Grilled cheese hits Yonge and Eg
By Feria Kazemi
There’s a new construction site in town, and for once, residents of the area may be excited to hear about it. Opening up this month in the former Druxy’s location on Yonge, just south of Eglington, is The Construction Site, a grilled cheese sandwich shop.
The Construction Site’s menu will consist of — you guessed it — grilled cheese sandwiches, for the most part. There will be some interesting items on the menu, such as the Fungi ($9): Swiss cheese and truffled oyster mushrooms on bread that’s been encrusted with Parmesan. The Smore ($7.50) features brioche bread dipped in graham cracker crumbs and brown sugar on the outside, with pure milk chocolate and marshmallows on the inside.
General Manager Cobi Druxerman says products will be sourced locally where possible. The bread will be from Fred's Bread, and the cheeses from Saputo.
The name of the restaurant allows for a bit of flexibility in terms of ambience.
“It allows us to be a little bit darker, gritty, but still have a really nice look about it,” Druxerman says.
Décor will have a bit of an unpolished, industrial look, with many of the fixtures from Retaylors Interiors.
With The Construction Site set to open within the next week, we asked if there were any plans to open other locations in the GTA. It all depends on the success of this first location, Druxerman says.
“We’d love to move into other areas of the city, but that’s not really a focus right now.”
The Construction Site, 2200 Yonge Street
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Reader Comments:
The anticipation of a "Grilled Cheese" joint was exciting, the name i didn't get, but for a great sandwich I'm willing to over look that. I was so excited to have a place to go to so close to home where i can enjoy my favorite comfort food. Finally the time has come to try an interesting twist on the "classic"grilled cheese sandwich. I walk through the door and take a menu, only to find 7 variations of a sandwich. I look over the menu with my spouse and we decide to get a "classic" and I being adventurous tried the Funghi:Swiss. We ordered at the front entrance of the store, which is a bit confusing since the register is at the back. While we watched the sandwiches being made we already felt the disappointment. The sandwiches were small and paper thin. The press they used was interesting, but that being said I've never had a grilled cheese sandwich with ridges before, and I must say, I'm not a fan.So now we wait, counting down the people before us, number 23, number 24, bingo number 25 that's us! We take our boxes and go, so excited to try our sandwiches we don't even wait to get home(1.2 km away), we open the boxes in the car and chow down. Wow, I took my first bite and couldn't believe that it was bland, which was very surprising to me considering I never add salt to my food, that being said I walked on the edge and tried something new. So i handed my spouse his half and waited impatiently for his response. The answer was not good, he turned to me and said "really? wow, that's very disappointing". I had to agree, the sandwich was small, greasy and bland. Now on to the chips, they say "because you'll love our chips that much" you'll want to buy a box, good thing we didn't . We honestly thought we would get fries, as in fish and chips, our bad, we got chips, literally chips, like Lays. So why charge $5.00 for Lays ripple chips? I can walk to Loblaws and pay $2.00 for a whole bag, and sprinkle thyme and rosemary on those. All that being said I will not return to the construction site unless there is major renovation.