A good little meal here if you're not hungry. I opted for a bag of three which netted me nearly ten dollars with tax, and found myself hungry upon completion. Â The flavors are quite good, the variety is excellent...there just isn't much to eat. Â I know, I know - it's a slider, they're not supposed to be big. But I've had sliders that are filling. These were not.
Review Source:The sliders were good, but definitely not worth $3.50 or even $9 for 3. C'mon this is nearly the price of a good burger at a restaurant. Across the street, in a nice sit down restaurant I paid 9.99 for 4 sliders that were as good if not better, a good burger cost ~12. I might recommend at a lower price.
Another Chicago Food truck missing the concept of what a food trucks should be. Excellent food at a REASONABLE price!
Always get a little excited when I see the Pink food truck down at the end of the street. Â For some reason, my case of the Mondays seems to go away when I see the tweet that The Slide Ride will make a second stop at Clinton & Lake. Â So maybe I stalk a little, but really, once you stop by for your first sack o' sliders, you probably will too.
So anyways, today I picked up lunch for myself and my coworker, who has really been humoring me and my love of Chicago Food Trucks, and what a wonderful lunch it was. Â The philly was fantastic as always. Â The desert heat was tasty as well. Â Both had fantastic filling to bun ratios and the corn salsa on the desert heat was fantastic. Â The highlight of lunch had to be the Sriracha Buffalo Chicken. Â Sooooooooooooooooo yummy with just the right level of heat. Â The side of ranch is the perfect addition to take this one right over the edge.
We are now probably one of the few offices in downtown Chicago anxiously awaiting Monday to roll around again!!!
I've been in love with The Slide Ride since it first opened its poodle-pink hatch sometime in June of 2011. I rode my bike from Lakeview to Willis to get my hands on some of those perfectly made mini sandwiches, and my life was forever altered.
The Slide Ride opened my eyes to a whole new world of deliciousness, not to mention a world where your favorite food spot isn't a spot, per se, but rather a traveling truck piloted by the nicest girls you'll ever meet.
I love the bacon baby (a baby cheeseburger with amazing bacon), the maker's mark mole chicken (shredded chicken with... you get the idea), and the cubano (pretty authentic on a white-bread bun, with yellow mustard and neon pickles). I usually find myself getting a lunch-sack of 3 sliders for $9, taking the whole thing to the dome in a high-intensity, speed-savor-the-flavor 10 minutes, and then passing out, blissfully comatose.
They also usually offer some kind of dessert option (moon pies, of late), as well as an array of soda-pop drinks.
Follow them on twitter to get their exact location (changes daily, but they've got a few favorite spots they frequent) and if they're in your hood, definitely stop by. If you've got some free time, want to explore a new 'hood, or go for a walk or a ride, meeting up with The Slide Ride at a locale you wouldn't normally visit is the perfect reason to really go "out to lunch" and dine al fresco with a paper bag packed fulla burger bliss.
If you love yourself as much as you love food (mini-sandwiches in particular), you'll check these ladies out.
My one wish for the slide ride? Fries. Maybe that will come in time, until then, Slide Ride, I love you just the way you are.
(N.B. sandwiches are pre-made at the time of this writing and can't be altered or made to order, unless you're pre-ordering for a big party, which they do)
Not that impressed with this truck. It's your typical sliders...nothing great. I got the grab bag at 3 sliders for $9. I tried the angus, philly cheesesteak and some sort of mexican chicken. The best was the angus beef but it was still mediocre.
The sliders are pretty big for $3 and would fill you up.
They also take card.
I tried the philly steak and the chicken sliders from the van right across from Willis towers. Philly stake was nice, chicken was alright. They were both $3.50 each and I was left a little hungry after that. So I guess, 3 is the right quantity of sliders to have for lunch if you're hungry. Â At $9 (they offer a "bundle" of 3 sliders for $9), its a little pricey for a quick weekday lunch but I wouldn't mind having it once in a while.
Review Source:I tried the slide ride today and liked the idea of mixing and matching different sliders. The bacon cheeseburger slider was quite tasty, and the bun to meat ratio was just right. The pork belly slider however was half fat (not good), and the chicken mole slider was overseasoned. Tasted like they put WAY too much cumin in there to the point where I couldn't eat more than 2 bites.. I don't think it was supposed to taste like that. I'd get the bacon cheeseburger one again, but skip the others. If Yelp had 1/2 stars, I'd give them a 2 1/2, but I'm being nice to round it up to 3 only because the bacon cheeseburger was so tasty.
Review Source:I can't get enough of food trucks! Â They are such a wonderful option for lunch in the loop. Â I was a little hesitant at first to try the slide ride since there was no long line in front of it (like you find with the empanada truck). Â I was very glad I tried it! Â They have 6 or so options and though they aren't cheap, I think 3 for $9, they are well worth it. Â I had the Korean pork belly which being Korean myself, I found authentically Korean and absolutely delicious. Â There was a perfect piece of kimchee in it and the pork belly was very well seasoned. Â I also had the cuban, which was good too. Â If you see this truck, definitely give it a try!
Review Source:I was lucky enough to catch this truck downtown once. Â I hope to see them out again this spring. Â Both sliders I had were amazing - one a chicken pesto burger with sun dried tomato, another an Indian burger. Â My critique is that it'd be great if the buns were less soggy... this will easily be fixed when trucks are allowed to cook and assemble in their truck. Â I'm looking forward to seeing them around soon!
Review Source:Food truck! Â I got the 3 for $9, 2 guinness burgers and mini brat, and they were okay...it wasn't a totally mind blowing meal, and the amount of food for almost $10 after tax just wasn't that satisfying. Â The guinness had provolone and guinness-y onions, with a side of horseradish, which went really well with the slider.the mini brat had brown mustard and sauerkraut, all 3 sandwiches were hot and ready. I just wish it was a teensy bit cheaper, but hopefully next time there will be more options available when I get there.
Review Source:I was quite excited when I saw that The Slide Ride carried versions of two of my favorite sandwiches: the Philly Cheesesteak and the Vietnamese Banh Mi. Of course I had to try them here - and ended up sorely disappointed.
How a cheesesteak should be - sliced or chopped steak, grilled onions, provolone/American/Whiz
What I got - a dry sandwich that just felt too small for the three dollar asking price. No sense of cheesiness or greasiness.
How a banh mi should be - layers of sliced meat, pate, and pickled vegetables on French bread
What I got - a hunk of meat with a couple carrots, onions and pickles on it. Where's the spice? Where's the crunch?
I notice they don't have these sandwiches on their menu anymore. They may have learned their lesson, but I don't think I'll be back.
My sister,niece and I were able to continue our  Adventure Friday's in Hyde Park this past week.  After a long drive, we parked the cars and not ten feet from us were food trucks.  I couldn't believe our luck!  We couldn't have planned this.  I was hungry, so I was eager to try the food from this fun, hot pink truck.
The menu was easy to read and understand. Â Bag of 3 sliders $9.00. Â My niece and I chose the Baby Bacon Burger. Â It was great! Â Perfect size, cheese was melted, bun wasn't soggy and the sandwich was still hot. Â It was a nice way to start the day in Hyde Park. Â While we walked and munched, we noticed there were lots of food trucks in the area. Â Each one looked inviting. Â This was my first sandwich from a truck and I hope to enjoy more.
Serendipity! Â
Today's Adventure Friday was to Hyde Park, an area where once upon a time I spent a great deal of time and wanted to revisit. Â My daughter had the day off, a holiday; Hyde Park Holiday was born.
We had barely parked the car and my daughter spied a food wagon, we scurried over and each ordered a slider, 3 for 9.00. Â Mine was a Cuban slider, can you imagine how fabulous this was? Â There was just a bit of heat which made it interesting. Â As we walked around we realized Hyde Park was a veritable mecca of food trucks, we had stumbled upon enough food trucks to be able to pick choose. Â
All this in the middle of wonderful Hyde Park? Â Life is good. Â And even better with a slider.
With only 15 minutes between meetings at 11 I walked to the Slide Ride truck a block from my office to snag a couple sliders to snarf during my next call. Â
The mini sandwiches are 3 for $9, or $3.50 each(not including tax). Â But! Â The first 20 patrons receive a free slider. Â So I walked away with a baby bacon burger, cubano, philly, and a bratwurst like thing for $9.90. Â They were all very good. Â I had two for lunch and two for dinner. Â The philly was delicious, the bratwurst thing (which she called "sausage", but really, it was a bratwurst) was also very good. Â The other two were good, but nothing to write home about. Â
I think the Slide Ride definitely goes on my top 5 food truck list. Â I'm not very good at being decisive when it comes to food, being able to pick 3 totally different sandwiches is perfect for me.
I, like most warm blooded males, get a hankering for a good burger at times.  Luckily, we were graced with the Slide Ride's catering services yesterday, so I got to  test the selection out with some co-workers. Â
The Bacon Baby Burger was great. Â Very tasty without the gimmicks that might take away from a quality product.
Also got a chance to try the Italian Chicken sandwich, which was amazing. Â The giardiera on top of the chicken added a nice balance of heat to the chicken.
Service was excellent too. Â It's great to see people passionate about what they do and Nida was as accommodating as they come!
If you get a chance, try their food!
I tried the slide ride (this name just bugs me) today ...I was sitting at my desk when a hamburger craving struck, my hands were shaking and my vision was getting blurry...when I walked out of my office it was though the slide ride truck was lit by a giant halo and I think I heard a choir of angels singing...
Ok, enough with all that verbosity.
$3.50 a slider or 3 for $9, I think two would do as a meal...not to say I'm not going to go for this deal next time!
I got the bacon baby burger...I didn't really taste the cheese or the bacon, but the flavor of the burger and the pretzel bun was enough to please. I heart a well seasoned patty of beef (you can quote me on that).
I bough sweet potato chips only to find out they are the bagged kind I can buy at 7-11, but oh well. for $5 it was a satisfying "second lunch" (yes, I am part hobbit).
I will try them again and report back! *salute*
PS,
There were hot girls in boyshorts? I had burger blinders on so I cannot comment...
I was looking forward to trying this for a while but once it finally came by me I have to say I was really disappointed. Had the tamarind pork, apple cider chicken and the regular bacon burger slider. All of them were really dry, the chicken especially, and lacked a lot of flavor... For the price I should have considered something else.
Review Source:Caught up with the Slide Ride with some of my co-workers who are really into the food trucks. Â Very plesant women work the truck and are happy to converse with you regarding their current offereings.
I chose 3 sliders which really turned out to be one to many but I was very pleased with the cheddar bugers that I had. Â As stated before they are $3.50 a peice.
So many food trucks to chose from but I will probably be back.
I love food trucks and I like cute women (ask my wife). But the cute only goes so far. Like almost all of the trucks in chicago this one sucks. It really sucks bad. Going to the ER bad. The bread is either hard or too chewy, just like meatyballs. How does the chef & owner stand by this crap. I put my self threw school (even getting my md) by working as a cook so I know food. They need help! This truck alone my kill the food truck movement in Chicago. The idea is to serve something people not only want to eat but food that's great, this ain't it. All four times I tried them the food ends up in the trash. If you want to listen to a dr. Then stay away, unless you want to try and pick up cute girls.
Review Source:I'll admit. I've been stalking the whereabouts of the Slide Ride truck and finally caught up with the cute pink truck. Twice in one week.
Taste test #1 goes like this: Sassy chicken sofrito on ciabatta bread and the caprese also on ciabatta bread. The chicken has that sassiness kick to it with a little bit of hot pepper mixed with the pulled chicken and carrot slices. I was actually full from this alone and almost a tiny bit discouraged to move on to the caprese one.
I took it like a champ though. Consisting of pesto, mozzerella, and tomato, it sounds simple, but it tasted and less heavier than the other sandwich, if that makes any sense. Think salad between bread.
Taste test #2: I got the ribeye which sounded good at the time, but I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would. I blame myself as I downed an iced mocha before hand. What was I thinking?
Each wrapped (and labeled!) slider goes for $3.50. They offer sides such as sweet potato chips and beverages too. I'm going to give the ribeye another whirl and possibly try the chips next time I run into SR.
Gimmick: Scantily clad, cute girls serving sliders out of a bright pink food truck.
Food: The spicy pork bahn mi seems tiny with a filling skimpier than the pretty servers' boy shorts. The ribeye slider, with melted provolone and caramelized onions, is larger, tastier and a much better deal.
Cost: $3.50 per slider
Verdict: Pricier than the average food truck for a satisfying meal but cheaper than visiting a strip club for the eye candy.
Bonus: Accepts credit cards
Summary:
Cute girls, Cute Truck, Average Sliders.
Sliders are $3.50 a piece, which seemed on the expensive side quite frankly, especially considering you probably need 3 of them to feel full (unless you are a small to medium sized woman). I think i could have eaten 4, but i was only looking for a snack.
I had the steak Slider and the Chicken Slider. The Steak slider was good, but you could tell the bun had been sitting for a little while (points for the pretzel bun). The chicken slider was more like a mini chicken sandwich. I don't think i would order that one again. It just didn't impress. I actually think this place should be called the Mini Sandwich Ride, because these really aren't sliders.
Don't think I'd rush over there, especially because its just another average food truck in Chicago.
Maybe when Chicago allows trucks to cook on site as opposed to preparing elsewhere and then keeping warm will the trucks start to impress.
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