Sidestreets Deli & Bakery

My husband and I discovered this little gem on our last yearly visit to Charlotte. If you haven't tried their club on cheese bread you are missing out. Love this place!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

My husband and I were in MI just before the holidays and a friend recommended that we try the Sidestreet Delicatessen ( the original). We looked at the menu ahead of time and made our selection. The Guido sandwiches were delicious and fresh with just the right ingredients. Likewise the bakery items were delicious. We sampled the little peaches and the outrageous cheese cake and coffee. . On the day we were there the owner David was working overseeing the daily operations. He was very knowledgeable and appreciative of our visit. We found the deli to be very clean and welcoming. I wish they shipped out of state. We will be back this summer and our first stop will be Sidestreets. Thanks for your hospitality!

I will probably NEVER return after last night's bakery experience. I was kind enough to only take a back shot of this employee so the establishment could address her directly, but I am afraid my experience could be commonplace. My boyfriend and I first ate sandwiches, soups and a couple cold salads. The sandwiches were delicious. The potato salad was mediocre in our opinion, but the Italian pasta salad was delicious. I thought my soup was just OK, but my boyfriend enjoyed his aside from wishing it had more bacon. After eating, we went to the bakery counter and ordered two slices of cheesecake to take home. The employee DESTROYED the pieces of beautiful Lemon Merengue cheesecake making them look horribly unappetizing. After throwing them in a box instead of an appropriate container, I mentioned half of the pieces were still left on the pan. She still stickered the box closed. I demanded seeing the pieces because half was left on the pan from each piece. At that time, she took the sticker off, opened the box, took the server and scraped off the pieces remaining on the pan then just threw them in the box on top of everything. Again, she shut the box and refused my requests to see the cheesecake she'd served up for us. Well, when I opened up the tied up mess I knew why. $6.75 per slice for her to just throw it in there and me to have to fight her to even get a full slice. The slices looked like lemon vomit when she was done, which is why she refused me seeing them. Then, I needed to order a few gluten free items for a friend who has a severe gluten allergy. I came to Sidestreet just for those gluten items. My anger grew REAL intense as I watched what unfolded. I ordered 2 pieces of GF Lemon Cheesecake. She went to use the same server as was used on the other cheesecake and had to be instructed that such was cross contamination. After getting a clean server, I realized she hadn't had gloves on the entire time and she used her UNGLOVED hands to push each piece of cheesecake into their container with her fingers (that's when I took this image). Who knows where they had been or the last time she washed them. I had also ordered 4 cookies. She luckily used a piece of parchment style paper to grab them, but still no gloves. Followed by a blueberry goat cheese scone at which time she decided was breaking apart with the paper so she just grabbed it with her UNGLOVED hands! I usually would absolutely lose my mind, but it didn't appear that the store had a manager on site, it was only 3 younger folks, her being one of them. So, I'm hoping management does see this as it will be reported to the health department. Having employees handle food with no gloves and not being trained in cross contamination when ordering items for someone with potentially severe allergies (which she does have) is beyond bad business and the employee needs to be reprimanded accordingly. Forget the $45 to end up with essentially trash and lemon cheesecake that she destroyed and served as a blob. Shameful. FOLLOW UP TO THIS REVIEW: Not shocking at all, but the business was going to speak to the employee, watch video of the transaction and then reach out to me! Interestingly enough, it's been 48 hours and I haven't heard even a word. NO SURPRISE. I took a series of images to use when reporting to the Health Department. Maybe then they'll take it seriously. I don't know this employee from Adam. It's not a personal vendetta at all. It's simply disgusting to touch someone's food with your bare hands when gloves are provided within your reach. Also, shameful that the ONLY aspect of the review that they could address is her touching the food and what they view to not be "cross contamination." I'll leave that to each person's individual discretion. However, what about just throwing the cheesecake like slop in improper containers and leaving half of it on the plate. How about her poor attitude and refusal to show me the slop I was served due to her laziness? I spent almost $90 in tot

I will probably NEVER return after last night's bakery experience. I was kind enough to only take a back shot of this employee so the establishment could address her directly, but I am afraid my experience could be commonplace. My boyfriend and I first ate sandwiches, soups and a couple cold salads. The sandwiches were delicious. The potato salad was mediocre in our opinion, but the Italian pasta salad was delicious. I thought my soup was just OK, but my boyfriend enjoyed his aside from wishing it had more bacon. After eating, we went to the bakery counter and ordered two slices of cheesecake to take home. The employee DESTROYED the pieces of beautiful Lemon Merengue cheesecake making them look horribly unappetizing. After throwing them in a box instead of an appropriate container, I mentioned half of the pieces were still left on the pan. She still stickered the box closed. I demanded seeing the pieces because half was left on the pan from each piece. At that time, she took the sticker off, opened the box, took the server and scraped off the pieces remaining on the pan then just threw them in the box on top of everything. Again, she shut the box and refused my requests to see the cheesecake she'd served up for us. Well, when I opened up the tied up mess I knew why. $6.75 per slice for her to just throw it in there and me to have to fight her to even get a full slice. The slices looked like lemon vomit when she was done, which is why she refused me seeing them. Then, I needed to order a few gluten free items for a friend who has a severe gluten allergy. I came to Sidestreet just for those gluten items. My anger grew REAL intense as I watched what unfolded. I ordered 2 pieces of GF Lemon Cheesecake. She went to use the same server as was used on the other cheesecake and had to be instructed that such was cross contamination. After getting a clean server, I realized she hadn't had gloves on the entire time and she used her UNGLOVED hands to push each piece of cheesecake into their container with her fingers (that's when I took this image). Who knows where they had been or the last time she washed them. I had also ordered 4 cookies. She luckily used a piece of parchment style paper to grab them, but still no gloves. Followed by a blueberry goat cheese scone at which time she decided was breaking apart with the paper so she just grabbed it with her UNGLOVED hands! I usually would absolutely lose my mind, but it didn't appear that the store had a manager on site, it was only 3 younger folks, her being one of them. So, I'm hoping management does see this as it will be reported to the health department. Having employees handle food with no gloves and not being trained in cross contamination when ordering items for someone with potentially severe allergies (which she does have) is beyond bad business and the employee needs to be reprimanded accordingly. Forget the $45 to end up with essentially trash and lemon cheesecake that she destroyed and served as a blob. Shameful. FOLLOW UP TO THIS REVIEW: Not shocking at all, but the business was going to speak to the employee, watch video of the transaction and then reach out to me! Interestingly enough, it's been 48 hours and I haven't heard even a word. NO SURPRISE. I took a series of images to use when reporting to the Health Department. Maybe then they'll take it seriously. I don't know this employee from Adam. It's not a personal vendetta at all. It's simply disgusting to touch someone's food with your bare hands when gloves are provided within your reach. Also, shameful that the ONLY aspect of the review that they could address is her touching the food and what they view to not be "cross contamination." I'll leave that to each person's individual discretion. However, what about just throwing the cheesecake like slop in improper containers and leaving half of it on the plate. How about her poor attitude and refusal to show me the slop I was served due to her laziness? I spent almost $90 in tot

I will probably NEVER return after last night's bakery experience. I was kind enough to only take a back shot of this employee so the establishment could address her directly, but I am afraid my experience could be commonplace. My boyfriend and I first ate sandwiches, soups and a couple cold salads. The sandwiches were delicious. The potato salad was mediocre in our opinion, but the Italian pasta salad was delicious. I thought my soup was just OK, but my boyfriend enjoyed his aside from wishing it had more bacon. After eating, we went to the bakery counter and ordered two slices of cheesecake to take home. The employee DESTROYED the pieces of beautiful Lemon Merengue cheesecake making them look horribly unappetizing. After throwing them in a box instead of an appropriate container, I mentioned half of the pieces were still left on the pan. She still stickered the box closed. I demanded seeing the pieces because half was left on the pan from each piece. At that time, she took the sticker off, opened the box, took the server and scraped off the pieces remaining on the pan then just threw them in the box on top of everything. Again, she shut the box and refused my requests to see the cheesecake she'd served up for us. Well, when I opened up the tied up mess I knew why. $6.75 per slice for her to just throw it in there and me to have to fight her to even get a full slice. The slices looked like lemon vomit when she was done, which is why she refused me seeing them. Then, I needed to order a few gluten free items for a friend who has a severe gluten allergy. I came to Sidestreet just for those gluten items. My anger grew REAL intense as I watched what unfolded. I ordered 2 pieces of GF Lemon Cheesecake. She went to use the same server as was used on the other cheesecake and had to be instructed that such was cross contamination. After getting a clean server, I realized she hadn't had gloves on the entire time and she used her UNGLOVED hands to push each piece of cheesecake into their container with her fingers (that's when I took this image). Who knows where they had been or the last time she washed them. I had also ordered 4 cookies. She luckily used a piece of parchment style paper to grab them, but still no gloves. Followed by a blueberry goat cheese scone at which time she decided was breaking apart with the paper so she just grabbed it with her UNGLOVED hands! I usually would absolutely lose my mind, but it didn't appear that the store had a manager on site, it was only 3 younger folks, her being one of them. So, I'm hoping management does see this as it will be reported to the health department. Having employees handle food with no gloves and not being trained in cross contamination when ordering items for someone with potentially severe allergies (which she does have) is beyond bad business and the employee needs to be reprimanded accordingly. Forget the $45 to end up with essentially trash and lemon cheesecake that she destroyed and served as a blob. Shameful. FOLLOW UP TO THIS REVIEW: Not shocking at all, but the business was going to speak to the employee, watch video of the transaction and then reach out to me! Interestingly enough, it's been 48 hours and I haven't heard even a word. NO SURPRISE. I took a series of images to use when reporting to the Health Department. Maybe then they'll take it seriously. I don't know this employee from Adam. It's not a personal vendetta at all. It's simply disgusting to touch someone's food with your bare hands when gloves are provided within your reach. Also, shameful that the ONLY aspect of the review that they could address is her touching the food and what they view to not be "cross contamination." I'll leave that to each person's individual discretion. However, what about just throwing the cheesecake like slop in improper containers and leaving half of it on the plate. How about her poor attitude and refusal to show me the slop I was served due to her laziness? I spent almost $90 in tot

I will probably NEVER return after last night's bakery experience. I was kind enough to only take a back shot of this employee so the establishment could address her directly, but I am afraid my experience could be commonplace. My boyfriend and I first ate sandwiches, soups and a couple cold salads. The sandwiches were delicious. The potato salad was mediocre in our opinion, but the Italian pasta salad was delicious. I thought my soup was just OK, but my boyfriend enjoyed his aside from wishing it had more bacon. After eating, we went to the bakery counter and ordered two slices of cheesecake to take home. The employee DESTROYED the pieces of beautiful Lemon Merengue cheesecake making them look horribly unappetizing. After throwing them in a box instead of an appropriate container, I mentioned half of the pieces were still left on the pan. She still stickered the box closed. I demanded seeing the pieces because half was left on the pan from each piece. At that time, she took the sticker off, opened the box, took the server and scraped off the pieces remaining on the pan then just threw them in the box on top of everything. Again, she shut the box and refused my requests to see the cheesecake she'd served up for us. Well, when I opened up the tied up mess I knew why. $6.75 per slice for her to just throw it in there and me to have to fight her to even get a full slice. The slices looked like lemon vomit when she was done, which is why she refused me seeing them. Then, I needed to order a few gluten free items for a friend who has a severe gluten allergy. I came to Sidestreet just for those gluten items. My anger grew REAL intense as I watched what unfolded. I ordered 2 pieces of GF Lemon Cheesecake. She went to use the same server as was used on the other cheesecake and had to be instructed that such was cross contamination. After getting a clean server, I realized she hadn't had gloves on the entire time and she used her UNGLOVED hands to push each piece of cheesecake into their container with her fingers (that's when I took this image). Who knows where they had been or the last time she washed them. I had also ordered 4 cookies. She luckily used a piece of parchment style paper to grab them, but still no gloves. Followed by a blueberry goat cheese scone at which time she decided was breaking apart with the paper so she just grabbed it with her UNGLOVED hands! I usually would absolutely lose my mind, but it didn't appear that the store had a manager on site, it was only 3 younger folks, her being one of them. So, I'm hoping management does see this as it will be reported to the health department. Having employees handle food with no gloves and not being trained in cross contamination when ordering items for someone with potentially severe allergies (which she does have) is beyond bad business and the employee needs to be reprimanded accordingly. Forget the $45 to end up with essentially trash and lemon cheesecake that she destroyed and served as a blob. Shameful. FOLLOW UP TO THIS REVIEW: Not shocking at all, but the business was going to speak to the employee, watch video of the transaction and then reach out to me! Interestingly enough, it's been 48 hours and I haven't heard even a word. NO SURPRISE. I took a series of images to use when reporting to the Health Department. Maybe then they'll take it seriously. I don't know this employee from Adam. It's not a personal vendetta at all. It's simply disgusting to touch someone's food with your bare hands when gloves are provided within your reach. Also, shameful that the ONLY aspect of the review that they could address is her touching the food and what they view to not be "cross contamination." I'll leave that to each person's individual discretion. However, what about just throwing the cheesecake like slop in improper containers and leaving half of it on the plate. How about her poor attitude and refusal to show me the slop I was served due to her laziness? I spent almost $90 in tot

I will probably NEVER return after last night's bakery experience. I was kind enough to only take a back shot of this employee so the establishment could address her directly, but I am afraid my experience could be commonplace. My boyfriend and I first ate sandwiches, soups and a couple cold salads. The sandwiches were delicious. The potato salad was mediocre in our opinion, but the Italian pasta salad was delicious. I thought my soup was just OK, but my boyfriend enjoyed his aside from wishing it had more bacon. After eating, we went to the bakery counter and ordered two slices of cheesecake to take home. The employee DESTROYED the pieces of beautiful Lemon Merengue cheesecake making them look horribly unappetizing. After throwing them in a box instead of an appropriate container, I mentioned half of the pieces were still left on the pan. She still stickered the box closed. I demanded seeing the pieces because half was left on the pan from each piece. At that time, she took the sticker off, opened the box, took the server and scraped off the pieces remaining on the pan then just threw them in the box on top of everything. Again, she shut the box and refused my requests to see the cheesecake she'd served up for us. Well, when I opened up the tied up mess I knew why. $6.75 per slice for her to just throw it in there and me to have to fight her to even get a full slice. The slices looked like lemon vomit when she was done, which is why she refused me seeing them. Then, I needed to order a few gluten free items for a friend who has a severe gluten allergy. I came to Sidestreet just for those gluten items. My anger grew REAL intense as I watched what unfolded. I ordered 2 pieces of GF Lemon Cheesecake. She went to use the same server as was used on the other cheesecake and had to be instructed that such was cross contamination. After getting a clean server, I realized she hadn't had gloves on the entire time and she used her UNGLOVED hands to push each piece of cheesecake into their container with her fingers (that's when I took this image). Who knows where they had been or the last time she washed them. I had also ordered 4 cookies. She luckily used a piece of parchment style paper to grab them, but still no gloves. Followed by a blueberry goat cheese scone at which time she decided was breaking apart with the paper so she just grabbed it with her UNGLOVED hands! I usually would absolutely lose my mind, but it didn't appear that the store had a manager on site, it was only 3 younger folks, her being one of them. So, I'm hoping management does see this as it will be reported to the health department. Having employees handle food with no gloves and not being trained in cross contamination when ordering items for someone with potentially severe allergies (which she does have) is beyond bad business and the employee needs to be reprimanded accordingly. Forget the $45 to end up with essentially trash and lemon cheesecake that she destroyed and served as a blob. Shameful. FOLLOW UP TO THIS REVIEW: Not shocking at all, but the business was going to speak to the employee, watch video of the transaction and then reach out to me! Interestingly enough, it's been 48 hours and I haven't heard even a word. NO SURPRISE. I took a series of images to use when reporting to the Health Department. Maybe then they'll take it seriously. I don't know this employee from Adam. It's not a personal vendetta at all. It's simply disgusting to touch someone's food with your bare hands when gloves are provided within your reach. Also, shameful that the ONLY aspect of the review that they could address is her touching the food and what they view to not be "cross contamination." I'll leave that to each person's individual discretion. However, what about just throwing the cheesecake like slop in improper containers and leaving half of it on the plate. How about her poor attitude and refusal to show me the slop I was served due to her laziness? I spent almost $90 in tot

A PROPER New York-style cheesecake. Bravo.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Very good bagel sandwiches. Nice friendly staff.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Excellent sandwiches

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

AMAZING spot! The food is fresh, menu is huge, the soup is spot on, the bread and bakery section is unbelievable! Service was amazing, thank Carley for taking care of us and telling us the favorites (the Becky is pictured on the right, so good, and the cheese bread!)

Excellent selection of prepared cold items like pasta salad, chicken salad, caprese salad, it goes ON and on. These fresh muffins are the size of my face. We’re new to the area so finding a good food spot makes it feel like home.
Our first time and we will definitely be back!!.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Our favorite Deli-Bakery. Great sandwiches with homemade sides and breads. Baked goods are handmade, and all are delicious.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Salad, Bakery

I'm in town once a year, I always make sure to stop here for lunches when I can. Great menu, fresh bread, great soups, real deli style sandwiches. Oh, and an awesome bakery as well, you'll be sure to pick up something from there on your way out, I promise. A personal favorite, I can't get this kind of deli food back home, so enjoy it!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Lemon Bar, Roast Beef Sandwich, Blacken Turkey, Bakery, Italian Subs Guido Grinder, The Big Ray Mac Turkey Sandwich

The sandwiches were incredible! I tried both a Classic Turkey and a Becky’s Club and they were both phenomenal but the club was out of this world. I only wish they had some signage for where to order, it was a bit confusing with the two counters.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Excellent sweets, the cheesecake is probably the best I've ever had.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Lemon Bar, Bakery, Cookies, Turtle Cheesecake