Sidecar
“For dinner with a friend, the go-to is beer on tap plus white bean dip with bacon and split the amazing fried chicken with root mash.”
“The root mash and kale fried with thick cut bacon sides push this meal into the stratosphere.”
“(which makes everything taste 10X better) and it has this savory sweet sauce that balances the bitterness of the kale really well.”
Sidecar
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Happy Hour: Yes
Outdoor Seating: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
PokéStop Nearby: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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It's a nice space, comfortable, looks good, menu reads really well, smiling approachable slightly-hipster staff, on the expensive side for bar food. Everything that leads me to think the food and drinks will be fabulous. But sadly they're not. We tried three appetizers (brussels sprouts with apple n bacon, white bean dip with feta and err bacon, and chicken liver pate on toast). And a couple of cocktails. And nothing was horrible, but nothing was worth returning for, which is a shame because (as I may have mentioned) it's a nice space.
I remember seeing Sidecar on a show on the food network a few years ago and it's always been a place I wanted to go to. My friends and I finally came for dinner last Friday night around 10pm. We were able to walk in as a group of 5 and were seated right away in a big corner booth. The restaurant itself is really cute and kinda rustic. I like how it is good to go to for dinner and drinks or just drinks.
Our server came over gave us some water and menus and face us some time to look them over. They have a nice wine list and well as some speciality cocktails along with a few different draft beers. I tried this rosè wine; Provence, which was sooo good, I'll definitely be drinking more rosè in the future lol.
We shared an order of oysters and the white bean dip and an appetizer. The white bean dip was delicious, it tasted so much better than I thought it would of, and the little crumbles of bacon on top really tipped it off. For an entree i got the club sandwich which had turkey on it. I asked if they could substitute it for grilled chicken but that wasn't an option being that the only chicken they serve is there fried chicken. The turkey club was really good, and the chips that come on the side and definitely home made. Two of my friends got the fried chicken and the others for the pepper and the shrimp. Everyone really enjoyed their food.
I had a great experience here, I look forward to going back for their brunch!
This is one of my favorite restaurants in the area because I love the fried chicken and drinks, but I was appalled by how rude the hostess was.
My friend and I walked in asking for a table for 3. Unfortunately, the third party of our group hadn't arrived yet and a huge group of people just came in after us needing a spot, so they said they couldn't seat us yet. Ok, fair enough, as there was only 1 table left, annoying but understandable.
My friend and I proceeded to sit at the bar and order food and drinks. Later, when our third party member arrived, we asked the bartender if we could sit at the nearby open table and he said no problem so we moved all of our stuff over. The hostess rudely said we needed to close out before sitting there, but that since we already ordered food at the bar, we couldn't sit there…WTF? The whole thing was so annoying. But what bothered me most was how unabashedly hostile she was about the whole situation – as if we should have known better. Wow, I genuinely wanted to talk to a manager about this. If the food and beverages weren't so amazing, I probably wouldn't return to be treated that way. Definitely leaves a sour taste in my mouth.
I wasn't particularly impressed with Sidecar. The service is great and the barkeeper was sociable (as most should be). My friends and I came here mainly for the drinks. Just from a glance at the drink menu, I wasn't interested in any of their special cocktails. Instead, I decided to order a South African Syrah ($12) and a french onion soup. The bartender poured a pitifully small glass of red wine. The french onion soup was good but also seemed overpriced at $11 per bowl.
My experience here wasn't anything special, and for Manhattan prices, I think I'll stay in Manhattan.
Cute and very spacious place located in park slope. They weren't many options on that block and so compared to what was left, we felt this was the best open selected.
I ordered the steak and eggs on the brunch menu (and my friend ordered and appetizer dish, as she wasnt as hungry as me). My dish was pretty good, although the steak came out medium well, and not medium rare as requested. It was bit chewy for me, but the flavor was pretty good. My friend seemed to be satisfied with her drink.
I ordered a margarita and felt that it was a bit watered down for me, but still consumable. I was slightly turned off by the black little specs in the drink, but didnt complain because i felt that i was still going to live after consumption. My friend ordered a manhattan, no complaints there.
I thought, all in all, the place was ok. I wouldnt go out of my way to go there again, but i see myself returning, if i was in the area. in the hopes that it was just an off-day for them that day.
The service was attentive and friendly.
Stopped in just for a quick beer last night; they had a good beer list (as everyone really needs to have these days) and it was nice and dark and they had big booths. It was a little awkward because the booths were table service but it was late and no one was eating and we just instinctively ordered from the bar. It was all nice, nothing special, but a place you could go and just get a few drinks and hang out in.
NO HAPPY HOUR SPECIALS
I was surprised that this place offered no happy hour discounts any day/time, especially for this area where happy hour is very common at all the bars. That being said, it's not like the drinks are crazy expensive.
Expect to pay between $6-8 for most beers on draft and a few dollars more for mixed drinks.
The atmosphere is very upbeat, fun an the interior is very nice. I went here with a large group and ordered through the servers. I am not sure if they were new but they seemed flustered by the influx of people 10+ and had difficulty serving us in a timely manner. Probably took 15 minutes to get our drinks. This is partially due to the fact that they were bringing drinks out one at a time. I was cringing at how slow they were moving.
A 2 person booth is always cute and romantic esp on a chilly winter night during Valentine's Day weekend.
Started with the French onion soup which was rather bland. Chicken liver mousse was pre-spread on 3 slices of bread, bread could've been just a touch softer.
Beet salad (red and yellow) was carefully round sliced topped with almonds, citrus fruit and dressing-tasty! Special of the night was duck ravioli with a house made sauce – delish!
Best part of the night was caramel bread pudding – warm with a pool of caramel with enough for each bite! Husband liked his apple strawberry cobbler.
Can't wait for brunch here!