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What Happened to MLTDWN After You Gotta Eat Here!? (Kingston, ON)

You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 3 Kingston, Ontario

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, MLTDWN has closed per the business's own notice (October 19, 2026), reviewed by our team on October 20, 2026 and cross-checked against kingstonist.com; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact with the business.

What the source shows: A DoorDash ordering page read 2026-10-19 shows a differently named business, Melt & Grill, at 292 Princess Street with a late-night menu of wings, momos, pulled pork and mac and cheese bites, and no source read shows MLTDWN still operating there. How we decide a status →

What happened after You Gotta Eat Here!?

In the You Gotta Eat Here! episode that aired on 2014-06-27, host John Catucci visited MLTDWN in Kingston, Ontario, where, according to TVmaze's episode summary, he tried a lasagna grilled cheese. The Kingstonist reported on 2012-09-04 that MltDwn had opened within the previous two weeks in downtown Kingston, a few steps down from The Works, in a space that had earlier housed Vinnie's Subs and then Vinnie's Burgers and Fries. An undated Visit Kingston archive page, in a roundup of the city's most photographed foods, lists MLT DWN at 292 Princess Street and names three grilled cheeses: one with homemade lasagna inside, a beef brisket version with caramelized onion, provolone, swiss and garlic truffle mayo on rye, and one stuffed with mac and cheese. A grilled cheese eatery also called MLTDWN operates in the Rideau Centre dining hall in Ottawa, according to an undated review in The Fulcrum.

A DoorDash ordering page for Melt & Grill at 292 Princess Street in Kingston, read on 2026-10-19, lists online ordering from 6 pm to 2:30 am and a menu that includes a Melt & Grill Special at CA$13.99, mac and cheese bites, roasted pepper and tomato soup, pulled pork, wings and butter chicken momos. The page does not mention MLTDWN. No source read says whether Melt & Grill shares owners with MLTDWN, which Visit Kingston's undated archive page places at the same address.

The episode You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 3

Episode 24
Aired
Title: The Mad Chef, MLTDWN, Twisted Apron · What was featured: A lasagna grilled cheese, per TVmaze's episode summary

Synopsis (tvmaze.com) : The host eats a death-by-bacon burgerrito; visits MLTDWN in Kingston, Ont., and tries a lasagna grilled cheese; and for brunch, orders a Pacific salmon-waffle sandwich.

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Sources we checked 5 references

  1. archive.visitkingston.ca https://archive.visitkingston.ca/?p=24043
  2. kingstonist.com https://www.kingstonist.com/?p=19710
  3. thefulcrum.ca https://thefulcrum.ca/arts/fulcrumfoodreview/
  4. api.tvmaze.com https://api.tvmaze.com/shows/15676/episodes
  5. order.online https://order.online/store/-746388/
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