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Article: The new Grilled Cheese Classic kid favorite is all grown up
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- September 22, 2004
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HE doesn't look like a bully, nor does he talk like one - most of
the time. But ask Cafe 817 owner Sandro Rossi to change his perfect
recipe for grilled panini, and Rossi becomes the panini-Nazi.
"Sometimes, they ask for more mustard or more cheese or
something," says the Oakland chef. "No! We are very dogmatic about
our panini. We have studied the balance of things and we know best.
If they want us to change it, we tell them they are ruining the
sandwich."
Rossi's Italianstyle grilled cheese sandwiches were a novelty when
he opened the cafe 12 years ago. People liked them, but orders were
sporadic because most people had no idea what they were. Since then,
panini have become the hot, toasty ...