GCDC Grilled Cheese Bar
American restaurant · Foggy Bottom ·
Build-your-own grilled cheese bar with rotating specials
Build-your-own grilled cheese bar with rotating specials
"Downtown diners head to this self-styled “grilled cheese bar” for build-your-own creations and a dizzying list of rotating specials. The decadent Carolina BBQ offers a double dose of dairy via cheddar and mac and cheese, joined by a medley of roast pork, jalapenos, and barbecue sauce on white bread." - Vinciane Ngomsi
"Grilled cheese is a dish that can take someone sick back to childhood, and GCD specializes in the sandwich with many customizable versions. Delivery through the website." - Missy Frederick
"A few weeks later, White House-adjacent grilled cheese bar GCDC filed a class action suit against insurance carrier Hartford for denying coverage of business it lost during the novel coronavirus pandemic." - Tierney Plumb
"I describe this downtown grilled-cheese bar near the White House as a contemporary eatery that specializes in a long list of grilled cheese selections alongside loaded tater tots, soups and salads, and local wines, beers, and mixed drinks; it also offers charcuterie and some fried fare. The six-year-old, 2,146-square-foot restaurant at 1730 Pennsylvania Avenue NW seats about 85 diners for lunch and sit-down dinner, did roughly $1.46 million in sales last year, and employs 10 full-time workers, yet carryout and delivery historically made up only about 15% of revenue. During the coronavirus pandemic the business experienced a 95 percent drop in income between early March and April 11, opted to fully close on April 11 for the duration of the dine-in ban (then set to expire May 15), and has subsequently filed a class-action lawsuit in D.C. federal court against Hartford and Sentinel seeking to recover losses after its business-interruption claim was denied; the denial letter invoked a “pollution exclusion,” while GCDC argues the D.C. civil-authority closure triggers coverage. I note the suit is being handled by Cohen Milstein and Gibbs Law Group as part of a wider wave of similar restaurant claims." - Tierney Plumb
"GCDC is a grilled cheese bar, but they also serve plenty of other dishes that make cheese the star. The tots menu includes loaded tots, poutine tots, and chili tots, all priced at $11." - Missy Frederick
