Chris Morse, Head of Merchant Communications, PayPal
As the seven-time winner of The Grilled Cheese Invitational, Heidi set out with her partner in both business and life, to create the most unique recipes with the highest quality ingredients from local food vendors. 72 hours to make an apricot chili relish or eight hours to prepare mushrooms for their sandwiches is just standard practice.
Nate shared that in addition to the food, the duo wants to ensure their customers have a great experience at their restaurants and have the option to pay however they want. “With the PayPal app, we’ve been exposed to new customers who want to pay with their phone; they can just leave their wallet at the office or at home," he said.
With demand for their food continuing to grow, Heidi and Nate have daily lines out the door at their two locations - one in SOMA (opened in 2010) and the other in the Mission (opened in 2013) - and the couple plans to open a third location in 2015.
Beyond their restaurant locations, just last weekend The American Grilled Cheese Kitchen was one of the select few local businesses featured at Outside Lands, where music festival-goers had a chance to fuel up for the many different bands, and also didn’t have to worry if they didn’t have cash if they were paying with PayPal.
