Good things can happen after midnight — and Slider House proves it

Slider House Rules  | by Carrington Fox | Nashville Scene

The first time I heard the term “slider,” it was in reference to a White Castle burger — and, I assumed, the tiny rhomboid sandwich’s unctuous ability to slide down the esophagus with a minimum of mastication and/or peristalsis. You have to applaud the counterintuitive advertising genius that not only celebrated the burger’s nearly liquid consistency but turned it into a fast-food icon and a culinary staple of post-party dining.

Over the years, the term has come to refer to a broad class of diminutive sandwiches, from barbecue to grilled cheese, in which the defining characteristic is no longer the semi-solid state of the bread and meat but the portion size, which sources (OK, the Internet) pinpoint at around 3 inches long.

This breed of G-scale sandwich anchors the menu at Slider House on Division. The conjoined-sister restaurant to Soulshine Pizza serves about a dozen-and-a-half sammies stuffed with Angus beef, hot dogs, pork loin, fried chicken, bologna, cheese and mushrooms. For anyone who ever bellied up to the counter and wished for better late-night burgers, Slider House is the answer to your prayer.

There are three things you need to know about Slider House:

First, the sliders are served on buns from local bakery Provence. The soft, golden and mildly sweet bread grills up beautifully, meaning it can compensate for many shortcomings of fillings. (More on that later.)

Second, the joint serves from 11 a.m. until 3 a.m., with a full bar and roster of domestic, craft and imported beers (cans only) that can also compensate for many shortcomings of fillings.

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by Chris Chamberlain  on Mon, Jun 24 | NashvilleScene | Full Article

Sharing a wall, parking lot and at least one owner with Soulshine Pizza, The Slider House in Midtown seeks to fulfill the late-night munchie needs of Nashvllians as they spill out of bars in the area. With a last call for food at 3 a.m. scheduled to coincide with closing hours at marathon drinking spots, it might just be your go-to destination for late night cravings……

…As far as the food menu goes, it is exactly what you’d expect from a place called The Slider House. There are seven different beef sliders, small hamburgers with various toppings like barbecue sauce, mozzarella and prosciutto, or blue cheese and Benton’s bacon. I was impressed by the size of these maxi/mini burgers. They were definitely a handful and juicy enough to run down your forearm with every bite. The lunch special of your choice of any two sliders and what they call “a side car” for $7.99 should be a filling meal for just about anyone.

The side cars are accompaniments like fried pickles, hand-cut fries, chili of some excellent sweet potato wedges that I enjoyed on my visit. I had heard that the wedges could be a little undercooked, but these were crispy on the outside and pillowy inside and were some of the best I’ve had. Other slider options include a couple of vegetarian sandwiches featuring portobello and another which is a version of a grilled cheese Capri salad with a nice drizzle of balsamic on top. Pork loin, fried chicken and thick-sliced smoked bologna also make appearances as slider toppings in addition to a short list of what they call “Slider Dogs.”

The menu isn’t specific about all the sources of their ingredients, but they do claim to use local suppliers whenever possible, and the buns from Provence were a very nice touch. The sandwiches may be small, but the taste and the value at The Slider House are pretty big…..

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