Restaurant Review

The name of the restaurant that I went to for my restaurant review was names Sidetrack Bar & Grill. The location of this restaurant is 56 E Cross Street Ypsilanti , Michigan. This is located in depot town in Ypsilanti right next to the railroad tracks. This is why the name of the restaurant is sidetrack. Inside the building it has a railroad themed look along with multiple taxidermy animals.

This is your typical bar and grill it has handmade burgers that they are known for. As stated on their menu”Our Famous Handcrafted Burger” Rated one of the nation’s 20 BEST BURGERS by GQ Magazine. However they also serve a wide variety of  food like sandwiches, soups, salads, and desserts.

The physical appearance of the restaurant from the outside is a old multi-story  building that is connected to other business. This type of building is very common for the area in which the restaurant is located. When I went to sidetrack the parking that was available is either behind the building. However when I went all of that parking was full and someone was outside to direct us and tell us to park across the street. This made it slightly inconvenient to get to the restaurant because of the busy road that it is located on.

The first impression that I got when I walked into the building was that is was very busy and crowded. There was decent spacing between the tables, but there was a lot of people in there so it made it not seem as open.I was surprised with the amount of tables in the restaurant because there was multiple part of the restaurants. There were three separate rooms that part of the restaurant, but were separated by big glass windows that could be used for larger parties or reservations

There was not a waiting area for people who had came in if you could not be seated instantly.They would have to stand in or near the doorway or outside. The restrooms were nice considering the fact that it was a old building. They were very clean and seemed to be well taken care of.

The decor of the building was very unique appealing. The decor included multiple train track crossing signs and lights, which added to the theme. Besides those it also had a lot of taxidermy deer, bears and other animals.

Where I ended up sitting was upstairs in the building, it was its own smaller room that overlooked the lower part of the restaurants from very large antique windows which where cool looking. Since I was upstairs with a large group I was with the noise volume was nice where I was because I could hear the people that I came with.

The general population that went to this restaurant that I noticed were almost all Caucasians, with a few exceptions. The age group was mostly people ranging from 20-50 years old or middle aged people. The restaurant was not real high class and it was affordable so there appears to be a lot of middle class people.

The menu of the restaurant  had a older look to it by the fonts used and theme of it. The menu was very easy to understand because the sections and categories of food were in a different colorand in a larger font. The price range on the menu for most meals was between $7 and $10. This was very reasonable for the amount of food that you get.

For dinner I ordered the BBQ Pork Sandwich plate. The sandwich had a very good amount of pork in it and was very full. There was a good BBQ flavor to the pork. However some of the bites that I took didn’t fall apart like I would hope for it to. The fries that I got that came with them were very good and were cooked good and had good seasoning. The serving size of the fries was also pretty large. I  went with a group of nine people and I felt as though the food did not take long to prepare. I say this because usually when you go someplace it takes longer to make a order for a large group.

Since I went in a group of nine, we called ahead and got a reservation.However when we got there they sent us to the wrong room and then ended up seating us in a different area. I believe that they forgot about our reservation because they seemed to be confused about what our reservation name was. However even with this mix up we still got seated almost instantly. The waitress we had was very friendly and on top of everything the whole night

The webpage for sidetrack is very helpful and has a lot of tabs to all sorts of information that you may need if you are interested in attending sidetrack anytime in the future.