The Upper Crust Sandwich Shoppe — Restaurant in Riverside

This place is easily one of Riverside's biggest secrets. The Upper Crust offers incredible homemade soups, sandwiches and desserts 7 days a week.

I had the pastrami sandwich on a french roll with potato salad and carrot sticks. I wasn't sure if I'd like the potato salad since I'm not typically a fan and the owner didn't hesitate to offer me a sample to see if I liked it. I took a bite and was wowed by how delicious it was! It was fantastic, and that's saying a lot coming from me. They then told me they make it in-house fresh daily, along with the french rolls and other goodies.

While I waited I chatted with the people who run the place and discovered they've been serving up sandwiches here for 20 years! When my sandwich came out it was presented beautifully, and served with a smile. The pastrami itself was hot, juicy and full of flavor. The french roll was unexpectedly soft, fluffy and melded to the meat with melted cheese.

Everything I had here oozed with tender love and care and the people inside were great. I can't wait to come back tomorrow after the Mission Inn and try more of their...

This little sandwich shop is a delightful surprise in Riverside. My sister and I stopped there for dinner during the Festival of Lights. We had the French Dip special which came with soup and au jus. We were there for my birthday, so the owner gave us two chocolate chip cookies for free!

This shop has been in business for 22 years. The owners, Kerry and Wreatha are the most generous-hearted proprietors you could ever meet. Kerry let us sample both the chili and clam chowder to make our decision on which soups we wanted, and both were delicious. It was a tough decision, but I got the clam chowder and my sister got the chili. My sister had her dog with us, and Kerry had someone bring out a bowl of water for her dog as well as gave her pup a small plate of roast beef.

We enjoyed chatting with Kerry about his business. The food was wonderful. The bread was super soft and the roast beef was plentiful. The chocolate chip cookies were delicious too!

I highly recommend the Upper Crust Sandwich Shop for both the great food and over-the-top...

Here is the good and the bad, A little family owned sandwich shop. The owner greted us very nice man and nice atmosphere. I ordered the full pastrami sandwich on a French roll, and an order of chili.

The sandwich was absolutely delicious they did a great job. The chili was also amazing it had chunks of meat and even corn in it was delicious.

Now as to my concern was the size of the sandwiches vrs the price. We ordered 2 sandwiches and 2 softdrinks and total was over $45.00. I posted the picture of the sandwich with my hand in the photo so you can reference the size of the sandwich. The sandwich was very small with very little meat in it. After paying 45.00 for lunch and still leaving hungry was tough. I can't even imagine ordering the half sandwich. I don't know if this is something many people can afford to do for a lunch.

Great tasting food, understand inflation, just not...