The perks of being back in the office is that we’re located right at the corner of downtown Cortland meaning I get a pass at all the restaurants on Main Street whenever I manage to not have leftovers for lunch. Today, I decided to go to Gorgers right across the street and order a side of Panda Wings and small French Fries.
LOCATION: 101 MAIN ST., CORTLAND, NY 13045
Gorgers is a local sandwich shop that has a few locations in the surrounding area and they have a pretty extensive menu though right now it’s a little limited due to the pandemic. Still, there’s some nice options and their portions are always quite large. I tend to get fries whenever I go because I love potatoes and they season them like crazy and fry them extra puffy and crunchy. It can be a little much sometimes especially since I’m a potato-y fry kinda of person but sometimes the extra crust is nice.
I’m not a huge sandwich person in general so I decided to check out the limited menu and looked at some reviews and went for an order of Panda Wings, which are fried eggplant coated in buffalo sauce. They’re basically a vegetarian buffalo wing and I love the idea of a panda munching on these so I had to give it a shot. I’ve also been craving eggplant parm since people I know have been posting about it a lot recently so this was my eggplant fix. Not exactly the same as a parm but it’ll do.
I ordered it to go for lunch so one of the guys at the counter who was making my meal gave me the side of buffalo sauce instead of coating them to make sure they stayed crispy and not soggy which I did appreciate though since they have a tendency to fry extra crispy I think it would’ve been okay if they were tossed as well, especially since my commute back to work is a total of 1 minute walking.
Overall, these were pretty great. The order was well worth the $5 of fried eggplant and I can’t complain about it at all. Like I said with the fries, they can be a little salty and heavily seasoned so I don’t tend to eat tons of it but it was really good and I was happy with this choice. It’s a great alternative to eating buffalo wings if you’re not into chicken wings and it’s very filling.