Hoping for Some Good Sandwich Mojo in Huntington Beach

 Mojo's Sandwiches and Blues Bar

16446 Bolsa Chica St.

Huntington Beach, CA 92649

There are certain areas of OC that I feel that I've neglected over the years. Mostly due to the fact that I have lived in South OC for the entirety of the run of this blog, it's been hard to get to the north end of our great county. Buena Park, Cypress, Los Alamitos, Seal Beach, Stanton, and North Huntington Beach has some great places to eat, but most days it will take me about an hour one way to get to these cities, but I have decided I need to remedy this.  

My buddy Steve lives nearby in Los Alamitos, so it was a good time to catch up, talk some hockey and hopefully try a place in an area that I have long shunned due to geography. Mojo's Sandwiches and Blues Bar came across my radar a few months ago when a long-time reader suggested that I try it. Never one to disregard someone who has taken the time to reach out with a tip, I added it to my list of restaurants to try and waited until the perfect time to try them out. 

Mojo's opened right in the middle of the pandemic, in August of last year. They are located at the intersection of Bolsa Chica and Heil, at the far left of the small shopping center that includes a number of small shops including The Hangout Restaurant, Domino's Pizza, and Sea Salt Japanese Eatery. The restaurant layout is half indoor seating and an umbrellaed patio out front, with a circular bar bridging the two. The inside is decorated smartly with painted yellow walls, large TVs showing sports, and paintings of blues legends adorning the walls. 

The menu here is divided into hot and cold sandwiches and subs. For the most part, the price point hovers right around the $10 mark per sandwich and only varies by a buck or two in either direction. There's also a trio of salads and snacks and sides to choose from. My friend Steve and I quickly ordered, got a few beverages from the bar, and grabbed one of the prime spots on the patio while waiting for our food. 

Steve and I decided we were going to split three sandwiches on this visit, which would help us get a better grasp of what Mojos was all about, plus I'm always up to eat an extra half sandwich. You don't see muffuletta sandwiches very often in OC, so the Mojo's Muffuletta ($13.99) was a must-try for us. This version was made with salami, mortadella, and salami, with sliced provolone, and olive salad all sandwiched between sliced ciabatta. My first few bites of this were not very inspiring, but this sandwich ended up growing on me, even though I am nowhere near the biggest fan of olives that you will ever meet. The olive salad needed to be balanced out a bit with maybe some oil and vinegar to moisten things up a bit, but still a solid start to our sandwich odyssey at Mojos. 

Not to ruin the rest of this review, but this Buffalo Chicken Sandwich ($9.99) was the best one we had on this early afternoon. This sandwich featured buffalo fried chicken, tangy coleslaw, pepper jack cheese, and spicy aioli. You might think that this was going to overwhelm you with heat, but you'd have been wrong. It was a very manageable heat level, which provided a big burst of flavor in each bite. I really enjoyed the different textures of the crispy coleslaw, tender chicken, and the soft and chewy ciabatta which held its form wonderfully. Yes, I would have liked a bit more chicken on here. but I'd get this one again for sure. 

Last but not least for us was this Mojo's Reuben ($10.99). With big hunks of corned beef intertwined with swiss cheese and sauerkraut on rye, this sandwich impressed both of us, but some Russian dressing or even mustard would have made it even better. The corned beef that they use was nicely done and was rightfully the star of this sandwich. 

Not that we needed it, but I had to give the Reese's Fried PB and J with Ice Cream ($6.95) a whirl. When this was placed in front of us, I knew we made the right choice in getting it. This was simply fried peanut butter and jelly sandwich with peanut butter and berry sauce drizzled over it, with two scoops of ice cream. It was sweet, but the savory peanut butter kind of muted the sweetness just a tad. My technique while eating this was to spoon some ice cream and take alternating bites from the spoon and the quartered sandwich. It was like fair food, but elevated, and it did not cost $14 like it would at the OC Fair.  

Mojos could be the very definition of a hidden gem. I follow quite a lot of food people, peruse plenty of online restaurant blogs, and read the mainstream media about OC restaurants as well, and this is a sandwich spot that no one has written about, until now. Definitely worth a visit if you are in Huntington Beach or in the surrounding area. When I'm back here I look forward to trying their Pastrami, Philly, and Meatball, along with that Buffalo Chicken that we had on this visit. The service was nice and cordial, and I felt the price point at Mojo's was very fair. Just another reason I consider Huntington Beach to be the sandwich capital of OC. It's almost unfair the number of great sandwiches found within its city limits. More of a reason that I need to get to the parts of OC that I have neglected for far too long. 

Out of five Powder Puff Girls, (because the main villain in this animated series is Mojo Jojo, not that I've seen this of course), five being best to zero being worst, Mojo's Sandwiches and Blues Bar gets 3.5 Powder Puff Girls. 

For more information about Mojo's Sandwiches and Blues Bar, head to their website by clicking here: https://www.mojossandwiches.com/