Ted's Restaurant in Meriden, Connecticut, is a hamburger restaurant known for its steamed cheeseburger. This is a regional food particular to very few establishments in Meriden, where it was invented in the early 1900s, and a few places in nearby Middletown CT. The steamed cheeseburger is cooked in a stainless-steel cabinet which contains small trays that hold either an individual hamburger or a chunk of cheese to be melted. The cheeseburger is served by scooping the meat onto a bun and pouring the melted cheese over the meat.