We’re pretty big on portable food vendors around here. Whether it’s parking lot trailers, pickup truck hot dog stands or generic roach coaches, if it sells food, we’re down.
A few weeks ago we did a hot dog stand feature that gave a little shout-out to Zac’s Snax. We would have done a full piece on Zac’s, but it hadn’t yet opened when we did that story.
But it’s open now, and you better believe we went by to give it a try.
We stopped by last Tuesday, which was a hot, sticky, overcast day – definitely too hot for a big quarter-pound hot dog. Better stick with a sandwich, we figured.
We ended up ordering a Reuben with a side of hand-cut fries and a bottle of water – a special for $7. You can get any sandwich you want plus fries and a drink for that price any day.
The first thing we tried was the fries. They smelled so good that we didn’t even wait to get back to the car (our eating venue on this particularly uncomfortable day) to tear into them.
These fries are no joke. They taste like the kind you might find at a fair, only instead of paying like $8 for a cardboard dog bowl of them, you get them as a side to go with a sandwich.
The fries were not too crispy but not too soft. We’d say they were pretty much perfect for our liking.
Next was the main course, the Reuben. This classic sandwich features hot corned beef with sauerkraut, melted Swiss cheese and thousand island dressing on grilled marble rye bread. Nothing left out, nothing thrown in for novelty’s sake.
Every bite of the Reuben was as no-nonsense as the sandwich itself. There was no messy dripping or falling apart of soggy bread. Everything stayed together nicely and all of the textures were perfect – nothing worse than a meat sandwich on soggy, sauce-drenched bread.
The bread was also very good, having been grilled to that sweet spot between soft and crispy. Too soft makes for a soggy mess, while too crispy makes for a crummy mess. This one was right in that Goldilocks zone.
We appreciate how Zac’s goes fairly light on the dressing. After all, the corned beef – not the salad dressing – should be the star of the show, and it is.
For good measure, you get a formidable pickle spear with the meal, which really goes well with the sauerkraut and thousand island dressing of the sandwich.
All in all, it was an impressive first (of what will surely be many) trip to Zac’s Snax, the big yellow truck up the hill next to North Country Golf Car at 556 Route 3A in Bow.
If you happen to remember the hours we listed for Zac’s Snax a few weeks ago, go ahead and forget those, because they’ve changed. Zac’s is open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
Go check it out!
