Slide

Slide, formerly Eat at Panoptic, is a restaurant specializing in slider sandwiches, along with salads, french fries and other specialties.

Chef Raquel Ervin launched her Panoptic catering company in 2014 and began operating a Panoptic Food Truck at an event at The Avondale on July 3, 2020. The truck continued to offer regular service from Smokey's Pit Stop at 2709 Crestwood Boulevard in Irondale.

She soon made plans to open a brick-and-mortar restaurant, originally called "Eat at Panoptic". Those plans were delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the restaurant, in the former Green Acres Cafe at 1819 Crestwood Boulevard in Irondale, opened on May 1, 2021.

In 2022 Ervin changed the name of the food truck and restaurant to Slide. She opened the Slide Cafe at Pickwick Place in Five Points South the following year.

References

• Richardson, Irene (June 23, 2020) "Top-rated Birmingham catering company opens a new food truck." Bham Now
• Rebman, Stephanie (October 14, 2020) "Prominent chef to open new restaurant on Crestwood Blvd." Birmingham Business Journal
• Rebman, Stephanie (April 19, 2021) "Eat At Panoptic cafe opening in Irondale May 1." Birmingham Business Journal
• Rebman, Stephanie (January 4, 2022) "Raquel Ervin bringing Slide location to Pelham." Birmingham Business Journal
• Womack, Camille (May 31, 2022) "Birmingham’s SLIDE is moving downtown—get all the details here!" Bham Now

External links

• Slide Cafe website