SWEET MATILDA | GRILLED CHEESE BURGER CHALLENGE
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- I am at Don's Downtown Diner in Bellefontaine, OH about to take on their Sweet Matilda challenge. This burger consists of 8 grilled cheese sandwiches on Texas toast, four 1/2 pound burgers, ham, bacon, and a huge pile of fries. There is a one hour time limit and if I am able to complete it I will get the meal for free and an awesome T-shirt! With only a handful of winners over the years, the odds are stacked against me, much like the stack of grilled cheese sandwiches!
Don's Downtown Diner
208 S Main St, Bellefontaine, OH 43311
(937) 599-4444
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Do you have kids? You'd make an awesome father, the way you talked to that boy. Just plain and simple. Loved that interaction
I have two daughters, but you know how it is. Dads are not cool and we don't know anything! 🤣
I can tell you are a great dad. @@EliLessig
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@@EliLessiglol well said dad 😂
Dons is great, I love eating there. Glad you were able to do this challenge!
Thank you, I really enjoyed it. The people and food were great.
like the interaction with others... especially, the kid with the milkshake....lol... love it
He was a fun kid! He didn't want to be in the video so I left him out of it but he was very interested in the challenge.
Grilled cheese sandwiches are my ultimate comfort food. I love them on sourdough bread! The only thing this challenge was missing was a bowl of tomato soup. Congratulations on your new subscribers🎉 you have come a long way!
I couldn't do it without the support of wonderful people like yourself! We also use sourdough bread with our grilled cheese and we fry bacon and put fresh basil on our tomato soup! 😋
Buddy this looks like a really cool place to
Chill
I would go to a place like this over a fancy over the top burger that costs $20 every time! This place made it through the decades for a reason.
There's something about orange soda with a grilled cheese sandwich...
Amazing smile Eli
You crushed it well done 👍🎉
I used to like Jones soda, it was pricey back when I was a kid. Something like $8 for a 4 pack (in the late 90's). I would get the orange flavor.
It's my birthday I got my coffee and watching my buddy take on an amazing challenge. The start of a good day 🎉🎉🎉
Happy Birthday buddy!!! I hope you enjoy your big day and that it's a great one. Thank you for watching and letting me know!
Another great win. The grilled cheese looked great. I’ve never done a grilled cheese challenge. Coupled with the burger, sounds awesome. Great job.!
Thanks buddy, this is a challenge that I think you would enjoy. It had great flavor and the people were wonderful.
Eli you're taking care of business. Nothing but love for you.
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Thank you very much, I appreciate that. Have a wonderful weekend!
nice job
Thank you very much!
looked really good...wow
Thank you 😋
I had an uncle that owned and operated a greasy spoon as he would call it. He had a catfish filet eating contest, I watched a guy eat 48 catfish filets once to win 100 bucks. It was awesome. I can still remember the sounds and smell of the burgers cooking. You’re awesome brother, having a ball watching your content.🖖🤙🏼
I appreciate that man!
I will definitely be trying these John. Thanks for sharing!!
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Beast mode! Awesome job man! I can't wait to do something with you again #biggerandbetter
Thanks buddy! I'll be looking forward to it!
Great win sir! That was a lot of bread and fries!
Thanks buddy! Less bread would have been nice but each grilled cheese was made perfectly.
Awesome Eli! Nicely Done!!
Thank you, I really enjoyed this one!
First video I have watched of yours & great job!
Thank you! I'm glad you liked it!
Congratz, only thing missing is a bowl of tomato soup. that would make it a childs dream lunch, of course that meant watching soap opera's with my mom then getting kicked out of the house to go play outside til dinner time :). those fries looked very tasty. thanks for the video and have a great weekend.
A childs dream lunch!?!? That's still my dream lunch! Lol, for me it was the Price is Right with Bob Barker and when that went off I would go outside until it was dark! Good ole days!
Always a great job Eli!
Thanks buddy 🙏
A whole lotta bread for sure and it wasn't the thinnest bread either. I love a good grilled cheese and hamburger. Another one down the hatch. Well done
Thank you sir! I love orange soda too, they used a whole loaf of Texas toast for the grilled cheese sandwiches. Thank you for watching!
I love a grilled cheese sandwich dude. But two is my limit...three if I've been drinking... MAYBE four if I've had a bit of the devil's lettuce. But EIGHT? Whew... good on you brother! Plus the burgers and fries! All that bread must have felt like a stone in your gut after. Much respect!
Thanks man, this is was a really tasty challenge!
great job. I hope these restaurants get a ton of business, from your viewers. Food looked amazing!
I hope so, I really enjoy making the videos and supporting the local/small business community.
That was great work Eli!
Thank you very much Sandi!
Amazing job Eli!
Thanks buddy!
Congrats on another win brother keep it going.
Thanks buddy!
Those burgers looked amazing.
They were great. Highly recommend this diner.
Eli food looks great u got this challenge have a blessed weekend 😊😊😊
Thank you very much! Have a blessed weekend too!
i usually eat a couple fries at a time not a fork full lol another great challenge completed !!! great job
I usually have a strategy before the challenge and forget it about 5 minutes later!
I was at Don's in Bellfountain today, great burgers, great place to eat
They have some great food!
Great video. I’m an endurance cyclist from about 15 miles south of Bellefontaine and this is a thought for a cheat meal deep in to my training season. Well done.
Thank you, this would provide some tasty and much needed fuel for that ride!
@@EliLessig agreed, been there a handful of times and it’s the best burger in the area by far. Just haven’t put the effort in to stretching my stomach with water and veggies for a food challenge since training is very carb and protein heavy.
Love those bar stools in the background
I do too!
Dude! You killed it!😊
Thank you 🙏
great time Eli!!! 😎👍
Thanks buddy!
I always ate grilled cheese with tomato soup on Fridays growing up.
The perfect meal!
Grilled cheese has got to be up there as one of the perfect foods, as yeah, childhood memories indeed. This one and the Tom and Chee one you did just makes me drool for grilled cheeses. Lil Cheezers food truck does some awesome specialty grilled cheese. When you said, “My wife isn’t here so she can’t control me, so I make mad decisions” LMFAO! Amen to that, man! Great job and as always also nice job editing and voiceover!
Thank you man, I love a great diner and this had everything I could ask for. I'll check out that food truck.
@@EliLessig Had a typo, as it should have said bad decisions, not mad. It’s either spell check or Brandon’s funny misspellings are rubbing off on me, lol. Six Forks challenge is no more as Troy is just doing catering and food trucks, and Big Joe pizza place I called and Joe said their busy in Oct and to call in Nov, the sub place in Florence, also busy when I’ve tried in August so, no problem. Mecklenburg is soon and with their hours being more limited, I am happy they’ve made available time for the challenge. Anyway, too long a reply, sorry lol 😂EDIT..cut cut cut, as I just called Mecklenburg to just now as wanted to double check and confirm the time/date of challenge and John answered phone and said today is their last day of business and that Mecklenburg Gardens is no longer open after today, as it’s new owners. Ah, man! I’m bummed. It’s ok, as I’ll see if I can do that sun station or something else in Cincy, or just thing of something else. It’s all good
@MackBautista do try to get with Michael at Sub Station II, it is amazing and he is a wonderful person. You will love the challenge!
@@EliLessig Thanks, man! I’ll do that and will check. Man, I gotta get to these challenges before they disappear, lol. I also want redemption on McDaniel’s KY hot dog one so that’s on my radar, too. Thx again!
Eli, You are #1🤘🎸🤘
Thank you Matthew! I appreciate you.
The waitress at the end could of showed a little bit of excitement, damn! Anyways good job man, very impressive.
😆 thank you 🙏 Not everyone likes the challenges!
Not quite enough fries for a large family Eli😂 great video and win bro!
Thank you very much! I was going by what they told me, I wasn't complaining! 🤣
@@EliLessigI never said u were complaining dude. I understand the situation bro.
@@Mr.T-BAGGIN-UR-MOMI didn't mean for it to sound like that. I was just saying that I wasn't going to complain if they gave me less than a bucket worth of fries. Lol. I appreciate you watching and supporting the channel!
Comfort food and wholesome conversations. Add to that the nostalgic, diner ambiance and you’ve got yourself a video just as sweet as the challenge name implies 😊
Nice of them to leave the pineapple on the fountain and not put it on a pizza 😜
Thanks man, I love diners and this was no exception. Thats a great point about the fountain! 🤣
cozy lookin diner
It was, thats the best kind! Let the food do the talking, not a bunch of decor on the walls.
Holy Cats Eli - You demolished that Giant Burger and Fries. Did you consider ketchup? Grilled cheese and fries always taste better with ketchup in my world. Congrats on another win... in less than one-third of the time too!!! Thanks for the video
I do use ketchup from time to time. I enjoy ketchup with a grilled cheese. Pickles too! Thank you for watching!
Eli... was nice to have that 60 minutes to actually enjoy the food. Great job as usual sir!
Thank you for watching! This was a delicious burger, the only thing I would change is I would layer the burgers throughout so that each grilled cheese had that great burger flavor too!
@@EliLessig mmmmm meaty juices yum 😋 lol
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Going make my first ever grilled cheese burger sandwich this friday for lunch.. fingers crossed Eli
I bet it's gonna be great!
Happy Saturday fam ❤
Happy Saturday buddy!
congratulations 🎉
Thank you, I appreciate it!
Good job buddy!
Thanks man, this is a good one.
GREAT JOB !👍👍🥪🥪🥪🍟
Thank you Yolanda!
Good job eli
Rhanks man!
Their is as place in Kenton Ohio. Jac an does. There are differnt locations. This one has a pizza challenge for 2 people. I don’t think it’s been done
I've heard of it, I'm not sure but I thought I saw it was defeated. I'll have to check it out.
Supposedly the pineapple is the signal between “swingers” so when you said you had an interesting story I thought “oh boy”. 🤣🤣. Glad it was just a mix up
🤣🤣🤣 I learned about the pineapple thing in cruise ship forums. I will not be wearing upside down pineapple attire!
Dang! i sould have use teh grilled cheeses as break and made sandwiches with the ham and burgers
Looking back at it, I should have done that!
That looked really good! ❤
Its a great place, after the challenge I talked to a nice lady that had been eating there for 20 years.
There is a street in Hot Springs, Arkansas that has the shortest parade in the world every year at st pattys day. Great food in hot springs too, Eli 😉 come down to Arkansas and see us
That sounds like a lot of fun! I love places like this with quirky things they are known for.
Good job food looked good
Thank you, it was really good!
Good job Friend
Thank you Carmen!
Nice job.
Thank you sir!
Hi Eli - Haven't finished watching yet... Interesting background at 5:19
I went to look but didn't see anything.
I love diners
They're my favorites!
Knew you'd get it down in less than half the time 👍
Thank you! It was a great challenge.
Does anyone else hit the like button before watching video
I sure hope so!
It’s Bridge Street in Hot Springs btw @Eli
Thank you for letting me know!
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Missed opportunity to make some sandwiches bud!!!
I thought about that when editing the video! I guess I'll have to go back. Lol. Thanks for watching!
I kept waiting for you to use the grilled cheese as buns for the burgers...
I thought about it, I really did but I was enjoying them by themselves so much I decided against it. Looking bad I should have done it at least once.
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Machine brother
Thanks buddy!
Think I would have had to put a patty between 2 of those grilled cheese sammichs
I probably should have done that
Also job
Thank you!
Dam missed you and Brandon again that sucks
Ya only 10 miles outside town
Sorry about that, this was a little while back.
It's a sin not to name that The Elvis Burger! If you are a reader you should read Ed Nelson's great series The Richard Jackson Saga. The Main Character lives in Bellefontaine OH. I wouldn't recommend this story if I didn't love it. The only thing this story didn't have in it was Bigfoot.
There is an awesome restaurant not far from there called Roscoe's Pizza. They have an Elvis pizza that has peanut butter, bacon, and fried bananas on it. Its amazing!
With the burger it's a patty melt
It's a tasty one too!
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💯❤️ Thank you for watching!
You got to meet some beautiful wemon in ohio
And very nice as well!
Where's the ketchup 😂
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