Considering that the previous winners for this prestigious award went to, to name but a few: Sophie Fleischner of 25 Alston Avenue’s Gefilte Fish; Leo’s Restaurant of Southbury’s Eight is Enough Breakfast Special; and Y&S of Lancater’s Twizzlers… one can truly appreciate the awesome attributes that the Crew’s Cup’s Prime Rib Sliders must possess.
Yes, friends tucked away in Disney World’s Yacht Club Resort is the cozy panel-lined Crew’s Cup watering hole. Sharing the kitchen with the Yachtsman Steakhouse (considered one of the best steak joints on property) the Crew’s Cup delivers a concise range of pub grub alongside well crafted cocktails. The menu includes Steakhouse Wedge Salad, Lobster Bisque, Charcuterie & Cheese Board, Truffle Fries… and the headliner:Prime Rib Sliders. These beauties are a superb assemblage of sliced RB au jus, cheese, sautéed onions, roasted red peppers and then nestled in a mini onion roll. Two sliders are accompanied with horseradish sauce and a side of house made kettle chips. Just writing these words down makes my hand tremble, my head spin and my heart to race! Oh, cruel fate to be in Connecticut now!
The backfill story to the Sliders. Legend has it that the kitchen guys of the Steakhouse at the end of the night took what remained of the prime rib of beef entrées, sliced the RB thin and slapped the beef into the onion rolls that are part of the dinner bread service, and chowed down. Well… winner, winner chicken dinner (so to speak). Whoever got the idea of adding these tasty delights to the bar menu at the Crew’s Cup next door should get the Employee of the Year Award. But hold the phone! The word of these sensational sliders quickly spread, propelled by A.J. of the Disney Food Blog declaring to a tuned in audience that they were the best invention since the wheel! It wasn’t long before the restaurant had to order more and more prime rib, not for full dinner entrées, but for a “bar bite”!
When the preparation for the sliders began to monopolize the kitchen staff at the expense of preparing main dinners for the restaurant, it was time to yank the sliders off the Crew’s Cup’s menu. A serious uproar ensued from the Disney faithful and after a year hiatus (or so) the Prime Rib Sliders were returned to where it belonged! On the food pedestal of the Crew’s Cup!
A brief post script. Alan and Mollie of the Mammoth Club Blog & YouTube channel took to reviewing WDW’s Lounges and the Crew’s Cup took First Place driven in part by the exceptional sliders and the craft cocktails.
Seen below, the 2025 Nobel Prize for Food: Crew’s Cup’s Prime Rib Sliders. Beverage choice: a Whistle Pig Old Fashioned.
