The cheese kitchen idea began when my wife, daughter and I were temporarily living in Seattle and we would make a weekly visit to a local institution in Pike’s Place Market called Beecher’s. I would take their grilled cheeses home and pair with different sauces I found in the fromage department of my local market. The more I paired sauces the more I loved the idea of doing a cheese plate dining experience, but in the form of the grilled cheese sandwich. Using high quality ingredients and creatively combining those ingredients to layer flavors in a way that transcends the common grilled cheese became the vision.

So in December of 2012, 5 Years after our Seattle stint, many hundreds of grilled cheese combinations made and dozens of investment pitches pitched, I had in hand an empty shipping container that was designed to become BURRO. After waiting 4 weeks for the rolling chassis to be installed, I rolled up my sleeves and went to work. I knew that I wanted to know every part of this eatery inside and out, and hand building it was the only way for me. With the help of some amazing family and friends, two months of grinding, welding, cutting, torching, glazing, glass-work and everything else under the construction umbrella, I was able to finally realize the vision and transform the container into a minimal clean lined aesthetic with full glass front serving area. The goal of elevating the trailer experience was finally there.

Where are we now…Opened in February 2013 and our ethos is this: We love good cheese. We love good bread. We love to apply fire to good cheese and good bread. At Burro Cheese Kitchen, we revel in the glory of artisan grilled cheese sandwiches and are excited to take the concept of amazing grilled cheese sandwiches to the next level. Great bread, great artisan cheeses, and scratch in-house made sauces designed to pair with each particular grilled cheese sandwich combination is what we do daily. At every level we use the freshest / best quality ingredients we can find anywhere.

Where did we find our name? Well, Balkan burro cheese is the finest cheese produced worldwide and is the most expensive, so what better name to represent our brand but the best?

Justin Burrow // Founder Co-Owner Operator

Aaron Ross // Co-Owner Marketing Director

David Burdick // General Manager of Operations