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I was pretty excited when I read about Cheese Boy. Imagine, a boy handing out cheese at a train station. Or, more fantastical, a boy made out of cheese! I'm imagining a new Wonderland, Alice.

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I was so excited I started fantasizing about investing in a franchise in Maryland. Will I never again enjoy a grilled mac and cheese sandwich with bacon? (Yes, it is sandwich filled with mac and cheese and then grilled. The sheer brilliance!)

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Didn't you also, once upon a time, think about opening a US-based restaurant on Yonge Street in Toronto? I remember mulling that over for a long while after you talked about it.

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And now I don't even know what "US-based" cuisine I was imagining. Maybe visions of Cheese Boy. Excuse me while I go slather a mac and cheese sandwich with butter and put it on the griddle.

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I think it was a burger place. Wasn't there one within walking distance of your house on Underwood?

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Five Guys!

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And guess what I just found on Google maps, at the corner of Yonge and Shepherd?

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What is a Cheese Boy?!?!

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Cheese Boy was a magical fast food chain in Southern New England that served all forms and flavors of grilled cheese. As a cheese lover of the first order, my traditional Star Island-bound breakfast was their magnificent grilled macaroni and cheese sandwich (yes!). Alas, the South Station Cheese Boy was replaced with an Au Bon Pan in 2016, and now they are no more.

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