Red Scooter Deli, Paso Robles, CA., 3/14/26

Red Scooter Deli is on the main square in Paso Robles and open 7 days a week for breakfast and lunch.  Stephanie Johnston opened the deli in December 2010 and is actively involved in the Paso community.   The place has no indoor dining options but does have a number of outdoor tables where you can eat your selections.  It’s a tiny place to go inside where you order and pick up any chips, drinks or cookies, etc that you want to go with your food.   They have tons of sandwich combinations or you can design your own.  We tried 2 of their plain sandwiches as opposed to the box where they come with sides.  They also have options for gluten free, vegan and vegetarian eaters.  I love the idea of a female owned and operated business and the people working there were very nice, but the food we tried was mixed and smaller in portion than the sandwich we had at High Street Deli.

The Dutch sandwich was made with an extra portion of black forest ham, smoked gouda, red onion, tomatoes, pepperoncini, lettuce, mayo and honey mustard on a Dutch crunch roll.  It’s a cold sandwich and unfortunately the bread was not very fresh.  The filling had tasty ingredients but the poor quality bread ruined it.

The Daddy-O sandwich comes with an extra portion of hot pastrami, provolone, pepperoncini, mayo and spicy mustard on a toasted French roll. (I was trying to decide between that and the Jam that’s Cheezy and the counter person picked the Daddy-O).  It was listed as a warm sandwich and it did come out warm with the cheese melty.  This bread was much better and went nicely with the tasty ingredients.  The mustard dominated the flavor profile and it was definitely the better of the two options.  This one was fairly good.