The Side Door Corner Store

Can’t comment on the food because the service was so exceptionally awful that we didn’t dare stay to eat. After walking in for lunch, we stood near the door and went unacknowledged for close to five minutes — no greeting, not even eye contact from the server. After we stood there awkwardly for many minutes, the server walks by us and ignores us on her first pass, then walks by again and barks rudely «you want to eat?»
We replied in the affirmative. She snapped «you just seat yourself here.» And walked away.
No signage indicated this policy. We left feeling utterly astonished and grateful that her immediate rudeness and incompetence saved us from a likely terrible experience.
Avoid– unless you like senior citizen dens with awful service.

Booze, balls and a budget. This place gets 5 stars for its large pour of noir and the fact that it’s under $ 9. Meatballs are large and tasty. What a win. California chicken salad is
. Thanks side door! We will be back.

Unbelievable comfort food. The meatballs were huge, tasty and covered with a meaty marinara sauce. The thin crust pizza with mushrooms was crunchy but not like a crackery crust. It reminded me of NJ boardwalk pizza.

Only came here for drinks this past weekend after a bike ride but I would definitely give it another shot. Very small interior, with some chairs out front as well, but very «homey» inside, 2 small TV’s, & LOTS of wall art/​memorabilia. Prices for drinks aren’t bad at all, beer was around $ 2 – 4 depending on what you got & wine was average $ 7 – 9 & they had a nice selection. The food that people were eating around us looked great so I would definitely come back for lunch or dinner sometime.

I love their pizza. The sauce is spot on. Family friends of ours, Italian immigrants, own a successful restaurant back in the Midwest where I’m from. This pizza brings me back there. Can’t beat that sauce! Pizza gets 5 stars

I Love this place. The food isn’t amazing, but can definitely recommend the California Chicken Salad. What makes the place great is the atmosphere and the super friendly service! Stop by the bar for a drink and you will surely strike up a nice conversation. I also recommend stopping by on a Thursday evening when they have live music!

Have you ever heard of the «Side Door Pour»? Very generous with the vino. And the sliders for $ 1.99 are a meal with the crack sauce. Love this place. Uncle Sals shares the same kitchen and when you ask the one waitress that has been there forever at Uncle Sals if she will do the «side door pour» she turns into a B!!! Geez lady retire! Lighten up! Love u «Side Door».

I love this place! It is so cozy, nestled next to the Greenbelt, and close to my house! The food is amazing, the service is friendly and it’s a great place to meet for a date, or happy hour to catch up with friends. I highly recommend!

They say ask the locals and that what my daughter did. Guy overheard her talking to partner about where to go for lunch, he recommend this place right up the street from where we were in the Scottsdale mall. Stated crab patties were heaven. Was heaven to get out of the heat! Waitress was right on it, pleasant, friendly, and recommendations. Had French onion soup to start was delish! Then had a cool mixed salad which was fresh, full of extras and wonderful. Daughter had soft fish tacos that were perfect. Small, quiet, clean, many refills on tea.

I am struggling to give this four stars. Really solid 3+ and I’m feeling generous.
Had a Blue Burger. It was good. They certainly didn’t skimp on the meat, the blue or the fixins. The hamburger was a bit dry however and I wasn’t blown away by the service or the food. I may go back, but I’m in no big hurry.
Not really noteworthy.

Great place for lunch and dinner… good service… good food and best of all good value.
Love the bar area… dark and comfortable

I was soooooooo impressed by this place! I got the chicken pesto sandwich and the meatballs! Both of them were amazing I can’t wait to come back and try everything else! And the service was great. Will be back– often!!!

Tradition dictates that nothing is as good as the first time you visit a place. This time, it took them 30 minutes to make a pretty inferior stromboli and it was the wrong ingredients. The veggie was way different last time and it looked like they put the Mediterrian version in my meal. Nobody puts feta and artichoke hearts and spinach in a veggie version, so it appears that they screwed up. This was a take-​out order, so I had no choice on a return. Oh well, at least they have several attractive females working there that helped pass the time waiting for my wrong meal. Still only 7 bucks

This place is a go-​to dinner and pre-​gaming joint. The food is ALL excellent, everything is priced absurdly low, including their great beer selection. It sucks that they are not open on Sunday. but yes, this place is great.

This place is owned by the same group that owns Uncle Sal’s…they even share a kitchen, so I was expecting this to be just as good. But it wasn’t much to my dismay.
I checked out their menu online, called in my order as I was leaving Continental Golf Course, which is across the street and grabbed my grub. Staff was friendly enough, food was ready on time and off I went.
I ordered a Philly cheese steak sub and a side of mac’n’cheese — both upon recommendation from the girl who answered the phone.
When I got home and ate I was seriously disappointed. The Philly was bland and the meat was tough… the mac’n’cheese was completely flavorless and seemed like it was old and reheated. Needless to say, I didn’t finish my dinner.
I am a serious Uncle Sal’s cheerleader and I wanted so much to be able to love this place as well… But it doesn’t look like that will be the case. Strictly because of the connection to Uncle Sal’s I will be giving this place a chance for redemption and I seriously hope it turns out better than the last time.

Very disappointed with the service. I’ve been looking for decent quality take out and that’s why I tried The Side Door. I ordered an hour before I got my food, and I was told 20 – 25 minutes till ready and had to ask three times, is our food almost ready, which was a salad and sandwich. The bartender responded with «sorry, sometimes it gets backed up.» Once we finally got our food, there were no napkins or silverware put into our bag. There were no apologies and nothing to try and get my business back. The food presentation was poor and the bar tender didn’t know too much about the beer selection. I ordered a sanwhich which didn’t come with a side, but the bartendsr didnt even offer a side or salad to go with the sandwich, which was possible to order. Overall I was not happy and wouldn’t recommend to others.

Great take away (or eat there) food.
My husband and I are staying next door, and have gotten into the habit of grabbing a Stromboli, calzone or sandwich there for a delicious, reasonable lunch to take to the pool. I’m a vegetarian, and both the veggie stromboli and the Mediterranean calzone with tomato dipping sauce were delicious! For meat lovers, there are even more copious delicious selections.
Drinks are very reasonable, too, so it would be a great after-​biking or after-​golf spot to relax and grab a cold one!

This is definitely a neighborhood bar/​dine in spot. Everyone knows everyone here. It’s a cozy place to grab a bite with friends. We’ve ordered the Greek Pizza and had hot dogs for the kiddos. Everything was great and extremely affordable. Since its a sister restaurant to one of my favorite Italian Spots (uncle sals) I’ll definitely be back. Amazing customer service.

I have finally had my Side Door cherry popped! It’s ridiculous how long I’ve lived so close to this place, and not had this great food. When I think about the years I’ve gone without knowing that amazing marinara sauce, I get a little sad inside. But no more. I had the Mediterranean calzone, which had artichokes, kalamata olives and basil. I added fresh tomato to mine since I was getting it with no cheese. This calzone is like a giant pizza dough piñata filled with toppings. It’s huge! The marinara comes on the side and is a wonderfully garlicky sauce. Seriously good. I would’ve drank that little cup if I wasn’t in a public place. Gotta give props for the dough as well. It’s perfectly chewy on the inside and crisp on the outside. That dough and that sauce are the things dreams (and maybe heaven) are made of.
The calzone was too much for one sitting, so I took half home and they gave me a side of sauce to go too. =) I ate it for breakfast the next morning because the idea of waiting til lunch to eat it was unbearable.

5 stars for food
3 stars for service
1 star for time estimation
I love their food, the menu top to bottom is fantastic, especially anything with their pizza dough (pizza, calzone, etc.) They aren’t very good at predicting how long the food will take for a take-​out order, it’s consistently underestimated