Bob's Sub & Sandwich Shop

Pretty decent and cheap sub shop. The portions are actually very large for the price, and it makes sense why the students seem to flock here when school is in session. I got to try their chicken parm sub and the regular grilled chicken sub (they called it the chicken filet or something). Both were quite nice. The chicken parm sub had tons of tomato sauce and the breading, although a bit uneven, wasn’t bad. The chicken seemed decently fresh too. Bread is average. They included Mayo in all their subs, which is interesting, but not that unwelcome. Average cheese. The regular chicken was interestingly superior. It was lighter and creamier at the same time? Probably the Mayo not being overpowered by the tomato sauce. But truly, the price for the portion is really, really nice.

Yikes! Stopped in before doing a college campus tour of Slippery Rock University expecting "America's Best Subs" as advertised on their building.... They got me.... Don't eat here. We paid $50 dollars for 3 subs, 3 bags of chips, and 3 drinks. My wife asked for a "bit" of mustard on her sub. As you can see in the photo, she got a sub swimming in mustard. The guy who took our order was not welcoming (no greeting, no assistance with ordering process, and looked miserable) Hospitality business with no hospitality.... The bathrooms, signage, and atmosphere should have been enough to turn any customer away but we were hopeful. Hey, Bob's Subs & Sandwich Shop, do better... it's not that hard...

Ehh, I’ve tried to give this place / location several chances and unfortunately I’m just continuously disappointed. They are skimpy on toppings. The bread is very skinny like, if that makes sense. It’s not wide like say subway or fox’s bread. Overall it’s just not worth the money imo. You can goto any place else and get a far superior sub/sandwich for the same or lesser price. It tastes good, it just lacks sufficient toppings. The prices should reflect in the toppings and they don’t The handful of times I’ve been there, I’ve never seen the same person twice. College town, college employees and they obviously don’t care.

I’m a student at Slippery Rock and wanted to clear the air on a few things. For starters, I LOVE Bob’s; anytime I want a sub, this place is my go-to. Today, in celebration of the first day of the spring semester, I got myself my usual turkey and ham, but as a giant instead of a senior-sized sub. There’s a generous portion of toppings on this, including the meat. Now, I will say, as someone who worked at a sub place at one point, the more toppings you get, the more it will seem there’s an uneven ratio of meat to topping, and that’s because there is. This is because they need to be able to close the sandwich. I get the standard veggies/sauce, which would be lettuce, tomato, onion, mayo, and Italian dressing. Three veggies at most is the sweet spot for a reasonable distribution of toppings

Maybe it's hometown bias, but I really do think these are some of the best subs out there. I get the cheese one and have yet to find one better in any sub shop I've been to around the country. I think the secret is the bread, which is more like a soft po-boy bread than a traditional sub bread. Anyways it's a nice college-town atmosphere, the staff have always been nice, and the prices are good, especially when it seems like everywhere else you go is expensive.