This.
It’s a side dish.
Cole slaw doesn’t belong in sandwiches unless it’s turned to sauerkraut.
Don’t ever come to Pittsburgh, you blasphemer.
Like it on pulled pork and on hot dogs. I make mine with cabbage, red onion and jalapenos, and a bit of mayo.
Both, of course. I especially like slaw on hot dogs, West Virginia style.
I’d never consider coleslaw (one word, at least around these parts) to be a “condiment” - that’s tomato/BBQ/hot/hipster sauces or mustards.
It’s a good side dish and it’s excellent in some sandwiches, but I’d argue as soon as it becomes part of the sandwich it’s technically filling.
Very sensible and true post.
This. Anything can be a condiment if you want it to be, but I consider coleslaw (one word) to be a side dish.
Agreed as well. It takes a distinctively flavored meat in a sandwich to balance well with slaw. I have made hamburgers topped with coleslaw and Russian dressing, it works, but a really good burger is better off on it’s own. If you put slaw on a sandwich with something like bland turkey you’re making a slaw sandwich and the turkey could be left out.
I like it in pita bread with hummus and black olives.
I vote condiment, but I’m also a fan of eating food all mushed together (for example, Thanksgiving dinner) so maybe my judgment is suspect 
Both, but never the creamy kind.
To each their own. I only like the creamy kind.
Your opinion is wrong! 
I think it is both depending on what you’re having with it.
Side dish; as in on the side of someone else’s dish.
All kidding aside, even though I don’t eat it I’ve never heard of it as anything other than a side dish.
Cole slaw would have to become almost sour to be a sandwich condiment. So really, what I’m saying is that cole slaw has to be sauerkraut or kimchi to be on a sandwich.
That gloppy cabbage and mayo stuff is not appealing, but I do truly love a vinegar slaw with just the right amount of bite as a side dish.
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