Zweigle’s

For better or worse, I’m a hot dog addict. Zweigles are simply the finest you can get. Red and white Pop Opens are the best. They are a summer staple here at our home. Skinless Franks are the way to go when you can’t grill. They can be prepared just about any way. You can serve with beans, sauerkraut, salads, just about anything. They’re great for easy meals on hot days, they require little prep. Zweigles hots and sausages will please every taste. Don’t sit there reading this, GET OUT AND ENJOY SOME ZWEIGLES!!!

I’ve lived near Los Angeles all my life. When I was a kid a friend of my dads used to visit New York a couple times a year, and he would always come back with whitehots. Zweigles whitehots.
They were so good, and I always wanted to get some, but I never go to New York. I was pleasantly surprised one day when I discovered that they could be ordered online, straight from zweigles!
A couple years ago I had the first whitehots if eaten in over 25 years, and they were EXACTLY as I remembered them… The price is high to cold ship sausages from Rochester to Los Angeles, but it is a treat I look forward to. I need to order more… I’m all out :(

I want to fly like a Zweigle. A Zweigle of course is a hot dog, and one flies when it gets thrown at you. Down a hallway, perhaps.
I don’t like Z’s as much as I like, for example, Sahlen’s of Buffalo. But they’re not far off. Most of the local hot dog places serve these and they’re a Rochester institution. They should have 585 carved into every single casing. Either that or 666 if the employee working the shift is a devil worshipper. But that’s not really Zweigle’s fault. You have to take all the help you can get.
However, their White Hots are so good that it makes the fact that I’m not crazy about a lot of their other meats, moot. Hey, meats and moot almost rhyme.
Rochester is a «white hot» town with maybe 100 places serving hots and garbage plates and such. Most of those places serve hot dogs from this spot, so while they’re not the best in the world, they are clearly deserving of the 5 stars.

I always have Zweigle’s White Hots in my luggage after visiting friends and family in Rochester, and they bring them out as offerings when they visit San Diego. The highest quality, best flavor, a real taste of home. The regular red hots and italian sausage are every bit as good, but the white hots are the unique regional specialty.
Mustard, onions, sauerkraut, dress ‘em up the way you like, they pop like a real sausage should from first bite to last!
I’m checking the back of the freezer when I get home, there may be one more package left…

My boyfriend’s aunt flew in a few weeks ago, armed with frozen Zweigle’s red hots. I must admit, I could not understand the hype of Zweigle’s until I tried them last weekend. I am amazed and addicted! The skin has such a perfect crunch to them, and the sausage isn’t salty (and surprisingly not hot at all for a spice wuss like myself). That being said, I’ve found I can only get them in Los Angeles if I order them online from Zweigle’s themselves, and I will be soon stocking my freezer! If you haven’t tried it, please do, they will not disappoint!
PS they have a sale right now (for July) – 24 pounds for $ 199.90. Not bad, considering overnight freight is always painful. Comes out to $ 8.33 a pound!

Zweigles hots have been a part of my entire 44 years on this planet. As a kid, it was the reds. As an adult, I can’t get myself away from the whites (pop open). I no longer punish myself by grilling only as many as we need, but instead always cook every hot I have available to me because they’re so amazing to eat as leftovers the next day. I just had one for lunch an hour ago and I can’t stop thinking about it. It was so flavorful I want another one. I’m a mustard guy so my prefence is mustard and onions, mustard and pickled jalapenos, mustard and relish (either sweet or dill) or the ultimate in white hot scrumptiousness… mustard, onions and hot sauce. You owe it to yourself to try these, and make sure you have some leftovers. Nothing beats a Zweigles white hot omelette with onions and grated white sharp cheddar to start off your morning.

The absolute best hot dogs that you can find. I know live in Atlanta and always stock up when I return to Rochester. Nothing says «Summer» like having a few white hots off of the grill. Personally, I love the naturally casing ones that split open. Yum.
I sure wish that there was a store that sold them in Atlanta. We have a local hot dog joint that uses Sahlens (Buffalo, NY) and cooks them over charcoal right in front of you. Good, but not Zweigles.

After going to RIT for 5 years, Zweigle’s became a staple of my diet. Also, cooking up some white hots on the grill is quite possibly the best thing ever created by man. After moving to Virginia, I pleaded, and begged, and got signatures from people to get the local grocery to carry Zweigle’s.
Little to say, I’m going home tonight, popping a white hot on the grill, sauté peppers and onions, top with a pickle wedge and get to some good eats.
Zweigle’s, you complete me.

I ate two sausage sandwiches at Rochester’s Corn Hill Art Festival earlier this month. The things were awesome. They were so good I went back and asked the vendor if I can have the sign. Well this week I finally got around to framing it and it’s going to be hung in the garage. Pleasant memories of Rochester and good food. Check out my picture.

I love Zweigles hot dogs.
I’ve been suggesting relocating to Rochester to my husband and I keep introducing him to reasons why we should.
Zweigles is on the list, along with Wegmans, which is where he can purchase Zweigles.
For now I’ll keep asking mom to deliver them to me in Ohio when she visits!