What could be better than a classic grilled cheese sandwich? How about a slew of creative updates of mom’s favorite weekday dinner?

Alice heads to Nectar’s in Burlington to sample a few of the greatest hits from the grilled cheese menu. Watch as she invents her own sandwich, “Old Smokey,” then head to Nectar’s and try it yourself.

This article appears in Mar 9-15, 2011.

AAN award-winning food writer Alice Levitt is a fan of the exotic, the excellent and automats. She wrote for Seven Days 2007-2015.