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Illinois Grilled Cheese vs Toasted Cheese vs Cheese Toastie Map
This map compares regional and family names for a hot cheese sandwich, including grilled cheese, toasted cheese, cheese toastie, toastie, cheese sandwich, cheese melt, and other local names. This Illinois page focuses on county-level results inside the state.
Current result: Illinois is leaning Cheese toastie on the Grilled Cheese vs Toasted Cheese vs Cheese Toastie Map, with 35% of 17 verified votes.
Prompt: What do you call a hot sandwich with melted cheese between toasted bread?
Answer options: Grilled cheese / Toasted cheese / Cheese toastie / Toastie / Cheese sandwich / Cheese melt / Other local name.
Open the interactive map to vote once and compare national, state, and county results.
Last updated from verified vote data: Jun 14, 2026, 9:22 PM EDT.
Illinois Results Snapshot
- Grilled cheese: 3 verified votes (18%)
- Toasted cheese: 2 verified votes (12%)
- Cheese toastie: 6 verified votes (35%)
- Toastie: 0 verified votes (0%)
- Cheese sandwich: 4 verified votes (24%)
- Cheese melt: 1 verified votes (5.9%)
- Other local name: 1 verified votes (5.9%)
County Results in Illinois
These counties currently have the most verified votes in Illinois.
- Adams County County: 1 verified votes, Cheese sandwich leads with 100%
- Clinton County County: 1 verified votes, Cheese toastie leads with 100%
- DuPage County County: 1 verified votes, Cheese toastie leads with 100%
- Edgar County County: 1 verified votes, Cheese melt leads with 100%
- Hardin County County: 1 verified votes, Cheese toastie leads with 100%
- Henry County County: 1 verified votes, Cheese toastie leads with 100%
- Jefferson County County: 1 verified votes, Cheese toastie leads with 100%
- Jersey County County: 1 verified votes, Cheese sandwich leads with 100%
- LaSalle County County: 1 verified votes, Toasted cheese leads with 100%
- Ogle County County: 1 verified votes, Other local name leads with 100%
What This Map Compares
This page is meant to answer common regional comparisons for grilled cheese vs toasted cheese vs cheese toastie map.
- grilled cheese vs toasted cheese
- cheese toastie map
- toastie vs grilled cheese
- toasted cheese sandwich
- cheese melt map
Worth Knowing
Grilled cheese became a Depression-era American staple partly because sliced bread and processed cheese made a cheap hot sandwich easy to assemble.
How The Map Works
Votes use browser location or ZIP backup, are grouped by national, state, and county result maps, and are live self-selected responses rather than a scientific poll. Exact GPS is not stored in public results.
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