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To be fair, Covid is a nuclear bomb dropped on the entire restaurant sector.

However:

1) Putting a grilled cheese sandwich restaurant in ferociously expensive real estate known for upscale, health-conscious consumers can't be smart (Irvine Spectrum Center?--LOL)

2) The food just wasn't that good. Sorry. They deserve to go out of business.

TheMelt wasn't in Y Combinator, but it is an interesting story.

I'm sorry for linking the two. I have had this wrong idea stuck in my head since 2011. I should have validated that fact.

What's the story?

I found this article: https://www.wired.com/story/how-the-trendiest-grilled-cheese...

Why do they need 7 locations? They should downsize to one location with an army of toaster-drones.

Just make some specially-designed plates with a QR code target printed on them and the drones won't even need to land, they can just drop the food right on your plate after toasting the sandwich into a more aerodynamic shape...

Did they go through YC? I can't find anything online about that, but I had no clue they raised $10M from Sequoia. Surprising.

Ah yes The Melt Index. You can track silicon valley startup activity by how many tech workers are grabbing a quick grilled cheese sandwich while their code compiles.