Red Osier

Well I’m not usually a raving fan of airport food, but if you are familiar with the cuisine of Rochester NY you know not to pass up Red Osier. Years ago you had to go to their outstanding restaurant in Stafford NY to get their excellent roast beef, then they expanded to providing roast beef sandwiches at ball games and festivals. Today I walked into the Greater Rochester International Airport and had to stop to check out their stand located just inside security. They serve roast beef sandwiches and the famous Zweigles hot dogs as well as chips, beverages and brownies. I had Beef on a Weck, which if you are from Rochester you know that means a Kimmelweck roll– the top is crusted with salt and caraway seed. Yum! The roll was great and the roast beef plentiful and flavorful. The only thing that would have made it better would have been a side of au jus, admittedly hard to carry on a plane. My sandwich didn’t make it that far as I devoured it immediately. After all I couldn’t let it get soggy! As an added plus they sell packaged Zweigles hot dogs to go — I purchased a 3 pack which comes with a little cooler bag that says Red Osier. The server also wrapped them in newspaper inside the cooler bag to keep them frozen for my flight. My husband will be so jealous that I had a Red Osier sandwich that I figure giving him the Zweigles will almost make up for it!