The Melt by Jason Diamond

The Melt by Jason Diamond

The Limits of Comfort Food

Or: The elevated Bloomin' Onion

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Jason Diamond
May 21, 2022
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When Olmsted opened on Vanderbilt Ave. in 2016, it felt like a shift for the neighborhood I’ve lived in for over a decade now. I’d been hanging out in and around Prospect Heights for a lot longer than that, back when the only thing you made the trip for was if you wanted to go to Soda Bar. That was really it. 606 R&D and then its smaller sandwich and pr…

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