Shout out to Stephentown. I respect what Dave's is trying to be. Aside from packaged grocery items, they offer produce, meat, fresh sliced deli cuts, baked goods, subs sandwiches, fried chicken and hot meatball subs. There is no other place in the direct vicinity for these types of items. They were busy on the weekend day I was there. People ahead of me were getting deli cuts and cold sandwiches. I got a meatball sub.
I just wish the space was cleaner. I wish that there were fewer flying insects. I wish that the food handling had better glove cleanliness and cross-contamination awareness, and also that there wasnt rotten hamburger patties in the meat case the day i was there.
I was impressed by the holding temperature for the meatballs and sauce. They were piping hot....Like PIPING for real. The meatballs tasted good and the sauce is good too. They cut the meatballs in half on the subroll and arranged the halves on the bread by gloved hand. The same gloves had touched deli slicers, scales, deli meat, a switch in the side of the oven and many other surfaces while I stood in line. Ive eaten at sketchy places before (too many according to my husband) but my brain was begging me to reconsider my choice this time. However at that point I figured I had already committed to the 6" meatball sub i had ordered. I shouldnt have. Less than 2 hours later it turned into a disaster. read more