Patty Melt
The diner classic done straight: a beef patty with two slices of melted American cheese and grilled onions between slices of crunchy grilled rye. No sauce, no salad, just meat, cheese, onion and toasted bread. Exactly what you want in a 1940s-style booth.
What’s inside
- beef patty
- American cheese, two slices
- grilled onions
- grilled rye bread
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the Patty 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 cheeseArby’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 Patty 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 - Culver's · beef, cooked onions and cheese
Sourdough Melt
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About Ruby's Diner
On 7 December 1982 Doug Cavanaugh and Ralph Kosmides opened a diner in a converted bait shop at the very end of the Balboa Pier in Newport Beach. The two of them worked the grill and the till, and took $63 on the first day. They named it after Cavanaugh’s mother, Ruby; her likeness is in the logo, and a copy of her high-school graduation photo hangs next to the register in every branch.
About a dozen diners, mostly in Southern California, plus Reno, Henderson and the Las Vegas airport.
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