Man finds success with grilled cheese

NEW YORK, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- A New York man says he took a page from drug dealers to sell his perfectly legal product -- grilled cheese sandwiches -- on street corners.

The man, who asked to be identified only as Ronnie, said he takes orders from customers via text messages, cooks the grilled cheese sandwiches at his brother's apartment and makes deliveries on street corners, the New York Post reported Monday.

"I feel like a drug dealer because I'm handing people a paper bag and they're handing me cash," Ronnie said.

He said the sandwiches range in price from $5 to $7, depending on the types of bread and cheese and the addition of extras such as jalapenos and bacon.

Ronnie said his business model has been so successful he is cooking about 40 sandwiches per day.

"I'm worried that I'm getting too busy. I'm instituting a friends and friends-of-friends policy," he said. "I kind of want to quit, it's getting too big, but I want to feed these people."

"It's not cool with the Department of Health," he said. "I don't know how much longer I want to do it because I'm living in fear. It would be such a stupid thing to get in trouble for."