A beloved slider shop in Dallas has made a welcome comeback: Easy Slider, which once reigned in Deep Ellum, has emerged in a new space in east Dallas, at 3905 East Side Ave., where it's serving signature baby-burgers and other miniature sandwiches.
The new restaurant is a revival for owners Miley Holmes and Caroline Perini, who opened the original Easy Slider in 2017, before closing in 2023.
"We grew up as a business in those seven years," Perini says. "It wasn’t an easy decision, but we knew it was time."
Their new location is a former storage space they acquired in 2024, with the goal of centralizing their operations in one commissary location. Located just east of Deep Ellum, it's an evolving neighborhood settled by other concepts like Hey Koneko, Whiskeys, and Double Wide Bar.
Perini says they felt something was "bubbling" in the area that they wanted to be a part of.
"We love the idea of having such cool independent businesses around us," Holmes says.
Easy Slider was originally founded as a food truck in 2011, in the middle of a then food truck surge in Dallas. The food truck trend has leveled off, but Holmes and Perini have shown staying power and currently operate three food trucks which make weekly appearances: at Truck Yard on Wednesdays, Texas Ale Project on Thursdays, and Double D’s on Friday, as well as event catering.
They also expanded into the food hall world, first with an outpost at Harvest Hall, connected to the hotel Vin in downtown Grapevine from 2020-2022, followed by the opening of their current food hall concept at The Exchange Hall in downtown Dallas.
Their menu includes signatures sliders such as Sweet & Lowdown with Angus beef, bacon, goat cheese, and strawberrry jam; and the baby bella with a portabella mushroom cap, Roma tomato, mozzarella, and pesto — kind of like a Caprese salad in a bun. And they're bringing back a favorite tradition by doing a slider of the month.
This new location will also serve two items not available at their food trucks or The Exchange Hall:
- “Tendies” chicken tenders basket ($12 or paired with a martini for $22)
- a regular side smash burger ($10 for one patty, $15 for double patty)
They also have a brand-new cocktail menu with martinis, cosmos, and daiquiris, plus creative vodka, tequila, mezcal, rum, and rye cocktails. They'll host a happy hour Wednesday-Friday from 4-7 pm with $6 grilled chesses sandwiches, $8 Big Smash, cocktail specials and $1 off wells and drafts.
The new space seats 25 and features treasured decorations from their space in Deep Ellum. Orders are taken at the bar and brought to customers by servers.
One other new offering will be collaborations with start-ups such as Sommwich, a sandwich & wine concept created by Ben Reynolds, the current sommelier at Catch Dallas. They hope to do a different collaboration every month.
"We are going to mix it up and feature pop-ups with other local businesses," Holmes says. "We love the neighborhood vibe."
