Wisconsin Swiss Melt
Culver’s most old-fashioned burger. Seared beef with grilled onions and Swiss cheese on toasted rye, a combination that has been served in Midwestern taverns for generations. The rye gives it a slightly sour, earthy backbone that no bun can match.
The story
Swiss cheese on rye is not a random diner combination in Wisconsin, it is local history. Swiss immigrants settled Green County in the 1840s and turned it into the centre of American Swiss cheese making; Monroe, its county seat, still holds a Cheese Days festival and still runs cheesemakers who learned the trade there. A chain founded in Sauk City in 1984 putting Swiss and grilled onions on toasted rye is doing the same thing its fish sandwich does — selling the state back to itself.
What’s inside
- fresh beef patty
- grilled onions
- Swiss cheese
- toasted rye bread
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the Wisconsin Swiss Melt yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
- Shares beef and cheese
Smash Burgers - Shares beef and cheese
Arby’s Roast Beef - Shares beef, cooked onions and cheese
Viral Bacon Spiral Burger - Shares beef, cooked onions and cheese
Fat Mimolette Bacon & Fried Onion Burger
Similar burgers at other chains
Built around the same things as the Wisconsin Swiss Melt.- Epic Burger · beef, cooked onions and cheese
SignaturePatty Melt - Friendly's · beef, cooked onions and cheese
SignatureFriendly's PattyMelt - BurgerFi · beef, cooked onions and cheese
Yes, Chef Burger - Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers · beef, cooked onions and cheese
Patty Melt
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About Culver's
The Culver family opened their first restaurant in Sauk City, Wisconsin, in July 1984, in a building that had been an A&W. They built it around two things Wisconsin takes very seriously: dairy and hospitality. The frozen custard is made fresh throughout the day, the cheese curds are the real squeaky kind, and staff still bring the food to your table.
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