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    On A Roll

    4.6 (172 reviews)
    InexpensiveSandwiches, Delis
    Closed 7:00 am - 2:00 pm

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    ON A ROLL ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for kids
    Outdoor seating

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    Edward B.

    Lunch specials and the sandwiches here are pretty good. They are pretty flexible and accommodating if you want to adjust a few things to your order. The island best drinks here are pretty good. Haven't seen them anywhere else.

    Chicken tortilla soup
    Jazmine P.

    10/10 I have heard all good things from on a roll I finally gave them a chance and OH MY GOODNESS! I ordered a chicken tortilla soup and IT IS THE BEST SOUP I'VE EVER HAD! I don't even like soup but got some because I was sick and wow now I like soup! THANK YOU to the older genteleman who said he had made it! Super affordable and delicious!

    Pulled pork sandwich special
    Kevin A.

    AMAZING food, AMAZING service, and AMAZING prices Great and friendly staff greet you when you enter Reccomended the pulled pork special Great selection of drinks and chips to compliment your sandwich

    Hole-ln-One

    Feels at home. Personable people. Got the Hole-in-one and when a spot can make the basics taste great then you're doing something right. Forget subway, Jersey Mikes. Etc. more bang for your buck to, will be back

    Egg salad sandwich on an onion roll!
    SkyeBlu W.

    Put some RESPECT on this place! Finally, a sandwich on a roll done right in San Diego Best egg salad I have had since I've been home in NYC! I can't wait to come back and just go down the menu one by one! This IS REAL DEAL! DELI SANDWICHES made with love perfectly executed! Thank you Teresa, Joe and Lou! Do not skip this place, don't even think twice!!!

    Palermo Italian sandwich
    Daniela L.

    Stopped by for lunch today 8/22/25. I was in the mood for a sandwich and I normally go to board & brew but I wanted to try something different. This place did not disappoint! I got their special of the day which was the Palermo Italian sandwich which has grilled chicken AND salami.. ummmm YUMMMM!! The service was friendly and fast! The chips & beverage selection are amazing. They even have Jarritos, IYKYK! They didn't have my favorite flavor which is the Tamarindo flavor but still awesome! Definitely a great bang for your buck compared to the other sandwich shops in the area!! Will definitely return. The sandwich was amazing btw!

    The Rockwell

    Such good food, atmosphere and service! Will definitely come back! I got their daily special The Rockwell and it was superb!! Thank you!

    Darren O.

    Got the high roller. Just an amazing turkey sandwich- green chili's, mayo, lettuce, tomato, pepper jack on grilled sourdough. Loved it. Reminds me of one of my favorite local sandwich places in Hillsboro Oregon- The Meating Place. So good!

    Can't miss it
    Arnel D.

    Dropped by for a sandwich but didn't know what kind exactly. Jordan let me know what was popular and I went with it. I enjoyed the Californian. Was in and out in a flash! I'll be back again when I want a hefty sandwich. This place definitely doesn't skimp. Remember to tip well!

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    3 years ago

    great food and wonderful people, my coworkers and I love the sandwiches and soups. I could eat here every day, and I pretty much do :)

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    Lou catered my business lunch for 50 people. TONs of complements! 8 trays of Sammi's and potato salad Yum! Thanks Lou!

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    Really great sandwiches and a super friendly staff! Breakfast is delicious here as well.

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    Excellent sandwiches, great place! Service is outstanding. Quality is excellent, daily specials are a bonus.

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    I love this place ! My Go To lunch spot during the pandemic. Friendly staff and yummy sandwiches. High roller and the gambler my top pics .

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    American Heroes & Brew

    4.6(445 reviews)
    5.9 mi
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    Seated immediately and our server was super cheerful and upbeat despite being pretty much the only…read moreone in the front of house during the lunch rush. Drink orders arrived fast and our order was taken soon after getting our drinks. I ordered the Tombstone which is their Western cheeseburger, Two 1/4 lb. patties, bacon, grilled onion, cheddar cheese, AHB BBQ Sauce, topped with onion rings on a brioche bun with a side of onion rings. The portions were huge and the burger was cooked perfectly. The onion rings were pretty standard for what you'd expect but were tasty and a big portion. Beer selection was great and we enjoyed our lunch here. Highly recommended!

    If I was just rating the service, it would be 5 stars no question! But since there's food involved,…read moreI want to be honest. I was soooo excited about the Philly connection, as I'm very familiar with cheesesteaks having lived near Philly in a past life. Well, I was sorely disappointed. We were told that the bread is flown in daily from Philly. Well, I don't know where it's coming from because it's definitely not the same bread as what they normally use there. The sandwich and meat were dry and flavorless. Totally underwhelming unfortunately. So then we saw that they made key lime pie there too! Again, I was SUPER excited because key lime pie is my favorite dessert of all time. And again...disappointment. I took one glance and saw that it was light green in color and knew I was gonna be mad. Yall, Key lime pie is yellow. You should NEVER add food coloring. That's just gross and inaccurate. The texture and flavor were also off. Texturally it was way too thick and dense, which would have been fine if it actually tasted like key lime. But it was severely lacking in that tart key lime flavor that it's known for. I'd definitely go back because of the service and vibe. But I'll maybe try a burger and the cheesecake instead.

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    The Wise Ox Butcher & Deli

    The Wise Ox Butcher & Deli

    4.4(253 reviews)
    3.5 mi
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    I am so in awe over this place. My partner heard about it over conversation from some really cool…read morecustomers at her work, and decided to suprise me! Wayde (I hope thats spelled correctly) was so sweet when we walked in and gave us the run down and made some great suggestions. If you plan on sitting down to eat, I highly recommend getting there early because seating is limited but also its a great spot to grab and go to the beach! We got the DBL (as first timers) with the beef fat fries. The flavor profile and portions are SOOO worth it. Be wise and come to The Wise Ox

    our DRY-AGED BURGERS (havarti, bacon, mustard, mayo, and house-made pickles) weren't just dry-aged,…read morethey were drier than old boot leather. I get that smash burgers are all the rage these days, but if a burger patty spends as much time on the second side as it did on the first, it's not crustified; it's as tough and juiceless as jerky. an abundance of aging primals are on display at the WISE OX. when they're cut into steaks, the trimmings are ground for burgers. a not-particularly-wise cow died for our sins (so said the family's vegan son who begged off lunch). honor that and cook the meat properly. to not do so is beyond sacrilegious. if I told the meat cutter (aka the "butcher") I was going to use the dry-aged Rib Eyes or New Yorks he'd just carved up to make jerky, he'd be horrified. so, why isn't he raging at the guy on the grill doing that to our burgers? the BEEF FAT FRIES (aka Tallow Fried Fries) still have great flavor, but are still way, way, way too salty. check the photo, and count the visible salt crystals if your cardiologist's on speed dial.

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    Prontos' Gourmet Market

    4.4(392 reviews)
    5.9 mi
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    This is my go to place to get a great sandwich! Always fresh always interesting choices and for me…read morethe chicken salad doesn't get any better and for my wife neither does the egg salad. My deal is to have a sandwich at the restaurant and then bring home a carton of chicken salad and egg salad and a dinner entrée, we went pot roast with vegetables and mashed potatoes. It was fantastic as always thank you pronto easy Parking nice outside patio and great service. Can't ask for anything more wish they were open on weekends.

    I used to frequent this place quite a bit in the past before the new owners took over…read more Speaking only from my experience, this place has changed a lot, prices have gone up but that's not a shock, everywhere you go nowadays and doesn't have to be even a decent deli, sandwiches are ridiculously expensive, $16 for a sandwich? Really? Or even more depending where you go. Frankly I don't know how anyone can afford it any longer but that's a different story. The new owners still don't even seem to know what they are doing after I would say 3yrs now, maybe even more since taking over this place. I used to love going here, now I go maybe once every 3 months if even that and I know why. The service is not the same, the owners are clueless and the food doesn't taste the same at all. The atmosphere of feeling like you are at home when most everyone but mostly the owner remembered you, would come talk to you, helped you and knew what she was taking about, is all gone. I was there yesterday for one of my favorite sandwiches, meatball sandwich. I like that the meatballs are small, not a size of a baseball or even larger, just perfect size, tasty etc. I go up to the register and instead of his clueless wife when you ask her a question and she looks at you as if you're from another planet then has to go and ask one of her employees which that in itself looks totally bad, this time was her husband who looks to me for now the 4th time through the year I visited, that should just stick to staying in the gym since he looks like someone that takes care of himself that way, quite fit, and although nothing at all with that, perhaps leave the deli part of it to someone else and go back to working out instead, it seems his forte. When I told him the sandwich I wanted, he clearly said to me "what would you like with the sandwich" a question I was never asked before because it simply came with a small bag of chips or pasta salad, so I asked what did the sandwich come with, "it comes" the word that he used "it comes with", not "extra charge" and he mentioned French fries, bag of chips while he pointed where the chips were, pasta salad. I said, "I'll try the French fries". Not ONE TIME he said to me that none of the items he mentioned to me were extra charge, I even told him, "oh they come with all that you just told me"? He said yes. When I paid the total came to $24 dollars, the sandwich itself was $13.65 and a coke that I ordered was $3, how did it get to $24? Well, the French fries were extra cost. Had I chosen a bag of chips, the once he pointed at were also extra charge just like if I ordered pasta salad, I found out about the extra charge from the lady that brought me the sandwich and I asked why my bill was $24 dollars, SHE, not the owner told me about the extra charges. After I said to her, "why didn't or doesn't the owner tell you so instead of saying that these extras come with the sandwich" she looked at me and said "I don't know". She didn't even know however any of the prices of the sandwich they sell. These are the new employees now. I know you are going to think why I didn't ask right away why my bill was $24 dollars. I didn't even think about it immediately, I was hungry at this point, the place was quite busy and I wanted to find a place to sit, no excuse, but didn't think about it right away. Not until I set down and then started thinking about why my bill was higher. That was my fault. I should have immediately asked and actually I should have gone to the owner afterwards and mentioned to him that he should tell the customers correctly, meaning do NOT SAY "IT COMES WITH" that means IS NOT EXTRA CHARGE. He needs to say that wherever we want with it, there is an extra, then up to the customer if he/she wants it or not. The sandwich did not taste like the way it used to taste, meatballs still small but they were very salty, and the fries although I will say cooked pretty nice, crispy and all, a very small portion and also very salty. Overall and sadly for me because I truly liked this place a lot with the previous owner, it's not a place I would go back to. The prices are as high and now higher than any other place nowadays, nothing spectacular, their bakery department is now very limited, used to be huge and very nice selections, they used to have a pastry chef in the back that made the best deserts, and I don't know if they also changed cook, but nothing tastes the same. The place is always very busy, so I am sure I won't be missed, I won't waste my money here again. The new owners should by now know what they sell, know how to interact with customers better, know the job they took over. The owners before were absolutely wonderful and great to talk to, they would interact with you ask you if everything was ok, great service from the staff. I miss them and the new owners really need to step up, it's time. The place also very dirty on floors, tables, trash cans totally disgusting and filthy.

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