Side Street Deli

I recently starting going here with a coworker for lunch. I really hand no idea it existed. I have to say I am a fan.

They have a wide variety of sandwiches and salads they do pastas and carry home made desserts. I love their selection of bottled drinks and they also do fountain beverages as well.

The best part for me is their daily special. I love all kinds of food which can make it very difficult for me to decide what it is that I want to eat. The daily special kinda tells me what I should be eating and most times comes a discounted price. SCORE! :)

I also had their Reuben sandwich one and it was amazing. The marble rye was delicious and toasted nicely without being over greasy. Their potato salad was not over mayo-ey.

The service here is also very speedy which is something I look for in a lunch restaurant when you are given an hour for lunch it's just enough time to get a decent meal but not enough time to be waiting all day for it. At the side street deli everyone is working hard knows their jobs and are very efficient.

Gorgeous interior.  Very relaxing demeanor and a great place to stop in for a quick lunch if you are near the downtown area.

Cute art-deco era decor. The light fixtures may be original? That was the first thing I noticed when I entered. Very bright with huge windows which let in lots of light. I got "lost" on my way from one job to my other job (I passed the exit on southbound 65) and ended up getting off on the 22nd St exit instead. At the stop light for Illinois I realized I was A) HUNGRY and B) right next to a restaurant I'd been meaning to try for years...yes, years.

I perused the menu for a moment (really several moments because there was an issue with prices ahead of me), and ordered a club sub, no "special sauce"...I believe she said it was a mixture of mayo and mustard. I was really pleased with my sandwich. Nice amount of turkey and ham, good bacon, on a fresh, soft sub bun. It comes with a side, I chose pasta salad. The pasta salad was oddly sweet, whereas I prefer it to be savory. They sell little Tubby Hubby cupcakes (isn't that a copyright infringement?) and big ones too, for $1.25 and 2.75, respectively. A customer came in with some sort of bread complaint, after having eaten all of his sandwich save for a portion of the bottom of the bun...the manager calmly resolved the issue to the guy's satisfaction. I will be back again (when I'm looking for lunch in the area) and will update, hopefully positively.