Side Door @ Beacon 3: Cobb Salad

I’ve become a quick fan, almost a regular, at The Side Door @ Beacon since they opened a few weeks ago as a relatively inexpensive lunch alternative to the “real” Beacon. Side Door started with an exemplary burger and the Mr. Pink’s Double Dog, and recently expanded to prepared salads.

As usual, no real line at the Door, and though the skies threatened, it didn’t rain.

To show that I take my job here at Feisty Foodie seriously, instead of choosing a meat-centric lunch as I’d normally do, I picked up the new Cobb Salad to see how well Beacon pulled it [...]

The Side Door @ Beacon 2: Mr. Pink

As a denizen of Midtown during the workweek, I get kind of excited whenever new, tasty, inexpensive lunch options open near the office. I posted recently about The Side Door @ Beacon, taking on the cheeseburger to great happiness. But the limited menu has a second big lunch option: Mr. Pink’s Double Dog. Could two hot dogs in a big bun live up to that Beacon Burger experience?

I approached a little early for lunch, to find no line on this beautiful day.

The menu, same as ever, includes a picture of Mr. Pink himself. Isn’t he adorable? I knew I had [...]

The Side Door @ Beacon

It’s a Wednesday in Midtown, and I’m bored with my usual rotation of lunch options. Time for a new place! Beacon, the restaurant, has been around a long time, of course. Its burger, while it’s $19 on the dinner menu, is rumored to be excellent, thanks to the wood fire used to grill everything. So when Beacon opened Side Door — literally a side door to the right of the main entrance — and offered a $10 lunch special featuring the burger? Yeah, I was there.
For your ten dollars, you can get either a burger — with or without cheddar [...]