Wegman's Kwik-Fil

I’ve been hearing about the egg sandwiches at Wegman's Kwik-Fil for years but was never in their neighborhood around breakfast time. But that all changed when Karen’s car was in the shop and I was giving her rides to work. After dropping her off I sleepily made my way over to Buffalo Road. 

Curiously, for a place that has two prominent businesses in their name they have no affiliation with Wegmans supermarkets and they’re not actually a Kwik-Fill (two Ls) gas station. But they do have some fabulous painted signage on the building and along the wall that faces the whole gas pump area. 

I walked in and was surprised at the tiny store, though I’m not sure what I was expecting; There is a well worn register area with lottery tickets, various drink coolers, and snack racks. There is no obvious prepared food counter (I think I always pictured there being a deli case) so I asked the woman behind the counter if this was where to get the egg sandwiches. She smiled and pointed behind me. There was a warming cabinet with dozens of foil wrapped egg sandwiches. I grabbed one from the “bacon” shelf and paid. Walking out to the car I was a little disappointed that the sandwiches were premade and lowered my expectations. I had a ten minute drive home so I lowered my expectations some more. 

Once home, I unwrapped the foil to find the (expected) hard roll and took a bite. Despite being premade and then traveling a bit, the yolk of the fried egg was still jammy! The bacon crispy but not burnt, and the American cheese appropriately gooey. If you’re looking for a classic WNY egg sandwich, this is it! And at $5.50 (the price recently went up a quarter cuz eggs ain't cheap) it’s hard to beat. 

My only nit to pick is that if you’re not used to eating salty food this might be a bit of a salt bomb for ya. This first time I went I don’t think I had eaten any cured meat or American cheese in a while and it struck me as saltier than average. I’ve gone back numerous times and it seemed like the average amount of salty for a gas station egg sandwich with cured meat and processed cheese, though. Alright, one other thing: on a subsequent trip, I picked up one with sausage and the sausage patty was more of a charred nugget. I haven’t gotten another sausage one since to see if that was just an off day, but subsequent bacon ones were AOK.

Wegmans Kwik-Fil

336 Buffalo Road, Rochester 14611

Sandwich cost: $5.50 

Sandwich rating: This is the classic Rochester egg sandwich