Place your order at the counter with our friendly knowledgeable staff  or call ahead for carryout. You may even place a “timed order” if you know exactly when you’d like to pick up your order.

Gratuity is not included in the price, but is appreciated since we do offer full service after you place your order at the counter. Our staff is fully trained to help answer any questions you may have about ingredients. All orders are made fresh from over 100 ingredients prepared daily by our kitchen staff. It takes lots of love, skill, and coordination to support such a wide variety of menu items with fresh quality ingredients, but we embrace it as our daily mission!

Our lettuces, herbs, kale, tomatoes, & a variety of seasonal produce are from:
Running Creek Farm
Wind Dance Farm
Sally Kreis (Ransohoff)
Local farmer’s markets
Neighbors & Friends’ spray free gardens
Due to our high volume of orders, we sometimes have to supplement our orders with conventional produce (which we religiously soak with Veggie Wash & rinse with water), but have successfully been able to keep our spinach,mesclun greens, & carrots organic at all times. All other veggies, including 6-7 cases of Romaine per week are rinsed in Veggie Wash  before we process them for consumption.

We also purchase:.
Melt always buys cage free local eggs
Local Honey from Andrew Kartal
Blue Jacket Dairy for specials & brunch
Shadeau Breads
Cluxton Alley Roasters
Take the Cake
Applegate Farms Turkey & Roast Beef (not local, but free of hormones, preservatives, & antibiotics)

We make our own:
-Catsup & BBQ Sauce (Melt is FREE of High Fructose Corn Syrup-Not a drop in the house!!Yay!!)
-Dressings ( all of them!)
-Soups (Vegan Chili,Vegan Sweet Potato Coconut, Vegan Thai Pumpkin Basil, Vegan French Onion, Thai Curry Fish Stew, Tomatillo Garden Veggie, Chicken Chili, Mulligatawny, Cream of Celery, Smokey Potato Dill, Vegan Rustic Black Eyed Pea, -Vegan Curry Split Pea, Gypsy Vegetable, Chicken Gumbo, Miso Greens-N-Beans, and much much more!!!)
-Vegan Biscuits for Brunch
-Vegan Savory Tofu Scramble for Brunch
-Vegan Egyptian Rice Pudding
-Vegan Chocolate Pudding
-Vegan Chocolate Kashi Treats
-Sesame Kale Salad
-Spinach Orzo Salad
-Spinach Artichoke Spread/Dip
-Thai Potato Salad
-Tempeh Bacon for Sandwiches
-Spicy Buckwheat Peanut Noodles
-Ginger Rainbow Slaw
-Veggie Stock
-RubyKraut
-Condiments
-Tabouli
-Olive Tapenade
-Sweets (vegan mini pies, cookies, carrot cakes)
-Vegan smokey cheese
-Hummus
-Vegan Pesto
-Seitan
-Marinate & bake about 1-2 cases of tofu daily
and much much more!!!!

Sometimes it costs a little extra to care. It depends on what you care about.

I opened Melt to provide a healthy local eatery for my friends, family, and neighborhood. While I am pleased that people enjoy the atmosphere & service as much as the food, my top priority is always the quality & sourcing of the food.  Some people assume our pricing has gone up due to hype, or belonging to a trend. This is simply untrue.

I’d like to think of myself & staff at Melt as both pioneers & crusaders in the casual food service industry of Cincinnati. I believe in friendly service, a cozy environment, and good clean foods. It’s a choice- a small showcase of what I am for, not against. Melt does not serve foods filled with chemicals and preservatives, or microwaved for consumption. These are my core guidelines for eating & preparing foods.

Melt puts a lot of hard work and passion into preparing your meal. Since we opened November 23rd, 2005, distributor prices have been steadily ascending. The price increases you see @ your local grocery store over the years are proportionately the same for us. We adjust our prices accordingly for this very reason.

Over the years we have found local sources we would rather buy from who could meet our restaurant’s demands.  All of our meats are free of drugs & hormones, all breads free of preservatives, and we make everything in the house without corn syrups, trans fats, or processed foods. When we cannot use organic or low spray produce, we soak them in Veggie Wash and rinse thoroughly. It costs us more to care about what we put on your plate, or what we package it in. All of our carryout packaging is biodegradable or recyclable, which costs 3-4 times more than Styrofoam or plastics which the local recycling company will not accept.

The prices we charge at Melt ensure and support the best quality ingredients, and our local economy.

Thank you for Melting with us!

Lisa Kagen
Owner & Business Manager