11/21/08

Question......

by cowboyssuck

Is it mandatory to be someone with a horrible attitude problem who thinks that they are better then everyone (as 30 year old bartenders and servers??? Nice life.YOU WAIT TABLES!) to work at Sidewalk? Just wondering?.cause that's all i've EVER encountered there.

I guess you have to be part of this oh-so-cool group of dead-beat bar staff to have ANYONE who works there just give you OKAY service without an attitude. SORRY I ORDERED A BEER AT A BAR, what WAS I thinking?!?!?!

• Pros: Good Food
• Cons: HORRIBLE staff and onwership

10/04/08

SHORT CHANGED US!

by MustReadThis

I have honestly never left a review for a restaurant but- I felt it was necessary. I was really disappointed. My bf and I USED to eat there frequently. Don't think we will be gong back. We love the chicken pesto sandwich and the Cajun Hash and that is what kept us coming back until today. We came in to a barren Side Walk cafe- which I remember use to be packed as soon as it opened... anyhow we sit down order, chat with the nice older black lady.. eat everything is delicious- no problems.. we get our check for $22.00 and give her two 20 dollar bills ($40) she brings back 8 one dollar bills. Obviously wrong change- she shorted us $10 bucks. We told her the change was wrong and she quickly new her exact response- "Oh, did I short you 10" PRETTY STRANGE she knew exactly what she shorted us.... Makes no sense... we are good tippers, UNBELIEVABLE- I am wondering if that it why it was so barren- is that the new deal shorting the customer's change? Be Careful! SHADY!!!

• Pros: Great Chx pesto and cajun hash
• Cons: TAKE YOUR MONEY- SHORT CHANGE!

04/12/08

Losing Money

by YMEM

I went to Sidewalk to drink, and the atmosphere is pretty typical of a Fan bar - dark and narrow - but it wasn't crowded and the patio was available on a warm Friday night. Unfortunately, we felt like we couldn't order shots because every time we did, our waitress asked if she could take one with us (not if we could buy her one), but then subsequently put it on our bill if we didn't say no (I guess an akward "sure," followed by an are-you-serious-type laugh means "please let us buy you a drink" to some people). So from that point on, although we wanted to order more drinks, we did not because we feared we'd also have to pay for the waitstaff to drink. Additionally, she didn't want to wait on you unless it involved taking shots on your tab (it took about 20 minutes to get a check, but about 3 to get those shots!), and she slurred whenever she spoke. I think we now know why it was the only fan bar not crowded on a Friday night.