LOCATION: 730 SOUTH CLINTON AVE, ROCHESTER, NY 14620
Typically, Friday's are half days for me here at Wegmans and this week was a super half day with me getting out at 1. This meant that I didn't take a lunch and decided that I would work straight until I got out then get lunch after. I was planning on going somewhere but pulled into the parking lot and it turned out, they're temporarily closed. Thus my Friday lunch adventure began and came to a screeching halt! Empty stomach and all I decided that I would just look for a new place on my list that I could check out on my own.
Cue McCann's Local Meats. Right around the corner from where I was, I went to go check it out. McCann's is like a warehouse/shipping container kinda hybrid that beyond cool. Meats of all kinds hanging in refrigerators with windows facing customers, glass cases stocked full of a variety of cuts, this place is minimalistic in a wonderful way.
I walked up to the counter where others were ordering foods and saw a sign for the lunch special of the day which happened to be The McC. I Swear I lucked out because this was perfect. The McC is a burger coarse-ground right there at the meat market with lettuce, tomato, thinly sliced onions and pickles (perfect really), and topped with cheese. I added a little mayo on top (condiments might slowly be growing on me after all these years...) and ordered a side of their Beef Fat Fries. And boy and I glad I did.
Let me just say, that the drive home with this takeout in my car was pretty much torture. I was so hungry and this food smelled amazing I should've just eaten it there. This burger was cooked perfectly, just the way I wanted it. The melted cheese on top was fantastic and the ratio of shaved onions and pickles was on point. I don't know how they do it, but it was the best burger ever. Now, the burger is the special of the day, but you can add sides for $1.00 each which works great. They have a really wide selection which was fantastic. Of corse I went for the signature beef fat fries which are actually $4.00 but believe me, they're worth it. These are the best fries I've had in a super long time. I don't know how they do it and just to preserve the magic of it, I don't want to know. But these fries tasted like childhood and I never wanted it to stop. May just go back for the fries. Honestly.
McCann's gets a 10/10. The perfect spur of the moment burger. I need to stay up to date on their instagram to catch it again next time it's the daily special.