Middletown
The Pickle Stand Delicatessen

The Pickle Stand Delicatessen

195 Main St, 06457, Middletown, United States

Pizza • Seafood • Mexican • Fast Food


"My husband and I tried the Pickle Stand for lunch today and we were not disappointed. It is a relatively small restaurant/bar but cozy and nicely decorated. We grabbed seats at the bar, where we were welcomed by the waitress almost immediately. The menu offers a good selection of sandwiches, we settled on a turkey carver (me) and a chicken cordon bleu (my husband). We also got small sides of coleslaw and potato salad to share. They also carry Deep River kettle chips, which is nice that they picked a local brand of chips to stock. They have a good selection of beer and wine. My husband got a bottle of Pabst Blue Ribbon for only $2, can't beat that! I did think the wine prices were a but high compared with the rest of the prices. All glasses were $8 or $9, they should offer at least one in the $5 or $6 range, especially since you're just having a casual lunch, it's not fine dining. It was also not high enough quality wine to warrant those prices. Not enough to ruin my impression of the place, but I did pass on a drink and just had water instead. Our food was awesome! Everything is so fresh. The turkey on the turkey carver was fresh and piled high. The cranberry mayo was yummy and the bread was so fresh. I loves my husband's chicken cordon blue even more. Fresh, hot chicken piled with ham and cheese and some of the best honey mustard I've ever tasted. But for me, the best part of the whole meal was the coleslaw I have searched high and low for good coleslaw. It's always too watery or too dry...too vinegary or too bland...this one was PERFECT. I couldn't help but rave about it the whole time I was eating it. We were told it's made fresh in house and I believe it. This will definitely be my go to place anytime I need coleslaw. The portions are large. We got the small side salads which were definitely big enough to share and were only $2 each. They're the size of the small container you'd get at a grocery store deli. For just $1 more you can get a large, which is the size of the medium container you'd get at the grocery store deli. Definitely a great value because if they charged by the pound like the grocery store does, you'd probably pay a lot more. We managed to polish off our sides but each took half of our sandwiches home. The staff were very friendly and the food was great. We will definitely be back to try out the other sandwiches on the menu. I'm really hoping I can go back to try the meatloaf sandwich that was covered in one of the other Yelp reviews...not that many restaurants serve meatloaf sandwiches and I love them! Pickle Stand is a great addition to Middletown's restaurant community."