Keep Birch Beer Weird

For when you want a soda that's both strange and old-timey

The mysterious, unnamed house birch beer at Hot Dog Johnny’s.

I recently stopped at the Southern Tier Welcome Center in southern New York State, just over the Pennsylvania border. It wasn’t my first visit. It’s on the way to my son’s college. I like to stop there because they have a shop that sells nothing but food products made in New York State. Often …