Legendary Food Hidden in a No Stoplight Town
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- Tucked away in the tiny town of Bovina, NY in the Catskill Mountains is Russell’s General Store: a quaint small general store with one of New York’s best bacon, egg and cheese sandwiches. Antonio, a former executive chef of Quality Bistro in NYC, moved up to Bovina during the pandemic to cook at Russell’s at the urging of friends who left the city to start anew in Bovina. Along with pie-maker Maggie, the two run the food program at Russell’s General Store, which also stocks classic and unexpected dry goods.
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Wow…. This is pretty wild. Antonio, Chef Mora, was the first real chef I ever worked under when I got out of college and moved back up north to the city and got a job at Quality Meats. I learned more working under him and his sous chefs than almost any job I’ve had since. I remember the way he’d get when he’d be working on the line and get into it, frustrated at times cuz service could be pretty stressful sometimes (and to be honest I wasn’t the best employee at that point in my life at all), but he had so much grace and attention to the dishes he’d touch and finish plating. I knew he was extremely talented but could tell something about it wasn’t feeding his soul day to day; I am beyond proud to call him a role model and a mentor and to see where he’s at today. It gives me hope. And I’m so glad to have met him. Bless you, Chef!
😄Thank you for sharing!
Love hearing that , he seems like a good egg ( no pun intended).
Yeh course you did buddy 👍🏻
Never happened...
@@benpc1794 Never know, some stuff you just can't make up. Ask yourself why someone would put that much effort into a lie for a comment section where he would already expect people like you to be here, where would the benefit be?
Oh gosh when he starts talking about his reasons for moving up there you can feel the emotion. Happy he's found some happiness.
Small town living is the best sometimes and 1 reason no traffic
Sadly Maggie & Antonio are no longer at Russell's General Store. 😥😥😥
There is so much to be said for going back to the basics. He's a legit chef of highest caliber, but goes back to making simple food that makes everyone happy. And in doing so he makes himself happy. This makes me happy. 💛
Thats because he secretly loves maggie and one day she might get bored of his advances and get out,such people then either kill themselves or waste others at a supermarket
@@cannibalronny7314 bro what the fuck
@@cannibalronny7314 That's a heck of a reach 😂😂😂
The way she looks at him while he speaks ..... It's a whole story in itself. Though they might be just friends, It's just so beautiful and heartwarming.
For sure
Agreed.... He loves her too... He's just akward... About it...
Give me a break
I honestly thought they were married when I first saw this, but I realize now, they aren't
He's piping for sure. Between egg sandwiches
Look how attentive she is when he’s speaking. Sign of a very caring person! Very beautiful!!!
I used to work with Antonio years ago. Hard working and great guy!! Wish him all the best!!
@SHAKRA OPERA seriously if you know anything about food you sterilize your kitchen wash your hands before hands are clean. Most DHEC don't make you wear gloves. Quick question when you make food or have a friend or relative make food you eat do you or them wear gloves do you wear gloves when you prepare food for frwinda and family. Can't remember last time k saw someone eat at sandwiches with gloves on
@SHAKRA OPERA you do understand you don't have to correct even in a professional setting depending on your State DHEC laws. And if that's the only thing you took away from this segment... than that is just SAD
@SHAKRA OPERA you sound like you have a miserable outlook at life always complaing pointing out the negativity and thinking you know what's right. Fact is gloves is an opinional, don't need when prepping foods only recommend for RTE foods... have fun in life
You know I've been feeling the same way!!! I'm from Los Angeles, California living near Portland, Oregon. I have cooked in 3 Michelin star restaurants, and fine dining the rest. During the lockdown, I began to examine my life and focus. I am also a full time single parent. Not having to work 80 hours a week away from my children changed me. I no longer want to chase the dream of food critics, and stars. I just want to be happy and close to my family!! We have started a family business selling pizza from home! I don't earn the money I used to, but I'm happier than I ever have been in all my life!!!
That is what matters.
That woman radiates happiness and positivity.
Facts
Really? I got psycho, sjw vibes from her. Crazy how diverse perceptions are from person to person.
@@willyamezquita4404 True. We'll never find out who's in right I guess.
@@willyamezquita4404 That inherent negative reading sounds more like a You problem.
@@MirandaAndUh Yes! A You-tube problem! 😜
What I love the most about him is, he went back to the basics. With all of his experience, he was rooted into what began his culinary experience; the egg sandwich. Pure and simple with his added flair at his pace. Maggie and her pies helped show him that!
This partnership is so incredibly sweet and wholesome…
They are so nice to each others that I thought they had got married until they said they are super close friend
Effinontheside
“MARRY all the flavors together, right Maggie 😏” sounds to me that if it were up to him they would be
Yeah, me to I thought he was punching well about his weight
He's definitely stuck in the friend zone. What a shame
We all know what that means…
That strawberry pie might be the most appetizing pie I've ever seen
"And it feels good to be happy." love this video, these people, and what they are doing! Thanks for creating this video!
I watched this 4 times in a row. Such a beautiful, calming, motivating, charming story. Antonio and Maggie are such a great team that come off as genuinely good folk. I could envision myself living in that town. Thank you, Munchies for this great series. It has been my salve during stressful times.
Same, more than 4 I guess.. As for me watching it.
@@afirblameikon Really? 😅 I'm so glad you can also relate. What's your favorite thing about it?
@@MyrnaDeJesus the neighborhood scene so calm that I can even relates to it. The pie makes me wanna be there every morning. 😊
@@afirblameikon Yes, I agree. The tranquility of the town looks like a soothing place for the soul. I imagine the crime rates are low and that there's genuine comradery between neighbors. Community is so essential to a well lived life. Those pies!! Can you imagine sinking your teeth into their warm, crusty, deliciousness. I'd eat an entire one daily. 😭💙
Sadly Maggie & Antonio are no longer at Russell's General Store. 😥😥😥
as a chef approaching my 40's, I can totally agree with these life changes. slow it down and give yourself a rest.
Same I'm 31 and burnt out, 6 day weeks as a chef working high end in the UK,
All i want is something like this, preferably outdoor fire cooking etc, or out in the wilds of Norway 😊
@@lukey1989 all the best Luke. Love to eat at your spot one day
@@minkbombay6730 no worries if your ever near lavenham in the UK, pop by the swan hotel & spa👍🙂
Munchies is just on another level with with it’s funny, real, loving, food loving people. This channel is so homey. I miss Charlet tho!
_"Food is so personal to everybody, we all grew up in different homes, different families, and there's things that have [like] food memories and associate food with. Bacon Egg & Cheese, it's like, people have eaten that their whole lives, right? So why try to go in some weird and esoteric direction? Just make it what people want!"_ - Today in: 'Words That Feel Like A Warm Hug'.
The shelves of the store are beautifully stocked, almost like an art wall. This was an interesting video. While it's all about this small, remote town and it's thriving general store, I'm curious how many "locals" shop there for everyday items and how visitors coming from out of town might benefit any other local business?
We locals come in every weekend! We support our local small businesses and cherish Maggie and Antonio :)
That's New York State for you. Small towns, villages, miniscule scattered populations and innumerable hidden food gems. Had my first of bison and venison in a small village in Western New York.
I watch this video every few weeks as it is a great reminder to do what makes you happy first. Love this story!
That egg sandwich and strawberry pie really looks amazing!!
Grew up in northern NH. Chased dreams in Boston and NYC, moved “back north” 20 years ago and I’m here to tell you, there’s nothing that beats small-town New England life in the 21st century. All the classic small town positives, coupled with the awareness and availability of “big city” cuisine/culture (usually being available within the “confines” of a day trip). Plus nature LOL
The funny thing is that it’s usually easier/less stressful for us to take a day trip to the city than it is for “city folk” to visit us, because traffic flow.
I grew up in southern NH. The town has grown like crazy since I was in high school in the 80's.
This looks so homey, so cozy kind of restaurant.
This was warming to the heart. I work in a city and long to escape to doing something I really love just a bit out of the way. Good for the soul.
9:28 That smile speaks 1000 words 🙂
These eggs sandwiches look 🔥. These people seem great too
‘Weird esoteric direction’ sums up the food trends in the high-end restaurants from which he found an escape. Good luck to you sir
What a comforting and relaxing way to cook and sell egg sandwiches and pies.
I love this, they have a beautiful cohesive relationship
Yes you are right
"Just make them what they want." Awesome - both of them
You guys are getting close to my neck of the woods! I have driven by Russell's but never stopped. Looks legit!
You better stop and get in there for one of those egg sandwiches and a piece of pie next time you're in there for me now
@@BuffaloNickel9 you got it!
@@derryXDINES tell me how it goes to. Smiles from Canada
Sadly Maggie & Antonio are no longer at Russell's General Store. 😥😥😥
There is no feeling like Community. Where you know your neighbors and everyone is genuine and generally nice and easy going. That small neighborhood, small town feel...........its so real, compared to how most people live nowadays. Once you get that peace and comfort....you'll always crave it. Im glad antonio got out of the city and slowed life down, you can tell him and everyone there are very happy. So Awesome!
Wow this is amazing. The industry can def take a toll over u..you lose track of the passion n love for it when u are over worked or don't meet their expectations. This is amazing and wish them the best
I think it was Mark Twain that said that good food needs time to "Swap juices." Thus "The smoosh." Well done.
Something. About Maggie and Mora swapping juices.
As someone who lives in Nassau on LINY, one thing we all adore as a Ny'er, is the perfect egg sandwich. Proud him that he found his passion for cooking again. When I'm upstate next, I'll figure out some way to taste that beautiful greasy roll of goodness and get one of those nice cold cut hero's too! Yum!
Agree with the egg sandwhich so much, was just driving down conesus lake and found a little general store just like this and they had amazing egg sandwhiches, would make that 40 minute drive most days for that sandwhich.
Sadly Maggie & Antonio are no longer at Russell's General Store. 😥😥😥
Normal Person: 2 people open a sandwich and pie shop a few months ago in an old building in a small town
Munchies: LEGENDARY
Sadly Maggie & Antonio are no longer at Russell's General Store. 😥😥😥
I could tell it was NY just by looking at the first few shots…I have to come try this!! My boyfriend and I are big egg sandwich lovers!!! It’s only an hour away from where I reside. :))
Antonio and Maggie seem super nice and genuine, but the leaseholders scream "hipsters that don't understand small town life at all"
Everyone needs curated Udon paste right?
Ah that's alright, they're providing a space for these egg sandwiches and pies and the rest and that's something. Plus, udon is pretty good and it might be the only source for hours.
Gentrying the country.
Do yourself a favor and stop being so judgemental about people :)
@@luxxnn Judging judgemental people is also being judgemental 😊
When chef hit those eggs with the peppermill, I knew he was an og
what is an og?
@@coryleblanc orginal gangester
@@skamarfire woah edgy and cool
I always wonder how the rest of the town sustains itself in places like this.
@@oaga71625e For real
@@oaga71625e Also snuff films.
Places like these are normally in the middle of a bunch of farm land. You'll have a dozen or so families farming and a place like this will be on the main road in/out of town. Families will make a long run for groceries once a week or every other week out to "town" what ever biggest city is near them. These places get most of their business from guys heading to/from work who stop for something to eat or pick up a few things they might need. The rent on the building is next to nothing because of location and people become pretty loyal and may stop EVERY day for food or items. At least that's how it is in Missouri corn land where my wife's family come from. They will say "you wanna go down and get something to eat?" and since there is only one place in town they know what they mean.
Plenty of small towns that are essentially homes grouped together away from larger towns, they don't need to sustain themselves with shops or external income.
@@gpaje there are still living costs
This motivated me to make a egg sandwich this morning, it was good!
That's kind of town I would love to live at for the rest of my life. The silence alone is worth it. You know when you go to bed at night and all you hear is the wildlife. Currently I live in a city next to a hospital and I am losing my mind. 🤯 Thank god for ear plugs.
6:42 Hair in the pie
This is where I grew up....well many of my teachers were from Bovina (cow town as people from brown called it). I was from Walton, NY but Bovina kids were one of the only surounding rural towns that didn't have their own school so they came to ours. I grew up on a pig farm....huge red boars with big tusks
Omg we just moved to Western NY and this is 5 hours away from me. I will definitely be coming here!!
I come from upstate NY. Rome. What a beautiful life you guys have there. I love Tulsa, but wow...how I'd love to show my son what life is like in NY! Great video guys.
That's a wholesome video.
Great job of preserving and improving that gem in the country. I hope it stays that way.
I love it that you are blessed because you are blessed😉
thats the thing i love about new england, once your out of the city its pretty remote, i grew up in burlington, VT and we had sooo many places that were nestled away that your wouldnt ever find if someone didnt tell you,like some of the best homemade ice cream ive ever had that was in a little addition to the back side of a gas station, or someones grandma who sold medicated foods from her farm in the middle of nowhere in lamoille county. I miss living there so much, i regret moving to chicago every day i live here
When you say "medicated foods"...
@@inarisarp oh yea buddy, one of my friends introduced me to her and she made medicated honey, milk, bread, everything, i would always get her infused raspberry filled cookies tho, best thing ever made in existance
Well this is inspiring, still building up the courage to move out my city
Humanity. That's what radiates through here. Thank you.
One of the better episodes I have seen. Puts life in a perspective. Live to work. Says a lot.
6:41 hair hanging out the tip of the pie.
Such a feel good story. Thank you Munchies!
These two bring good vibes I love it
the pause before he says friends was cute and funny to me
It’s great to see such authentic people!
Sadly Maggie & Antonio are no longer at Russell's General Store. 😥😥😥
Addition to the classic egg sandwiching on the menu; replace bacon with SCRAPPLE! I bet there’s a farm up there that makes it.
Thats a pennsylvania thing. They prolly dont even know what scrapple is in the catskills.
Whatever it is, it sounds gross.
There is a spark in Maggie's eyes! Damm
I’ve been traveling around the world and eating in all the commonly known spots but Places like this one in America, the people and their story are the main reason why we need to appreciate what we have here more. This is on bucket list now, why go to Europe when I can visit this town and enjoy something better.
Yeah, compare beautiful Europe to some boring Yankee dump.
I love all the crazy good spots that are hidden in the catskills. Everyone thinks of NYC when the state is mentioned but Im glad that Im from the Hudson Valley
yea because iv never had an egg with bacon on bread before. LEGENDARY!
Lolololol. Right? Even seen lots of people make them on a roll. Lol
Great vid and recommendation! Please keep doing more of these jewels!
Wow she's beautiful. Like straight out of the 50s. Small town communities in the US are so romantic and beautiful
Planning on taking a trip from Norway just to experience this!
What a great little spot. There need to be more places like this.
this makes me glad to call upstate NY my home
You can legit see 👀 True Happiness in their eyes 😌⛰ great chefs in a beautiful environment and setting 🙏 that's a recipe for Deliciousness 😋
Sadly Maggie & Antonio are no longer at Russell's General Store. 😥😥😥
Looks very peaceful out there and the food looks pretty good too
That last 30 seconds hit hard
What a beautiful story. It’s all about the smoosh! 🍳🥰
Its good to know that my dream place to live have a great egg sandwich and pies..got nothing to worry no more.. just the moving part.. :)
👍
One of my all time favourite videos by Munchies.
I've had secret delis like that twice in my life.....a rare pleasure. Best of luck to them!
Watching this around midnight and walked to the kitchen to make a pork roll egg and cheese. Not the same but gonna be delicious
On a Kaiser bun?
That sandwich looks so good if I lived in NY I would travel all the way to middle of nowhere to try it!
Would you really though?
munchies back to the form which i remembered back in 2012-2013
Learning from family that’s the best way to keep your life.going right and who to do it right,cooking comes from the heart and the soul.
My grandma lives in a small town. The people who live there go and eat at the local restaurants whenever they can. They know that it's the only way to keep those little places alive
I just discovered I am literally 1hr and 40 mins away from here and my love is from LI and is a breakfast sandwich freak 🙌🏻❤️. I am so happy I found this video!!
I'm going to make myself a bacon, egg, and cheese right now.
The dude who's sole job is stalking two grocery shelves with whatever he likes sounds like a sweet gig
I don't think you want to use "stalking"
@@chichibangbang3667 lmao "stocking" sorry! sorry!
@@chichibangbang3667 It's a joke
I refuse to believe the proprietors are not satire.
I see where the people from Williamsburg move to after they run out of money :D
The smoosh allows the juices to soak into the bread instead of dripping on your pants! You have produced the quintessential perfect egg sandwich and thank you very much I hope one day I can afford to travel to your secret spot and eat your food You Beautiful People
Maggie is a lovely dish. Kudos and best of fortune.
You live to work or work to live ! That was amazing
I seen Golden Flake Pork Rines from AL! Woohoo!
Down here we have Jefferson Country Store in Jefferson AL near Demopolis is very similar but Alabama style I guess. Countryer. It’s fun he cooks and you can sit a talk to strangers about everything. Very laid back and fun. I enjoyed this video. I hope they both enjoy their new lives for however long they stay.
Impressive to see such a hidden gem selling a good amount of pies let alone other food and beverages.
i was on my way from Houston to Austin tx,,,passed through a lil town around 7am and saw a lil restaurant serving breakfast,,,,went in there and it was a regular house kitchen,,,,best breakfast ever!!!
Good for them to be able to adjust so quickly to the new neighborhood and befriend with everyone so quickly. I also wish to move to the suburbs but always have that fear of not being welcomed
My kind of place...salute.
I like how the banjo is supposed to make you feel like this is the deep south, when in reality it's the middle of New York
Appalachia not the South
That was an awesome story! Good luck to you all!
I just moved to a tiny town just like this and will never go back to the city. EVER.
As someone in their mid 20s, I’m debating to move into a small town. I’m scared about not finding people that want to interact since small towns in area (east coast Ny/Pennsylvania$ have towns that are only old people or wary of outsiders. Has there been any negatives to your swicth? It does seem enticing
@@peterwellington7338 I'm in Australia so cannot speak for the US demographic. I'm in my 50's and find that social interaction, or lack thereof, is more an age group thing. Country folk are somewhat wary of 'outsiders' at first but unlike the city this wears off as they realise you're going to hang around and contribute. If you're into urban lifestyles like rave parties and fashion then best stay in a city but if you like the outdoors, animals, surf, 4x4s, BBQs, etc you'll fit right in. With internet shopping and delivery there isn't much I cant get and what I do need to travel to get is a nice country drive with zero traffic lights. Traffic? What's traffic? 🤣
never thought i'd drool over a egg sandwich ..... mmm
OMG! This burger makes me so hungry! ❤️
Watched twice. Felt good for them twice.
Nothing is better then grandmas fresh biscuits farm bacon and eggs 🔥
::drooling:: So simple but, that damn sandwich looks so good!