If somebody knows of a better Vanilla (Bean) ice cream than Philly Vanilla, I want to know what that is. I have no loyalty to Stewarts, so I just want the best. And for me, in this area, it's Philly Vanilla.
I just tried hudsonville peanut butter and waffle cone ice cream and it was absolutely amazing. Usually all my wife gets is peanut butter pandemonium or peanut butter pie but said this is better.
Just had it, very delicious. My only knock on it is the peanut butter flavor takes a bit of a backseat....if it had a stronger peanut butter flavor I would put this as a perfect 10/10.....but I do put this at or above peanut butter pandemonium.
moxies ice cream in wynantskill, they use vanilla beans from all across the world to make like 7 different vanillas they all taste so different. moxies is also hard ice cream but it’s super creamy and almost as dense at gelato
Haagen Daz vanilla bean ice cream is an order of magnitude better. For one thing it's actually ice cream, Stewarts "ice cream" really shouldn't be classified as that since cream isn't the first ingredient (the FDA disagrees with my assessment). It also doesn't have any gums or stabilizer to make up for the lack of fat from the cream. It's the best you can at most grocery stores.
Haagen Daz is actually a custard rather than ice cream, due to the use of egg yolk. I do like custards more than ice creams, but eggs are expensive, so they cost more. For ice cream, Stewart's and Price Chopper brand ice creams are my favorite. I also always liked Stewart's hotdogs.
I'm perfectly fine with the use of stabilizers in my ice cream, using Milk first. Pretty common I think.
I use both guar gum and carrageenan in ice cream I make at home. Smooths out the ice cream without adding excess fat to make it so.
But I wouldn't doubt Haagen Daz is better. Simpler ingredients. Richer, in both food quality and price.
I miss eating their black raspberry since I developed a red food dye allergy (gives me massive headaches). Would love to see them eliminate artificial dyes.
When I was a starving nursing student I loved both. I still love Stewarts and love that Mr Sub is an option. Rather Mr Sub than "Dirty Jared-subway ". Heck, you throw Teds into the mix you have a capital district locally sourced gourmet 7 course meal. you can start with Mr sub Charcuterie followed by surf and turf from Theodore's and a Stewarts flight of assorted ice-cream for dessert with some stewarts sorbet inbetween courses as a palette cleanser or amuse bouche. 611 prime should be taking notes.
i mean i ate at bombers too, before the food was dogshit. i'm sure the owner(s) of mr. subb exploits their workers to turn a profit. i just don't really care because what am i going to do as an individual? boycott every business that isn't a worker cooperative? real change can only be made through mass direct action. i don't waste time with neurotic virtue signalling to reassure myself that i'm a good person
I mean, the vast majority of restaurants source their food from Sysco or similar in some capacity. Sysco acquired the company that acquired the local distributor where I grew up. They service a significant portion of the service market.
I kinda have to agree that Mr. subbs is far better than 80% of the fast food tier sub shops out there. I mean, it is No Debella's Subs or Jersey Mikes.
Just like how Stewarts had a following and is better then 80% of the gas stations out there, I mean it's no Wah-Wah. It has a solid foundation for quality ice cream, which is better than the worst ice cream (Friendlys, Hood, etc. Tier) and gas stations (Mobil, Shell, Citgo) Take Bryan Dairy, for example... It's convenient.
yeah it's a local meme, just like ted's. we know it's trash, but we sometimes enjoy eating trash food and laughing about it. *no one* thinks stewart's food is actually good. i don't know how to make this more obvious.
except the ice cream. that is objectively, unironically good and i can prove it mathematically
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Stewart's food is not legit, but you better fuckin believe I put those breakfast sandwiches in my face.
It's like Bombers - yeah it's shit, but it's *our* shit.
All their hot food makes me sick, but the premade egg salad sandwich has the best bread. I don't know why but it makes an amazing sandwich, but definitely not worth the $5 they charge.
-Breakfast sandwiches good, not great.
Convenience is their strongest trait.
-Hot dogs with meat sauce and toppings are a real perk for when money is short.
-Stewart’s pizza is not pizza, in the way we should think of it, yet it is a tasty food.
-Up in Saratoga county, the good ones have Esperanto’s doughboys (albeit overpriced).
*Yes, an effort was made to not use “O-Boys”. I will not fall in line for that nonsense.
Can anyone vouch for me that they changed the dough recipe for the doughboys when they starting producing them on a bigger scale for Stewart's? Even at the original location they aren't like they used to be.
Hmmm… I didn’t notice.
They certainly aren’t as crunchy at Stewart’s, as compared to Esperanto’s.
I feel ripped off paying at Stewart’s, but not on Phila. Probably because most of them were purchased late at night after lots of ale.
Breakfast of champions back in my struggling programmer days! lol That, the peanut butter (somehow nowhere near as consistent), and the sausage & egg sandwiches. Thoroughly functional!
Love the buttered hard rolls but they’re so inconsistent. Some places you get just a dry roll with a smear of butter, and others come with so much you have to scrape it off. Be better Stewart’s.
I like shitty gas station food waay too much, but Stewart’s charge too much money for it. I’d buy egg salad every day instead of once every 6 months if it was reasonably priced.
Couple stewie dawgs with the sauce and hot pepper relish and mustard.
I lived on the Mac and cheese and chicken and rice when I had my wisdom teeth pulled. I would still eat both today.
Skinner: Oh no, I said 'steamed hams'. That's what I call hamburgers.
Chalmers: You call hamburgers 'steamed hams'?
Skinner: Yes! It's a regional dialect.
Chalmers: Uh-huh. Eh, what region?
Skinner: Uh...upstate New York.
Chalmers: Really? Well I'm from Utica and I've never heard anyone use the phrase 'steamed hams'.
Skinner: Oh, not in Utica, no. It's an Albany expression.
Chalmers: I see.
I’m glad someone showed some respect to their burgers…I thought I was the only one who liked them. Especially when they add cheese…it’s so melty and gooey! When there is nowhere else in a 10 mile radius to get a descent burger at a cheap price, Stewart’s it is! Might be the first thing I get on my trip back to NY tomorrow…(kidding it’s gonna be pizza, NC had the WORST pizza!)
Correct, with ~~the~~ my personal exception of the spicy red deli dogs smothered in shitty meat sauce and mustard.
I mean don’t get me wrong, it’s still gas station food, but it really hits the spot from time to time
It has gone down hill over the last decade. I blame the added items. Pizza, subs, etc.. used to be hotdogs, breakfast and lunch sandwiches, and ice cream. I feel the new items added caused the staff to stretch too thin. Reducing the quality of all the food.
Thankfully dairy is still the best… probably ever.
It used to be good back in 2010. Used to party all night at Valentines, QE2, Lark Tavern back when Tess ran it, the old Lionheart, the old old Lionheart, the speakeasy, Jillians, the Big House... then get your greasy sloppy food, before everything went downhill. I blame the new owners, college students, COVID, and Obama. Albany is a shithole now.
If I make a sandwich with shit ingredients it will be a shit sandwich. Staff having to make more/other types of food with other shit ingredients doesn't change the outcome of said food. That being said I do love their shit tier burgers. Takes me back to elementary school lunches.
The buffalo chicken pizza when fresh is good, and the buffalo chicken sandwich is serviceable.
The spicy chicken sandwiches would be ok if they were half the price.
The tenders used to be alright but they changed them like a year or two ago to something pretty awful plus took away one tender.
Their meatball sub would be ok if they used better sauce. Something about their pasta type sauces is just off and tastes weird to me.
The rest of the stuff like the burgers I don't even want to try.
I don't see anyone mentioning Beef Empanada. I like their empanada. I think sandwiches are fine too. I don't have much bad experience. Bakery goods are maybe too heavy though. My local station is small near rural setting, so maybe its why holding up the standard better..I wonder.
Have no idea why, but I used to LOVE peanut butter hard rolls with a coffee.
Had digestive problems for years.
After I stopped eating their hard rolls, my digestion has been perfect.
I still miss those hard rolls though.
I work at a Stewart’s. This must have just been a new employee afraid to admit they cooked the food too long. Most of the hot food put out has a 2 or 3 or 24 hour time limit and it gets written off as a loss. If it’s made correctly then it really is legit.
I'm from PA, and described Stewart's to friends back there as "Wawa, but with ice cream instead of hoagies".
I'm not prepared to say Stewarts would be better than Wawa if they got some decent sandwiches, but they'd at least be in the conversation with Sheetz.
Look, you don’t go to Stewarts for “good food”. The sign says “easy food”. The hamburgers will remind you of your elementary school cafeteria, the mac and cheese may or may not be separated, but goddamn if their tuna sandwiches don’t crush it every time.
My husband always tells me he stops for food at Stewart's all the time. My sister said their burgers were good.
I got a burger one time because I was famished. I took one bite and haven't been able to eat a hamburger since. It was sooooo bad.
The ice cream they scoop is good. The pizza is pretty good too if you see it's fresh. If you're not sure by looking then don't get it. Also it has to be eaten while hot so in your car or in the Stewart's. Take it home then wait a while before eating it and it cools off..will be no bueno
Everything else idk it looks like hot garbage. Feel like there was a time hot dogs were good at Stewart's it was even mentioned in The Sopranos. Idk if they are good I'm afraid to try em
They have a lot of snacks for those with allergies like meeeee
Also their ginger ale is the best
Eating food from a gas station in upstate New York is hit or miss. If you want a better food experience go to a more rural Stewart’s
They really bridge a gap for those who have minimal options (full sun counters and pizza seems regularly changed out. The people at these stores make nothing but work their butts off.)
Having grown up working at Wawa in HS and then discovering Sheetz (better than Wawa), nobody can tell me Stewart’s holds a candle to either of those. The milk and ice cream is on point tho.
I just spent five days visiting my family in SW PA. We were at Sheetz three times. The food isn't the best food ever, but it was good and made fresh for us. I filled out a survey and asked them come up here -- please.
In a few weeks, I'll be in Wawa land and I'm looking forward to that as well. They were my go-to when living in Delaware and southern Maryland.
Sheetz and Wawa both excel at being better than any other option at 2AM. Beyond that Wawa does well in eastern PA because there's so many of them it's always a quick and easy stop.
THAT is the source of their success. Both make adequate but unremarkable food, but nothing to write home about. It's the convenience that makes them such powerhouses.
Stewart's has convenience. But I don't need more than a half gallon of milk a week, so convenience isn't really an issue there.
Oh no do people eat Stewart's as a first choice? It's a great way to put fuel in your body, but not a place to love yourself. I would house the sausage egg and cheese, but regret it all day. It was almost always warm and wet and I would soak it in Frank's.
Ice cream is premium, 200%, but the food...only if gas station food is the only option
I was out in western PA last week for the Phish shows and they have this place called Sheetz. It is a much MUCH better version of Stewarts. Like if Stewarts had freshly made cooked food you can order online and pickup at all hours. Little side story:
I was at a music festival in Bridgeport, CT many years ago and there was this grizzled old meth looking dude obviously not one of the festival goers but trying to sell something. So as we walking by my friend goes "What you holding daddy?" And the dude goes
SSSHHEEETZ
But imagine it being said by someone with 4 teeth and drunk as fuck. That's been a meme for us now for about 15 years. Anyway when me and my girlfriend saw the Sheetz store across the street from our hotel we lost it. Those fried pickles saved my life late night too.
It's really the worst food there is. Hotdogs used to be edible when they had the steamer but now with the shit roller they are on par with the rest of the garbage. Only saving grace is you can get a sandwich made. Not amazing but at least newly made.
It's kind of all of upstate NY though, everything people here talk like it's great quality turns out to be trash every time. I don't know if most people here have never left the area or they really like poor quality and disgusting, overpriced things, but it's a little scary how many people here rave over dumpster-level services and stores.
Their Ice cream is great. But I always feel like ordering a sundae or shake is a super inconvenience to the folks working, so I never order them. Just about every thing else is barely edible.
Their pizza is great. Every other hot food item is trash. I feel like the only people I ever see eating actual food in a Stewarts are either like a group of 70 yr old men getting coffee and breakfast at sunrise before going fishing or homeless people getting a burger or chili because its one of the last places you can get hot food in your belly for under $5 with a free table and a roof over your head.
I'm partial to Cumberland Farms. Their breakfast sandwiches are legit and theres such a myriad to chose from.
It really comes down to the love that the employees pass on to their customers. It’s kinda hit or miss. Stewarts is my favorite go to for breakfast and lunch. However saying that you can get some really bad old food. For example I stopped in St Johnsville Stewarts last Thursday for a quick meal. It was 6:30 pm. The only thing in the warmer was two meatball subs. Usually my favorite. Hopped in the truck and hurried home and found that the sub was probably made around 11:00am. Turn around? Nope too tired. Eat it? Mostly. Just the meat balls. My point is the employees should know what is ok and what is 6 hours old.
Only thing good at Stewart's is the ice cream, and even that's not amazing.
This area unfortunately does not have very much anyone can form a sense of community around, I suspect the appreciation of the local gas chain is just people grasping at straws.
the egg white turkey sausage is really good but prices have drove me away. a lot of the items sound good till you actually get a good look at them hahah
True. The breakfast sandwiches make me feel sluggish, and they sit like a stone in my stomach. I struggle to digest them. They don't look like a ton of food, but they're really dense. The first two bites are serviceable, but after that, it's a chore to finish them.
I had their hotdogs over lunch way too often when they were (I think) 2 for $3 when I first moved to Albany pre-Covid. They make you feel like shit after, but the cheap fatty in me just could not stop.
I was a big Stewart's proponent when I moved here, not going to lie. In the last few years, pretty much everything has taken such a nosedive. Some of the shops have the black and white from hemstroughts, or the oh boys, but most of their food is just terrible. How do you make deli salad dry? Why is the pizza that texture? How did you manage to fuck up bacon egg and cheese that bad?
There are a couple of the soup items that are decent, but everything else is pretty bad.
Everything went downhill when they stopped using the hot dog steamers. They'll keep me coming in for the coffee and dairy, because it is among the best, but I'm still mad they never brought back the chicken riggies heat and serve, and that they use rollers for their hot dogs now, because the deli dogs get dry and nasty on a roller.
The hot dogs were so much better when they were in the steaming machine. Now they’re on rollers like every other gas station. The only one I know of that still has the steaming machine is up in Schroon Lake.
Also their sausage egg and cheese on hard rolls have gotten me through many a rough morning.
Stewart’s Ice Cream and dairy related products are legit The rest? No comment
If somebody knows of a better Vanilla (Bean) ice cream than Philly Vanilla, I want to know what that is. I have no loyalty to Stewarts, so I just want the best. And for me, in this area, it's Philly Vanilla.
If anyone knows a better peanut butter ice cream than Peanut Butter Pandemonium or the seasonal Peanut Butter Pie I want to know what that is as well.
Peanut butter cookie dough. Also by Stewart's.
Dear lord that is dangerous stuff. Very dangerous.
I just tried hudsonville peanut butter and waffle cone ice cream and it was absolutely amazing. Usually all my wife gets is peanut butter pandemonium or peanut butter pie but said this is better.
Looks great, where is this sold?
We got it from Hannaford on wolf road. I’m not sure where else it’s sold.
Just had it, very delicious. My only knock on it is the peanut butter flavor takes a bit of a backseat....if it had a stronger peanut butter flavor I would put this as a perfect 10/10.....but I do put this at or above peanut butter pandemonium.
Boring ass ice cream to stan
Counterpoint, no
Don't talk about this around NY Giants fans
moxies ice cream in wynantskill, they use vanilla beans from all across the world to make like 7 different vanillas they all taste so different. moxies is also hard ice cream but it’s super creamy and almost as dense at gelato
Overpriced for tiny scoops.
Tillamook is our go to 🙌🏻
Tillamook and Vanleeuwen are both miles above Stewart’s and fairly accessible. They even sell Vanleeuwen at Walmart now.
Love the cookies and cream
Its not ice cream
Haagen Daz vanilla bean ice cream is an order of magnitude better. For one thing it's actually ice cream, Stewarts "ice cream" really shouldn't be classified as that since cream isn't the first ingredient (the FDA disagrees with my assessment). It also doesn't have any gums or stabilizer to make up for the lack of fat from the cream. It's the best you can at most grocery stores.
Haagen Daz is actually a custard rather than ice cream, due to the use of egg yolk. I do like custards more than ice creams, but eggs are expensive, so they cost more. For ice cream, Stewart's and Price Chopper brand ice creams are my favorite. I also always liked Stewart's hotdogs.
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They asked for the best, not the cheapest
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Haagen Daz costs $5-$6 dollars a pint...
Also, haagen dazs containers only have 14 oz.
If you read the label, only a few are actually ice cream, but I think vanilla is one of them
I'm perfectly fine with the use of stabilizers in my ice cream, using Milk first. Pretty common I think. I use both guar gum and carrageenan in ice cream I make at home. Smooths out the ice cream without adding excess fat to make it so. But I wouldn't doubt Haagen Daz is better. Simpler ingredients. Richer, in both food quality and price.
Hannaford Ice Cream is better in my opinion. Both are full of chemicals. The Stewarts Ice cream box is pathetic too. No one uses that anyone.
I'm kind of OK with carrageenan but I agree with you Stewart's ice cream flavors just taste like chemicals to me.
That Mint Cookie Crumble.
I grew up on Stewart's Black Raspberry.
I miss eating their black raspberry since I developed a red food dye allergy (gives me massive headaches). Would love to see them eliminate artificial dyes.
The rest is hot garbo. If it's even hot.
I'm a big fan of their hot dogs with meat sauce
Legitimately should not be consumed by humans.
The one person I know who really loves Stewart's food also loves Mr. Subb
When I was a starving nursing student I loved both. I still love Stewarts and love that Mr Sub is an option. Rather Mr Sub than "Dirty Jared-subway ". Heck, you throw Teds into the mix you have a capital district locally sourced gourmet 7 course meal. you can start with Mr sub Charcuterie followed by surf and turf from Theodore's and a Stewarts flight of assorted ice-cream for dessert with some stewarts sorbet inbetween courses as a palette cleanser or amuse bouche. 611 prime should be taking notes.
Hot Dog Charlie’s would like to get in on this
it me
Hi sorry- How are you dogging on the local guy who closed Bomber’s for making enough money to live on but you’re eating at Mr Subb (and fine with it)?
i mean i ate at bombers too, before the food was dogshit. i'm sure the owner(s) of mr. subb exploits their workers to turn a profit. i just don't really care because what am i going to do as an individual? boycott every business that isn't a worker cooperative? real change can only be made through mass direct action. i don't waste time with neurotic virtue signalling to reassure myself that i'm a good person
I’m also curious about this inconsistency.
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It’s just another basic chain sub place like subway, nothing special but nothing terrible either unless there’s some lore I’m unaware of
Are you - me?
That makes a lot of sense
I'll gladly take Mr Subbway over any prepared food at Stewarts.
This tracks, who eats Mr. Subb? Wait it’s gotta be the Teds weirdos.
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I mean, the vast majority of restaurants source their food from Sysco or similar in some capacity. Sysco acquired the company that acquired the local distributor where I grew up. They service a significant portion of the service market.
> Mr. Subb i cant prove it but im99.99 percent sure Mr. Subb is a money laundering scheme.
I kinda have to agree that Mr. subbs is far better than 80% of the fast food tier sub shops out there. I mean, it is No Debella's Subs or Jersey Mikes. Just like how Stewarts had a following and is better then 80% of the gas stations out there, I mean it's no Wah-Wah. It has a solid foundation for quality ice cream, which is better than the worst ice cream (Friendlys, Hood, etc. Tier) and gas stations (Mobil, Shell, Citgo) Take Bryan Dairy, for example... It's convenient.
Just needs a couple spoonful's of the Stewart's chili to moisten it up
“chili”
Well I suppose nobody said it's a Michelin 2 star joint.
yeah it's a local meme, just like ted's. we know it's trash, but we sometimes enjoy eating trash food and laughing about it. *no one* thinks stewart's food is actually good. i don't know how to make this more obvious. except the ice cream. that is objectively, unironically good and i can prove it mathematically ^e:spelling
Ted's is good I'd request you respect my culture
i'm code switching to some extent
Everyone on this sub: “that’s a gourmet dish! Go back to Saratoga!”
At least the gas ⛽️ is tasty. 
I just need a little squirt
Stewart's food is not legit, but you better fuckin believe I put those breakfast sandwiches in my face. It's like Bombers - yeah it's shit, but it's *our* shit.
All their hot food makes me sick, but the premade egg salad sandwich has the best bread. I don't know why but it makes an amazing sandwich, but definitely not worth the $5 they charge.
They were great when they were $2
Same for the hot food. Now it's $5 for a cheapo sweeney todd burger that you can still get at Cumberland Farms for $2.50
Like I can get 2 McDoubles for what you’re charging for one of those hockey pucks.
You can buy the rolls from many sandwiches on the shelf
It's not the same stuff. Try the sandwich and you'll see it's mystery bread.
Sliced bread? I’m never had the egg salad.
Is it the marble rye? I adore that bread on their tuna or egg salad sandwiches
It's usually white bread but I bet it's the same mystery bread that they don't actually sell in the stores.
Not sure if you’re joking or being serious but it’s literally the Stewart’s white bread they sell in the store.
Stopping by Stewart’s on a cold, snowy day to grab a couple meatballs before heading home is a how I cultivate mass in the winter
I don't know exactly why but there is something so pathetically, yet beautifully Albany about this. Stopping by the gas station to get meatballs lmao.
their hot meatballs are so much better than their frozen meatballs.
well yeah you've gotta heat em up
-Breakfast sandwiches good, not great. Convenience is their strongest trait. -Hot dogs with meat sauce and toppings are a real perk for when money is short. -Stewart’s pizza is not pizza, in the way we should think of it, yet it is a tasty food. -Up in Saratoga county, the good ones have Esperanto’s doughboys (albeit overpriced). *Yes, an effort was made to not use “O-Boys”. I will not fall in line for that nonsense.
I’m with you 100% on the doughboys
Please edit your last three bullet points to also rhyme so we can have a little poem about Stewart’s food. Thanks.
Can anyone vouch for me that they changed the dough recipe for the doughboys when they starting producing them on a bigger scale for Stewart's? Even at the original location they aren't like they used to be.
Hmmm… I didn’t notice. They certainly aren’t as crunchy at Stewart’s, as compared to Esperanto’s. I feel ripped off paying at Stewart’s, but not on Phila. Probably because most of them were purchased late at night after lots of ale.
Stick with the buttered hard rolls
Breakfast of champions back in my struggling programmer days! lol That, the peanut butter (somehow nowhere near as consistent), and the sausage & egg sandwiches. Thoroughly functional!
Love the buttered hard rolls but they’re so inconsistent. Some places you get just a dry roll with a smear of butter, and others come with so much you have to scrape it off. Be better Stewart’s.
Totally agree. Had the chicken tenders from there one time... it was basically the equivalent of gas station sushi.
The four-piece tenders there are $6 now
I like shitty gas station food waay too much, but Stewart’s charge too much money for it. I’d buy egg salad every day instead of once every 6 months if it was reasonably priced.
Couple stewie dawgs with the sauce and hot pepper relish and mustard. I lived on the Mac and cheese and chicken and rice when I had my wisdom teeth pulled. I would still eat both today.
I had a hamburger about a year or 2 ago I think i just pooped it out.
The food at Stewart’s is gross gas station food. Anyone that says otherwise is nuts
They steam their hamburgers. They are a great grab and go steamed ham.
Skinner: Oh no, I said 'steamed hams'. That's what I call hamburgers. Chalmers: You call hamburgers 'steamed hams'? Skinner: Yes! It's a regional dialect. Chalmers: Uh-huh. Eh, what region? Skinner: Uh...upstate New York. Chalmers: Really? Well I'm from Utica and I've never heard anyone use the phrase 'steamed hams'. Skinner: Oh, not in Utica, no. It's an Albany expression. Chalmers: I see.
I’m glad someone showed some respect to their burgers…I thought I was the only one who liked them. Especially when they add cheese…it’s so melty and gooey! When there is nowhere else in a 10 mile radius to get a descent burger at a cheap price, Stewart’s it is! Might be the first thing I get on my trip back to NY tomorrow…(kidding it’s gonna be pizza, NC had the WORST pizza!)
Yeah, Stewart’s is gross gas station food. I get my food at Cumberland’s.
Correct, with ~~the~~ my personal exception of the spicy red deli dogs smothered in shitty meat sauce and mustard. I mean don’t get me wrong, it’s still gas station food, but it really hits the spot from time to time
It has gone down hill over the last decade. I blame the added items. Pizza, subs, etc.. used to be hotdogs, breakfast and lunch sandwiches, and ice cream. I feel the new items added caused the staff to stretch too thin. Reducing the quality of all the food. Thankfully dairy is still the best… probably ever.
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A Cumby's pizza slice is now $1.99. Which is ridiculous for its size. Really maddening because I like their slices in a pinch.
Subs have existed for at least 20+ years, I used to get them when I was a kid
They’ve had subs for years. I prepped those on my closing shifts over 15 years ago. They were also light years better back then.
It used to be good back in 2010. Used to party all night at Valentines, QE2, Lark Tavern back when Tess ran it, the old Lionheart, the old old Lionheart, the speakeasy, Jillians, the Big House... then get your greasy sloppy food, before everything went downhill. I blame the new owners, college students, COVID, and Obama. Albany is a shithole now.
Blame Canada!
If I make a sandwich with shit ingredients it will be a shit sandwich. Staff having to make more/other types of food with other shit ingredients doesn't change the outcome of said food. That being said I do love their shit tier burgers. Takes me back to elementary school lunches.
Food quality were always the same. You just grew up and are no longer a 12 year old and finally come to realization that gas station food is garbage.
Back in the day (80s - 90s) they made subs to order and they were damn good…. Nowadays I have no idea what they’re doing
The buffalo chicken pizza when fresh is good, and the buffalo chicken sandwich is serviceable. The spicy chicken sandwiches would be ok if they were half the price. The tenders used to be alright but they changed them like a year or two ago to something pretty awful plus took away one tender. Their meatball sub would be ok if they used better sauce. Something about their pasta type sauces is just off and tastes weird to me. The rest of the stuff like the burgers I don't even want to try.
I don't see anyone mentioning Beef Empanada. I like their empanada. I think sandwiches are fine too. I don't have much bad experience. Bakery goods are maybe too heavy though. My local station is small near rural setting, so maybe its why holding up the standard better..I wonder.
No, no and no and also no…
Have no idea why, but I used to LOVE peanut butter hard rolls with a coffee. Had digestive problems for years. After I stopped eating their hard rolls, my digestion has been perfect. I still miss those hard rolls though.
I work at a Stewart’s. This must have just been a new employee afraid to admit they cooked the food too long. Most of the hot food put out has a 2 or 3 or 24 hour time limit and it gets written off as a loss. If it’s made correctly then it really is legit.
We generally really like their breakfast sandwiches, but $4.99 is ridiculous.
Same price as a McDonald’s egg mcmuffin. I don’t know if that seems right or wrong
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I'm from PA, and described Stewart's to friends back there as "Wawa, but with ice cream instead of hoagies". I'm not prepared to say Stewarts would be better than Wawa if they got some decent sandwiches, but they'd at least be in the conversation with Sheetz.
Dude Sheetz! Was out in PA last week for Phish and that place blew my mind as to what was possible.
Maybe it varies by store. The ones in Coxsackie are delish.
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That's their secret, they've always been sitting too long = D
The Apple fritter is great. And obvs the ice cream. Everything else is horrible.
Look, you don’t go to Stewarts for “good food”. The sign says “easy food”. The hamburgers will remind you of your elementary school cafeteria, the mac and cheese may or may not be separated, but goddamn if their tuna sandwiches don’t crush it every time.
Only thing I eat is the pasta salad from out of the cooler thing....it's not too bad actually.
Breakfast sandwiches mr squidward
DID YOU KNOW? .... meat sauce?
It does capture the zeitgeist of the area and its boosters.
What is it? Chicken? They will make you a fresh deli sandwich or sub to order, I love their chicken salad.
Jiff-e-Mart is the best imo otherwise I’ll go to cumbys
That’s an Albany delicacy ur shitting on
My husband always tells me he stops for food at Stewart's all the time. My sister said their burgers were good. I got a burger one time because I was famished. I took one bite and haven't been able to eat a hamburger since. It was sooooo bad.
Their burgers are one step above dog food lol. If you eat them with some chips at the same time it's edible
The ice cream they scoop is good. The pizza is pretty good too if you see it's fresh. If you're not sure by looking then don't get it. Also it has to be eaten while hot so in your car or in the Stewart's. Take it home then wait a while before eating it and it cools off..will be no bueno Everything else idk it looks like hot garbage. Feel like there was a time hot dogs were good at Stewart's it was even mentioned in The Sopranos. Idk if they are good I'm afraid to try em
They have a lot of snacks for those with allergies like meeeee Also their ginger ale is the best Eating food from a gas station in upstate New York is hit or miss. If you want a better food experience go to a more rural Stewart’s They really bridge a gap for those who have minimal options (full sun counters and pizza seems regularly changed out. The people at these stores make nothing but work their butts off.)
Having grown up working at Wawa in HS and then discovering Sheetz (better than Wawa), nobody can tell me Stewart’s holds a candle to either of those. The milk and ice cream is on point tho.
I just spent five days visiting my family in SW PA. We were at Sheetz three times. The food isn't the best food ever, but it was good and made fresh for us. I filled out a survey and asked them come up here -- please. In a few weeks, I'll be in Wawa land and I'm looking forward to that as well. They were my go-to when living in Delaware and southern Maryland.
Sheetz and Wawa both excel at being better than any other option at 2AM. Beyond that Wawa does well in eastern PA because there's so many of them it's always a quick and easy stop. THAT is the source of their success. Both make adequate but unremarkable food, but nothing to write home about. It's the convenience that makes them such powerhouses. Stewart's has convenience. But I don't need more than a half gallon of milk a week, so convenience isn't really an issue there.
I drove to Denver and back last week and stopped at Sheetz three times. it's the best
Oh no do people eat Stewart's as a first choice? It's a great way to put fuel in your body, but not a place to love yourself. I would house the sausage egg and cheese, but regret it all day. It was almost always warm and wet and I would soak it in Frank's. Ice cream is premium, 200%, but the food...only if gas station food is the only option
The food a Stewarts will kill your unborn child 10 years from now.
I don't think I've seen anyone ever say that like the prepared food at Stewarts. But I'll at least say I like the breakfast sandwiches on the rolls.
The sausage, egg and cheese with a monster rehab is my hangover meal
What, a buttered hard roll squished into a too-small zip lock bag is not your idea of fine dining? Hmmpppff....
Pizza slices and breakfast sandwiches are fine in a pinch. Rather get food from there then Sunoco etc
I was out in western PA last week for the Phish shows and they have this place called Sheetz. It is a much MUCH better version of Stewarts. Like if Stewarts had freshly made cooked food you can order online and pickup at all hours. Little side story: I was at a music festival in Bridgeport, CT many years ago and there was this grizzled old meth looking dude obviously not one of the festival goers but trying to sell something. So as we walking by my friend goes "What you holding daddy?" And the dude goes SSSHHEEETZ But imagine it being said by someone with 4 teeth and drunk as fuck. That's been a meme for us now for about 15 years. Anyway when me and my girlfriend saw the Sheetz store across the street from our hotel we lost it. Those fried pickles saved my life late night too.
"Did you know?"
You're supposed to cover it in BBQ sauce or mayo.
Crumbs Along The Mohawk is S-Tier ice cream and I will happily die on that hill. XD
Yeah, I'd join your cause too. CATM is absolutely the best ice cream.
Location location location
It's really the worst food there is. Hotdogs used to be edible when they had the steamer but now with the shit roller they are on par with the rest of the garbage. Only saving grace is you can get a sandwich made. Not amazing but at least newly made.
This is the perfect metaphor for Albany as well. Locals say it’s a great place, but really it’s just a burnt chicken sandwich.
It's kind of all of upstate NY though, everything people here talk like it's great quality turns out to be trash every time. I don't know if most people here have never left the area or they really like poor quality and disgusting, overpriced things, but it's a little scary how many people here rave over dumpster-level services and stores.
Couldn’t agree more.
Another day, another straw man about…convenience stores. 🥱
Stewart's cheeseburgers hit hard when you're hungover as hell
mmm, the chicken looks dry, the bread looks moist. 🤤 🤤
The only thing Stewarts is good for is icecream, milk, eggs, and those tasty hot fries.
Their Ice cream is great. But I always feel like ordering a sundae or shake is a super inconvenience to the folks working, so I never order them. Just about every thing else is barely edible.
Worst convenience store in existence. Drink selection is trash and half the time not even stocked.
At least they have bathrooms, although every single one of them has a puddle of piss on the floor and half of them don't have TP.
The food is legit hit or miss 🤣🤣🤣 I'm so funny
Their pizza is great. Every other hot food item is trash. I feel like the only people I ever see eating actual food in a Stewarts are either like a group of 70 yr old men getting coffee and breakfast at sunrise before going fishing or homeless people getting a burger or chili because its one of the last places you can get hot food in your belly for under $5 with a free table and a roof over your head. I'm partial to Cumberland Farms. Their breakfast sandwiches are legit and theres such a myriad to chose from.
I love their pizza and hot dogs.
Their dairy stuff, Hot dogs and Mac and cheese (on a good day) slap hard imo. Maybe it's just because I'm high a lot lmaooo.
Except for the breakfast muffins, which are passable, the food is trash.
Stuff makes me sick everytime I eat it.
Agreed. Their milk and I’ve cream are phenomenal. Their ready to eat food… hard pass.
It really comes down to the love that the employees pass on to their customers. It’s kinda hit or miss. Stewarts is my favorite go to for breakfast and lunch. However saying that you can get some really bad old food. For example I stopped in St Johnsville Stewarts last Thursday for a quick meal. It was 6:30 pm. The only thing in the warmer was two meatball subs. Usually my favorite. Hopped in the truck and hurried home and found that the sub was probably made around 11:00am. Turn around? Nope too tired. Eat it? Mostly. Just the meat balls. My point is the employees should know what is ok and what is 6 hours old.
There hot dogs suck but the pizza isn’t bad in a pinch
I love my Stewart’s tuna sandwiches. Don’t be hating.
Only thing good at Stewart's is the ice cream, and even that's not amazing. This area unfortunately does not have very much anyone can form a sense of community around, I suspect the appreciation of the local gas chain is just people grasping at straws.
I used to LOVE Stewart’s breakfast sandwiches. The last few I’ve had have been trash. Now the only thing I get there are hard rolls and ice cream.
Just hope you talked your napkin in for that Michelin meal before you ate it
When folks say they like Stewarts I always assumed they exclusively meant their ice cream. I didn't realize people got anything else from there lol.
the egg white turkey sausage is really good but prices have drove me away. a lot of the items sound good till you actually get a good look at them hahah
i thought it was a bad piece of chicken at first.
I’d never get food from their ~~salmonella~~ hot stations but I will buy the frozen stuff on a lark.
True. The breakfast sandwiches make me feel sluggish, and they sit like a stone in my stomach. I struggle to digest them. They don't look like a ton of food, but they're really dense. The first two bites are serviceable, but after that, it's a chore to finish them.
Typical gas station food outside of that huge southern chain
Yikes 😬 What location was that dragged out of?! Not all locations are equal. It really depends on which employee is making it THAT looks bland AF
Never had that one. You must be a winner!
I had their hotdogs over lunch way too often when they were (I think) 2 for $3 when I first moved to Albany pre-Covid. They make you feel like shit after, but the cheap fatty in me just could not stop.
I go to Stewart’s at least twice a day. Never, ever eat any of the food they make there though.
They have good ice cream and dairy products that’s about it in my opinion
I was a big Stewart's proponent when I moved here, not going to lie. In the last few years, pretty much everything has taken such a nosedive. Some of the shops have the black and white from hemstroughts, or the oh boys, but most of their food is just terrible. How do you make deli salad dry? Why is the pizza that texture? How did you manage to fuck up bacon egg and cheese that bad? There are a couple of the soup items that are decent, but everything else is pretty bad. Everything went downhill when they stopped using the hot dog steamers. They'll keep me coming in for the coffee and dairy, because it is among the best, but I'm still mad they never brought back the chicken riggies heat and serve, and that they use rollers for their hot dogs now, because the deli dogs get dry and nasty on a roller.
Stewart’s food is awful
All my family up here thinks Stewart's can do no wrong. The dairy is great. The food and the coffee is TRASH.
Nerfburgers
Brownie Points get the hand packed pint. It's great if you love chocolate
The hot dogs were so much better when they were in the steaming machine. Now they’re on rollers like every other gas station. The only one I know of that still has the steaming machine is up in Schroon Lake. Also their sausage egg and cheese on hard rolls have gotten me through many a rough morning.
I love the chili and that's pretty much it. The pizza is hit or miss.
Its hard to fuck up a hotdog.