Gayle V's Best Ever Grilled Cheese

Yummmm. I may be gross, but sometimes I like a grilled cheese and tomato soup for breakfast at 830am on a Friday.They also sell big bags of bread ends for around $3.00. Being that bread ends are my favorite parts of a loaf, this is pretty much pure heaven. Great service, great food. Highly recommend!

I recently started taking the underground Pedway from the Metra train station and saw this place. I said one day I'm going to try them so on 2/26/24 I paid them a visit. There is an extensive menu with a variety of different grilled cheese to choose from. I decided to get the River Valley - Prairie Pure swiss cheese, smoked onion marmalade and River Valley mushrooms. That had to be the best grilled cheese I've ever had in my life! Definitely a gourmet sandwich with the best and freshest ingredients. I also ordered the seasoned fries which for some reason isn't listed on the menu on the website. They were good as well. I dined in and it was nice and quiet inside the establishment. I'm really looking forward to coming back and deciding which is going to be my next try. Big ups for the website menu having a description and color picture of each food offering. Staff is very friendly and helpful. The place is clean.Grilled Cheeses bring me especially back to my childhood with a nostalgic smile.Wonderful experience! See you soon! A++!

A little bit off the beaten track but their mac & cheese grilled cheese was seriously the best grilled cheese I've ever had; so much so that it went back in the morning for the bacon, egg and cheese grilled cheese, which was pretty good, but nothing beats the Mac & cheese or the original grilled cheese!

The Best Grilled Cheese as voted by The New York Post, 20 years in a row. I can see why. I happened upon this location located on the B1 level of the Pedway and mall in search of a quick but satisfying lunch spot. I was really surprised by the variety of choices on the menu. Think classic grilled cheese using butterkase cheese on fresh sourdough. (That was grilled to perfection).We also opted for the Classic Mac - it's their classic grilled cheese with a heaping portion of homemade Mac and Cheese. This is why you eat here ... most items were homemade, nothing out of a can as the employees told us. Which brings me to rave about their Loop Soup. It was a generous bowl of their tomato pesto soup paired with cut up pieces of the classic grilled cheese. Excellent separately but a match made in heaven when eaten together. My kids even took their sandwiches to dip into my soup. The soup was semi thick and robust in flavor. Yet not feeling too heavy after consuming. Pesto really makes it "wow".The other sandwich which deserves a mention, the Jake! It's Gouda, ham and apple butter. Man, I wish I thought of this. The apple butter's sweetness pairs so well with the ham. And Gouda makes everything good. Yum.So much food in Chicago but this is totally worth a try. Homemade and fresh are the key words here.

My Mom and I were shopping downtown recently and wanted to get something to tie us over until dinner. We took the escalator down from inside Macy's Department Store to "The Chicago Pedway" and immediately located Gayle's! I have always seen this establishment at The Lincoln Park Farmers Market with long lines of adults and children hankering for a grilled cheese Sammy! So I knew it must be good! We just ordered the "plain" grilled cheese. I want to go back and try other recipes which include specialty meats, cheeses and artisan mustards.Quick, easy service and they bring it to your table within minutes! Fantastic staff!

Good grilled cheese, not sure it was worth the $13 bucks. Good mac and cheese, not worth the shot glass of mac and cheese for the price. Ate in, they forgot to bring me my drink. Ok place but not worth $22 lunch in my opinion.

Solid grilled cheese joint. Best ever? That might be a stretch...The space itself is somewhat bland and boring - it used to be an Au Bon Pain, I believe. Staff is super friendly and helpful, and while I was dining they had an acoustic guitarist which was kinda awesome (make sure to tip him if you agree)The sandwich itself didn't blow me away. It was decent but lacked butter and greasy crispness on the bread. The amount of cheese and bacon was also on the lighter side. Loved the homemade chips! Good portion and cooked perfectly.

Amazing assortment of grilled cheese sandwiches! All farm fresh ingredients. Employees are friendly and helpful.

Where's the cheese!? I paid over $17 for a gluten free version of the tomato basil sandwich. I stopped by their stand at the Green City Market and was sorely disappointed with the value for my money.

The food was so yummy. The Staff was super friendly and food came out fast! Definitely recommend!