Santiam Subs

The Sunday sub jones hit, and I suggested we try something different. Dropped by here as some errands had me in this part of town. I walked in around 2pm, place is complete empty. A man appears behind the counter, wearing a lottery t-​shirt. From the lottery signs outside, inside, and now ON the staff… it’s becoming clear to me what is really the focus here.
The menu was oddly UNinspiring. Ordered a salami-​pepperoni for me, and a roast beef-​turkey for hubs.
It took this very kind gentleman almost ten minutes to make two cold sandwiches. Again, I was the only one in there. He kept asking me the same questions, and kept looking back at the order board behind him. I was just chillin’, so it wasn’t a big deal. No, I don’t want any fries or tots. No, I still don’t want any fries or tots. Or chips. Or drinks. Or drinks. Or chips.
$ 14 for two sandwiches, which I could see were mostly bread. The meats were sliced PAPER thin, and were laid only one layer deep.
I drove straight home, and we dug into the sandwiches not ten minutes after they were wrapped. Mine was already soggy — the Italian dressing they use on it just sogs into the pasty hoagie rolls they use (which, as Caitlin points out, are what I could buy at the grocery). Gross. Bites that weren’t soggy were still mostly bread. (Although there was a lively mix of peperoncini, olives and pickles on mine.)
Hubs was essentially tasteless. Looking at the sandwich cut in half, there’s five times as much bread as meat on the sandwich. And… the roast beef… it was very lightly colored, actually hard to tell apart from the turkey. WTH?
Disappointing. But, you can’t win them all. I gave them a second star for being local. But it won’t get me back in there to give them money again.
A business card at the checkout noted the names of the owners. Steve is one of them. Looking on my receipt, it says Steve served me today. There must be another Steve there.

Not impressed. Bread was a plain hoagie roll like you buy in a bag at Safeway. Meat and toppings were pretty sparse. It was edible but not enjoyable. Won’t be back.

I give up on trying to find a good hot pastrami sandwich in Salem. This place is quick and the bread was fresh. Other than that, my sandwich had no taste and a whopping 2 slices of pastrami for $ 7.99. I would’ve been better off at Safeway getting one of their sandwiches. At least there’s a decent amount of meat on theirs. I won’t be back here.

Super friendly staff. The guy really took his time and made a nice sandwich. This is basically a non-​official Quiznos that sells beer, too. Good vegetarian options.

Great place! You can fill your growler with delicious beer, have a sandwich, and play a little lottery. Employees are friendly and complete your order quickly. Oh. And a great place to watch a game on the flat screens!

Great place to grab a sandwich, fill your growler, play some lottery and watch some sports!

I thought it was ok. I just wasn’t all that impressed with the sandwiches. I thought they were a bit skimpy on the toppings and the bread was nothing special.
I want to support a local small company but in this case I just don’t see anything or any reason too other than it’s local.
Maybe in a few months will give them another try and see if things have changed.

Nothing special. Bread was weird, soup was blah. Service was fast and helpful, not particularly friendly.

Great subs! Had the cheesesteak and it was wonderful. Their house Bistro Sause is so smiple and good. Staff were awesome and very helpful.