I went down to the opening day of Syracuse’s Downtown Farmer’s Market today. I’m sure the numbers of farmers will increase as more and more crops are ready, but as you can see from my photos there are already a few goodies to be had and the number of people milling around bodes well for interest in the market this year!

Created with Paul’s flickrSLiDR.

I milled around a bit downtown, stopping to say hi to a friend in Armory Square and picking up some things at the library. I realized I was in need of some lunch, so I stopped and had a sandwich at Today’s Special in the State Tower Building (109 S. Warren St.). I had “The Rockefeller Center” panini sandwich (Oven roasted turkey, bacon, havarti cheese, roasted red peppers with basil mayo on rosemary focaccia) and it was super-tasty. Moist, crispy, with Boar’s Head meat that isn’t flabby and tasteless. Joe has gotten his lunch here a few times as well and had been saying the sandwiches were good. I’m kind of picky about sandwiches, but the panini and I get along well because crispy grilled bread always wins over mooshy bread on sandwiches. The only thing I would change to the sandwich I got would be to add some fresh basil leaves.

Just another day in Syracuse…