Guides
At his roastery located inside Java's at the Market, Joe Palozzi, who has been roasting coffee beans in the Rochester area under one name or another for more than 30 years, pulls a tiny scoop from the latest incarnation of his century-old coffee roaster and looks closely at the smoking
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From Monroe Avenue, Sakura Home looks like a pretty nondescript place - the building has been home to other restaurants over the years, including one of those massive Chinese buffet operations that you see scattered across the city. Step inside, though, and you immediately find
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Empty-nest syndrome. It motivates some people to renovate the house. Or take a trip around the world. It inspired Marlene Henry to open a restaurant. "Not having the kids to cook for," she told me recently at her year-old restaurant Peppa Pot on Gregory Street in the South Wedge,
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If Rochester's restaurant community has an old guard, Charlie Scanio, more popularly known as "Charlie Brown," is one of its charter members. Having worked in what he describes as the "hospitality industry" since he was in high school, and as the original owner of that restaurant
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The first time I set foot in Mao Seng and Vilay Sysavath's Viet Thai Restaurant in Irondequoit a couple of weeks ago, I had a strange feeling of deja vu. It wasn't because the place is similar to the couple's popular pho and noodle restaurant SEA on Monroe Avenue
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Italian steakhouses in general have a very hard balance to strike: not family red-sauce joints, and not extremely high-end "French" restaurants, they occupy a niche where white tablecloths and bright silverware often co-exist with powdered Parmesan cheese and dolled-up versions of classic dishes like veal
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Chile rellenos, golden brown outside, bursting with beans, shredded pork, and queso fresco, and slathered in salsa roja. Consomme-clear chicken broth garnished with bits of fried tortillas, avocado, and a dusting of queso fresco. Frijoles - refried beans - a deceptively mundane-looking study in brown,
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Magan Pilato stands behind the counter at Lunch, her sandwich shop at the intersection of Church and State streets, chatting up a customer as she rings up his order. She seems to know him pretty well. She knows the customer behind him by name, and suggests
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My companion and I are seated in a bright, airy dining room at a table covered in screaming white linen. The walls around us are painted in rich earth tones. An amuse-gueule, a long plate with slices of orange and pineapple drizzled with balsamic vinegar, arrives
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When my wife and I moved to the Rochester area almost a decade ago, one of the first restaurants we visited, largely because it was close to the condo we were renting, was Timothy Patrick's Irish Restaurant in Penfield. The pub became our frequent restaurant of
1 East Church Street
Fairport, New York 14450
(585) 223-0556
Cuisine: Fine Dining, Pub Fare
240 South Avenue
Rochester NY 14604
(877) 805-3570
Cuisine: Burgers and Hot Dogs, Pizza and Wings
207 High Point Drive
Victor, NY 14564
(585) 425-2589
Cuisine: Fine Dining, New American
21 Livonia Station
Livonia, New York 14487
(585) 346-0222
Cuisine: Fine Dining, Grill, Light Meals, New American
2280 Lyell Ave
Rochester, NY 14606
(585) 247-0510
Cuisine: Bakery, Italian, Subs and Sandwiches
