Benchmark: McCadam extra sharp cheddar on buttered Pain D'Avignon pullman bread, the most classic of several grilled cheese sandwiches on the Saxelby menu. Outlier: a raclette-and-pickle "dog," shown below in one of its rare appearances, at the annual Lower East Side Pickle Day.
Saxelby Cheesemongers
75 Ninth Ave. (15th-16th Sts., inside Chelsea Market), Manhattan
646-892-3077
www.SaxelbyCheese.com