Description: The Slide Bar Café is located on Commonwealth near Lemon Street. It shares the parking lot with the Fullerton Amtrak Station. I dined there with friends on a weekday evening. There is a patio outside facing the parking lot, which was almost full. There is also valet parking available, but we didn’t have much trouble finding a place to park.
We were greeted at the door and decided to dine inside. The inside is decorated in a rock-n-roll / music store theme. The tables resemble band equipment cases and the menus resemble LP record covers. We were seated at a booth near the corner of the restaurant. There is a large bar area near the back. Most of the people were outside sitting on the patio. Unfortunately we were seated near the speakers, and there was loud rock-n-roll music blaring, which made it hard to hold a conversation. There are flat panel TVs near the bar showing the accompanying music videos to the blaring music.
Most of the menu items are standard café fare of salads, appetizers, burgers, pasta, some steak and specialty entrees. I chose the beef stroganoff, my friends chose the tuna melt and roast chicken breast.
Our entrees came out about 12 to 15 minutes later. My beef stroganoff was very good, with plenty of sauce and a big dollop of sour cream in the center. The beef was chopped sirloin and was flavorful and tender. My friend’s tuna melt was very good too. The sandwich was grilled in a Panini grill. His sandwich came with seasoned fries, which I couldn’t help constantly stealing off his plate. My other friend’s roasted chicken was quite good, although there was some labor to removing the meat from the bones. His chicken included a fresh veggies and a side of fries.
We did note that one of our favorite desserts, bananas foster, was on the menu. Unfortunately, we were too stuffed to try their dessert. My beef stroganoff was so big, I ended up taking half of it home.
Our total bill with tax and tip came to $46, which included one drink, the chicken, tuna melt, and stroganoff. The service was fast and friendly and the atmosphere was unique. The only thing I didn’t like was the music was too loud. We did note that is live music at the Slide Bar Café on certain days of the week.
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