One of my friends was in town for work and we decided to meet up for lunch. I heard about the Side Door and their tots. Tots are my favorite so I had to try this place out.
Ambiance/Location
Lunch crowd is non-existent. So if you don't like crowds, you should come here for lunch. It was a bit hard to find this place. I posted a picture to show you the small sign. I didn't realize that you can enter the Samba building and The Side Door is located on the ground floor and Samba is upstairs. I haven't been to Samba yet either. So first timers --- go inside the main doors.
Appetizers
We ordered the Cheese Cubes and the South of the Border Tots. The cheese cues are hand breaded and fried cubes of Wisconsin Meunster Cheese served with a horseradish aioli. DELISH.We finished these first. The tots are masssssssiiiiivvvvveeeee. They are not your regular Sonic Tots. There were about 8 tots that were topped with black beans, nacho cheese, pico de gallo, guac and a citrus sour cream. The guac tasted fresh. The cheese made the tots perfect. The tots were hand rolled to perfection.
Lunch
I ordered a Bacon Cheeseburger. Huge mistake --- I was full. I only ate a 1/4 of the burger. The best thing about the burger was the apple wood smoked bacon. I lied. Everything about this burger was great. The haystack onions were perfectly fried and there was a large amount stacked. The aged cheddar melted perfectly on the burger and the BUNS were HOT and soft. I love a burger where the bun/bread is actually hot and not cold/room temp.
The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because I was lost when trying to find this place and the sign was pretty small. Other than that....I will come again and try out their beers on tap; I didn't try them out this time because I had to go back to work. They had specials listed on a chalk board -- check them out!