The Best Gooey Grilled Cheese Restaurants in New Jersey

Pictured above: Mac and Cheese (Special) / via Grace B. Yelp

American Melts (Kenilworth, NJ)

Location: 515 Springfield Rd., Kenilworth, NJ 07033

What to get: 

• Mac and Cheese (Special, pictured above) – Grilled cheese with macaroni and cheese
• Carnegie – Cheddar, swiss, fresh roast turkey, cole slaw, roasted red peppers, thousand island rye
• Stone Pony – Monterey jack, cheddar, fresh roast beef, caramelized onion, horseradish aioli, country white

Grilled Cheese and Crabcake Co. (Somers Point, NJ)

Location: 55 W Laurel Dr, Somers Point, NJ 08244

What to get:

• Crab Melt (Guy Fieri’s Favorite) Grilled Cheese – Maryland crab cake, tomato, and monterey jack cheese
• “THE TRIPLE D MELT” – Smoked gouda, smoked brat, onion rings, fried egg, pepper jack, jalapeños, and sriracha
• Build Your Own Grilled Cheese -American grilled cheese with mac & cheese, grilled onions, jalapeños, and Sriracha

Fromage Grillé (Cranford, NJ)

Location: 101 Miln Street, Cranford, NJ 07016

What to get: 

• Croque Monsieur – Gruyere, Ham, Dijon Mustard & Bechamel Sauce
• Gouda Et Épinards – Smoked Gouda & Fresh Spinach
• Suisse Et Champignons – Swiss, Mushrooms & White Truffle Aioli

The Pop Shop (Collingswood, NJ)

Location: 729 Haddon Ave, Collingswood, NJ 08108

What to get: 

• Lobster Grilled Cheese – “The king of all grilled cheese”, lobster, brie cheese, and garlic aioli on sourdough bread with fries
• Collings – Classic American cheese on country white
• Park – American cheese grilled split Philadelphia soft pretzel

Grilled Cheese at the Melt Factory (Morristown, NJ)

Location: 28 Morris St., Morristown, NJ 07960

What to get:

• Fresco – Mozzarella, provolone and roasted peppers 
• Buffalo chicken – Grilled chicken, cheddar and buffalo sauce 
• Cheesy Mac and Rib – Pulled pork and mac and cheese

The Cheese Cave (Red Bank, NJ)

Location: Monmouth Street, Red Bank, NJ 07701

What to get: 

• Big Blue – Buttermilk blue cheese, aged cheddar, bacon, green apple, fig jam & arugula, sour dough bread
• Grilled French Onion – Caramelized onions, grand cru surchoix, sour dough bread
• Four Cheese Melt – Asiago fresco, provolone, gouda, cheddar & roasted red tomatoes on sour dough bread

Cheezen (New Brunswick, NJ)

Location: New Brunswick & surrounding area (Food Truck), 108 Easton Ave. New Brunswick, NJ 08901

What to get:

• The Pigout Grilled Cheese – Classic yellow american cheese with pork roll/taylor ham, applewood bacon and BBQ sauce
• Mac & Cheese Grilled Cheese – Aged cheddar cheese over homemade mac and cheese with choice of bacon, buffalo chicken, pulled pork, or BBQ chicken
• Buffalo Chicken Grilled Cheese – Fontina cheese, slow roasted buffalo chicken, and blue cheese crumble

The Committed Pig (Morristown & Summit, NJ)

Location(s): Morristown & Summit, NJ

What to get:

• The Fig-N-Brie – Creamy brie cheese, fig preserves, fries
• Spinach and Artichoke Grilled Cheese – Fontina, gruyere, white cheddar, spinach and artichoke spread, fries
• Garlic Avocado – smashed avocado, sun dried tomato pesto, muenster, garlic butter, fries

Say Cheez Cafe (Princeton, NJ)

Location:  183 Nassau St, Princeton, NJ 08542

What to get: 

• The Glazed Hazed – Grilled cheddar and pepper jack cheese on a glazed donut
• Grilled Cheez – Grilled yellow american cheese on white pullman bread
• Mac & Cheez – Macaroni with cheddar and monterey cheese on white bread