Oktoberfest Frank N' Sidecar

For October 2014, we decided to do a grilled cheese in honor of Oktoberfest.  We soaked bratwurst in Belching Beaver's Rapid Beaver Rye IPA & piled on sauerkraut & muenster cheese, mozzarella & spicy brown mustard.  It was the first time we used beer in a Cheezer & the first time we collaborated with another business.  The result was a delicious sandwich that was unique & fun to eat.

Kate made a great image to showcase our mashup:

We also heard from friends that a bar in Bay Park had food vendors set up outside.  Kate contacted Sidecar & we popped up there.  

Business was decent the few Thursday nights after work that we setup there.  The Frank N Stein was a popular order for patrons watching football, shooting pool or playing arcade games.  

On one occasion there we had an issue with some homeless riff-raff.  A guy drinking at the bar ordered a Cheezer for a homeless person camped out across the street from Sidecar.  He wanted us to feed him for free.

"If you want to buy him a grilled cheese, we'll make it for him," Kate told him.  So he paid for a Bacon Street & then he wanted us to deliver it to him.  

"Sorry, but you'll have to take it over there to him yourself," I said.  "We only take sandwiches to people here inside drinking at the bar."

The guy seemed annoyed but ended up delivering the sandwich to him across the street.  The homeless person never came over to our booth.

I'm all for a good deed & helping out others, but don't make somebody else's job harder in the process.     

Other than that, Sidecar was a nice & easy setup close to home that was worth our while.