Grinders 13

So, I am from the east and moved to Idaho for college and I’ve been trying to find a good cheesesteak. I’ve finally found it! My husband got the chicken sandwich and said it was delicious. This place feels like home! The people are nice and genuine and the service was awesome and fast. We were looking for a hidden gem and we found it.

Oh how I LOVE the pastrami sandwich here. It is so delicious and mixed with the mustard, melted cheese on a fresh bun? It melts in your mouth good. I crave the sandwiches here. Boyfriend got the Cheesesteak and it was also unbelievable. We are total foodies and talked about it for weeks after how good it was.
Highly highly recommend!

Not sure how we haven’t tried this place in the 4+ years we’ve lived in Utah. It’s along State St which is pretty busy & in an older area of buildings but it’s a cute little place inside. It’s family owned! The sandwiches are made to order & so yummy. A couple of our choices today included The American, The Italian plus avocado & The hot Meatball. All three were great! I love the fact that they used a thick shredded cheese on cold subs too. My husband said the cold tomatoes on top of the hot meatball sub was a neat addition & he really liked it. We will be back again. My husband also said he’s going to tell all the guys at work.

If you have a craving for something with a lot of meat and cheese, I highly recommend the their steak sandwiches. I am fond of the cheese steak. The optional peppers are a must have, and the tomatoes are always ripened until they are red (you listening Subway?). Fries are great. Staff are awesome. Don’t expect to score points with your spouse for how healthy you’re eating, but for a guilty indulgence at lunchtime I definitely recommend it!

Really wanted to like this place. Personally it’s more like 2.5 stars than 3. For the price I expected so much more. The amount of fries they give is kind of sad… in my pants. When they delivered the food the person just threw our food on the table and didn’t really acknowledge us. I’ll maybe give it a try again.

I saw this place while at a conference downtown. I tried the pepper steak sandwich and it was awesome. Really good flavor and the bread was not soggy which is always a plus. The price was pretty reasonable too.
The staff was friendly and the place although slightly old, was clean. The food was out faster than I thought. I would def come back.

A great sandwich at a great price. After many years, the quality remains top notch. They never skimp on the meat (or anything) and everything is fresh. The only problem is parking, but it is well worth a short walk or driving around the block! Try them — you won’t be disappointed.

Love love love the food!!! The people are just as amazing as the food. You cant get a better sandwich!!!

I came here because my mom would always tell me of her fond memories of coming here with her mom when they first came to this country. She told me the sandwiches were so big, double sized like what you would get in New York. Well things have changed friends. I ordered the texas. Similar to a crown burger but on a hoagie. My sandwich was great but lacked filling. I had over an inch of bread where there was no meat, no lettuce, no mayo. My 16 month old didn’t even touch it and he loves bread. I told my mom that Subway has bigger sandwiches for less. Its not cheap either. French fries were good and it comes with fry sauce. No kids menu. No real place to park. Area is questionable. But the place was clean. Disappointed, i think my mom more.

Wow! The food is always so fresh and tasty here. I just had the pepper steak and will definitely order it again. I usually get the cold ham and cheese which comes with so much ham and cheese that it is falling out of the bun. Come here and you will not be disappointed. I’ve been a customer for years and I appreciate that it is a locally owned, independent business where the owner is most likely the one to take your order.

An SLC standby.
Solid sandwiches, both hot and cold.
Fast friendly service.
Great prices.
Fry sauce.

Still run by the same family and is great. Food made with love. I never go wrong with the hot pastrami with hot peppers.

The best veggie sandwich in town! I am tired of the slimy tasteless typical veggie sandwiches that the majority of sandwich shops offer. Grinders veggie is cool and crisp with a nice shredded provolone and a light smear of mayo. The bread is perfect! It’s nice and soft on the inside with just enough chewiness on the outside, never soggy and never dry. We love this location :)

Great Philly, I looked forward to going back and trying some of their other delicious looking subs!

This place is family owned and operated and has been since day one. I absolutely love their. sandwiches, with the Texas Burger Deluxe and Veal being favorites. If there is better fry sauce in SLC — I haven’t found it. Always excellent!

Consistent quality for the 20+ years I’ve been coming here. I hope it never changes. Italian meat is my usual go to.

10 out of 10. No doubt a hidden gem of Salt Lake. The subs are delicious, fresh, and the service very polite. would reccomend

Went to the one by my work off of 3200 W. I-​80 pretty good gots that baseball @ the ball game look & taste to it. Got the Texas Deluxe def going back to try the Philly. Came wt fries were OK mediocre fry sauce makes it taste better. Was in a rush for work so don’t know if my mind wasn’t fully on the sandwich, but pretty good all in all. Food came out fast went around 230pm one customer there. I’ll get back to you when I try that Philly.

Years ago, we lived in Salt Lake. I found Grinders 13 and their breaded veal cutlet sandwich. Yummy! Used to have at least one every month. Then we moved to Seattle. Haven’t found anything close to this sandwich anywhere in Seattle. So now, every time we go back to Salt Lake, I cross my fingers and hope this place is still around and I can have my sandwich.
Just got back from a visit to SLC. First thing we did, upon getting the rental car and pulling out of the airport? YUP! «Give me the largest breaded veal sandwich you have, with extra gravy.» Mmmmmmmmm! Can’t wait until we get back there again. Please, please, please — do not ever close shop!

At some point in the last couple months ( Unilocal is not showing me the exact date), I got a message from the owner. I love receiving those, as it demonstrates to me that they care enough to respond and my hope is that it translates into an upgrade, which is a win for everyone. This message wanted feedback about how to improve and as we all know time has a way of slipping, I realized it had been longer than I felt was reasonable for me to comment and so I told him I’d be back to re-​evaluate the place and offer more current commentary, which is what this review will mostly be.
A couple things I want to note before I get to that. First, I would not have returned to this place without his invitation. Owners should take note of this. Your messages, particularly when they are positive and encouraging, DO matter to those of us who are trying to make Unilocal better and thereby have Unilocal be in a position to positively affect the community. Second, without trying to give anything away, I also withdraw nothing from my first review. It is as relevant and accurate now as when I wrote it, unfortunately. In fact, were it not for the friendly service, I would have been sorely tempted to downgrade the rating.
As to the experience, when I walked in the front door, I was pleasantly surprised. There seemed to be a very slight remodel to the last time I was there (or maybe I just didn’t notice earlier) and it was considerably brighter and cleaner than I remembered. The menu board was a lot more legible as well. I also like how they list all the ingredients to a particular menu item. I wish everywhere did that. The space, however, is kind of odd and I think a little focus would go a long way, i.e. is this going to be a get-​your-​sandwich-​and-​GTFO or is it supposed to be more a sit-​down affair? As it is, this place currently does neither well. That would perhaps be my first hint. Speediness is also as questionable as always and I spent a lot more time here waiting than appropriate for the customer volume at the time of my visit.
Drink selection is another thing in dire need of improvement. The soda fountain was chock full of undrinkable garbage, which left the iced tea. Iced tea, despite a sign proclaiming its wonderfulness, was anything but and even sugar didn’t help it much. The fries were done very well, though, nice and crisp and on the level of one of the Greek burger places at their best.
The entrees again are in need of help. The bread was good, but there was too much of it, especially in proportion to what was within it. Either the meat and toppings need to increase or the buns need to decrease. There is a motif to this place, which seems to be all of the various toppings inside, next to the bread, then the meat, then the cheese, then tomato slices on top. This was on both the Chicago dog and the pastrami sandwich I got. This also should be tossed out. I don’t know if it’s an attempt to be unique or something else, but it winds up being a pain, particularly if there is too much of something or if you want to add something, say some jalapenos in a 1.25 oz. solo cup that you just paid $.75 cents for and which have neither spice nor flavor.
The Chicago Dog… tomatoes diced, not sliced, toppings do not go between the dog and the bun, unless it is mustard and maybe relish, but mostly just mustard. Dog, while good-​tasting and not at all Oscar Mayer-​ish, also was split, which is another no-​no. Dog should be whole or it becomes a hot dog sandwich. Sports peppers were also decent. Relish was ghastly. Celery salt doesn’t really work on the tomato slices on top of everything else.
The Pastrami sandwich… I like a Pastrami sandwich a great deal and have had a lot of them. One thing I’ve never had on them elsewhere is lettuce and one thing I had here that I want to never have again on one is hot lettuce. This also came covered with tomato slices, which were dreadful. Mustard was a bit light. Swiss cheese on this is a bit atypical, but was ok. Pastrami meat was bland and sort of off-​tasting and did not even slightly resemble actual Pastrami. Possibly I got roast beef. That I can’t tell conclusively should be read as a huge problem.
The main feedback for the owner is that this place is not competitive to the other sandwich places out there, which have all, chains included, stepped up their quality level considerably. There are several better choices, even in the immediate area. I drove by a couple of them getting here, in fact. Right now, the quality of nearly everything there, aside from the bread and fries, is suspect and this is just not up to the new standard of other places. My advice is to go to some of the competition, take notes and improve the quality to at least be in the running. It also wouldn’t be a bad idea to come up with a «ringer» sandwich, that only you have or of a certain type that you do unarguably best.