Smalls Sliders is quickly gaining community recognition all over the country as a new location opened in Bridgeton on Jan. 22. Since opening, there has been a constant line of cars, often going into the street. The location is in a good spot with lots of foot traffic.
“Everybody is still coming out and trying it for the first time,” Blake Koutroubis, one of the owner-operators said. “We’ve been very successful the past three weeks.”
To order, there is a drive-thru option or you can walk up to the window. It is an outdoor restaurant, and you can still be comfortable in the cold months as there are heaters. The staff members make the experience great because of their positive attitudes.
“The workers were very nice, funny and appropriate,” freshman Kira Pierce said.
This isn’t the beginning of their journey. There are locations all across the country, mostly in the south. There are plans to drop more locations in St. Louis and Kansas City soon, as well as other locations in Louisiana, Georgia, Texas, South Carolina, Florida and Mississippi.
“We’ve went down to Lake Charles in Louisiana, where it was started down in Baton Rouge, we went down to Louisiana and did a manager in training down there for a couple weeks, so we came back up here, found this location, and we thought it was a great place to start our journey here,” Koutroubis said.
The style of the menu is similar to Raising Canes as Koutroubis mentions, because it has four main options to choose from. The difference is how many sliders you get which have their signature sauce on it, and every option comes with a drink and fries which have their signature seasoning. They also offer milkshakes and individual items such as different kinds of sliders, grilled cheese and queso. If you’re looking to cater for a party or a gathering, they offer party packs which are available in multiples of 25 sliders.
“I always recommend that everybody tries out signature small sauce as well as the Queso on the fries. It goes very well together,” Koutroubis said.
