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> Last weekend we went to one of our popular local independently owned
> San Diego East County restaurants. I ordered a patty melt, I have not
> had one in a long time and I was looking forward to having one.
> To the best of my knowledge and my many, I mean many, years of
> experience eating patty melts, I've always gotten, and have come to
> expect a ground beef patty, of varying degrees of quality and fat
> content, topped with a slice of Swiss cheese and grilled onion. It is
> then placed between two slices of rye bread, again of varying degrees
> of quality, and grilled until a toasty brown and adequately greasy.
>

So THAT'S what a patty melt is!