slices of bread.
2) The Price. For the size of sandwich we were getting, the 9 dollar price tag just seemed too much.
3) Service was also pretty bad, but I try not to judge my food on the service.

So was it good? Yes. Would I go back? Not without a drop in prices. It's hard coming from San Diego where I can go to Hamiltons and get not only one of the best grilled cheese sandwiches in San Diego, but probably one of my favorite sandwiches, The Blind Tiger (sharp cheddar, beer candy apples, beer candy bacon, and grilled onions) for a dollar cheaper.

After lunch we decided to walk down to the Socrates Sculpture Park right around sunset. Which provided for an awesome scenery of the city.