I don’t eat a lot of fast food. When I do, I’m usually left disappointed. So, would this be the case when I went to Five Guys to get a patty melt—a secret menu item that’s not so much a secret anymore ...

Just the words "patty melt" on a late January afternoon in Minnesota can put a warm cheesy feeling in your belly. While it's not just for winter enjoyment, it's among the go-to comfort foods for the ...

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 ...

Hangry waits for no one. Especially not Kendra Vaculin, our associate food editor. In Speedy Does It, her monthly column, she’s sharing whoa-worthy dinners you can get on the table like (snaps fingers ...