One of my favorite big city comfort foods is a staple of the diner scene -- the patty melt. According to lore, the patty melt originated in California as a burger topped with fried onions and melted ...
Southern California’s culinary story is written with the legend of the cheeseburger, with its supposed birth at Pasadena’s Rite Spot in 1924 being a point of local pride. However, in our current ...
The undersung cousin of an American classic is a superior sandwich, our critic argues. Resistance to the ebb and flow of fashion is baked into the patty melt’s being.Credit...Nico Schinco for The New ...