The Distillery - Victor NY

There was a funky taste/smell in the sandwich someplace. Odd from something loaded with Swiss cheese and sauerkraut, but still it was there. This is indicative of the overarching problem that the sandwich was tasteless. The sauerkraut was bland the pastrami was bland and tasteless and processed. 

There was nothing great about the sandwich the bread was marbled and meh. The cheese was meh. The dressing was probably Kraft so they couldn't screw that up. 

The only redeeming feature was that the bread wasn't soggy. The chips weren't even good. 

2 of 5

The Blue Tavern -- Ruckersville, VA

VThe Blue Tavern/Blue Ridge Cafe/Blue Ridge Catering is located in Ruckersville, Virginia in the Blue Ridge Mountains. It's a cute little restaurant with painted murals on the walls. 

I ordered a reuben and crispy fries

with coffee to drink. The fries were okay and the reuben was pretty good. The bread was thick and not at all soggy. It could have been grilled a bit more though. There was a good amount of thick sliced corn beef. The sauerkraut was a bit bland and underrepresented. There dressing was a bit skimpy in places as well. 

It was a satisfying sandwich but unbalanced. 3.5 out of 5