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Finger Lakes Coffee Roasters

Flaum Atrium kiosk in Strong Memorial Hospital. Finger Lakes Coffee Roasters is a regional chain of coffee shops and kiosks with locations in the Rochester, Buffalo, and Canandaigua areas. They also supply their coffee to other businesses. The company began with a single store in Bushnell's Basin in 1996 and has grown to over a dozen locations. Finger Lakes does its own roasting, and two of their coffees are Fair Trade Certified Organic. Note that there are actually three kiosks in Strong Memorial Hospital, each with different hours. One is in the Flaum Atrium near the Medical Center's main entrance at 601 Elmwood, the second is in the main lobby on the Crittenden Boulevard side, and the third is an ATM location around the corner. Awards Voted "Best Local Coffee Roaster" in City Newspaper's 'Best of Rochester' Awards in 2015.1

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Dolce CupCakery

Dolce CupCakery is a bakery specializing in cupcakes, with more than 45 flavors. The store is located off Schoen Place in Northfield Common. Flavors change daily and all flavors are available for special orders, as are mini and jumbo cupcakes. Their second location at 693 Park Avenue in Rochester debuted during the 2012 Park Avenue Summer Art Festival. They closed this spot in September 2014 to focus more on the wholesale business. Defunct Park Avenue location

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Menezes Pizza

Menezes is a husband-and-wife owned pizza and sub shop in the 19th Ward on Chili Avenue just east of Thurston Road. Their menu (which includes salads), along with coupons and directions, can be found on their website. They've been in the 19th Ward since 1986. A 2003 renovation of their facade brought the shop exterior in line with the rest of that portion of Chili Avenue. You can get delivery or take out, but you can't eat in the shop as there is just enough floor space for the customers who are paying and picking up. The counter is high, but staff can assist customers in wheelchairs. All major credit cards are accepted and the owners are strong supporters of the 19th Ward Community Association. Photo by John Boutet (2012)

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Bay Road Grocery & Deli

Photo: Jan 2008 Bradmandell Deli Menu: Oct 2008 Bradmandell Pizza & Calzones: Oct 2008 Bradmandell Bay Road Grocery & Deli (AKA Bay Road Deli) is a small convenience store and deli located along the Seaway Trail on the west side of Bay Road just north of Route 104. A very convenient stop for commuters from the bedroom communities north of 104. With ice, an ATM, newspapers, the ubiquitous lottery tickets as well as the usual bread, milk, and necessities the deli is busy at commute time. At mealtimes, the deli provides a variety of deli choices for locals and tradespeople stopping along their way. A great place to pick up some beverages, snacks or sandwiches on your way along the Seaway Trail or just heading down toward a park along Lake Ontario to watch a sunset - see Sandbar Park, Irondequoit Bay Outlet, and Webster Park for some destinations. Photos Owners Photo Album on Picasaweb

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Bay Road Deli

Photo: Jan 2008 Bradmandell Deli Menu: Oct 2008 Bradmandell Pizza & Calzones: Oct 2008 Bradmandell Bay Road Deli is a small convenience store and deli located along the Seaway Trail on the west side of Bay Road just north of Route 104. A very convenient stop for commuters from the bedroom communities north of 104. With ice, an ATM, newspapers, the ubiquitous lottery tickets as well as the usual bread, milk, and necessities the deli is busy at commute time. At mealtimes, the deli provides a variety of deli choices for locals and tradespeople stopping along their way. A great place to pick up some beverages, snacks or sandwiches on your way along the Seaway Trail or just heading down toward a park along Lake Ontario to watch a sunset - see Sandbar Park, Irondequoit Bay Outlet, and Webster Park for some destinations.

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Pelican's Nest Restaurant

Pelican's Nest is a waterfront restaurant, with boat dockage, located on the west side of the Genesee River directly opposite Hojack Swing Bridge (photo at right). Both inside and outside deck seating "under the palm trees." About 1/4 mile from Ontario Beach Park and the Port of Rochester. Not quite "a slice of Key West", it does offer that waterside experience. The "Pelican" caters to those who like to party after dark. with nightly DJ starting at 6:00pm Mon-Sat. Check their website for featured band appearances.

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Henrietta Restaurant Supply

Henrietta Restaurant Supply is a family-owned restaurant supply store located in Henrietta, NY. Open to the public with no membership required, we proudly serve restaurants, catering companies, schools, hospitals, and home chefs across the Rochester area. Our store carries a wide selection of commercial kitchen equipment, restaurant smallwares, janitorial supplies, baking products, and paper, plastic, and disposable goods—everything needed to keep a kitchen running smoothly. As one of the leading restaurant supply stores in Rochester, Henrietta Restaurant Supply combines professional-grade quality with the convenience of local shopping, making us a trusted resource for both businesses and home cooks in Western New York.

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Mario's Via Abruzzi

Just too bland for foodies, methinks. — Been there for wife's corporate party several times...was impressed with service. — Report on their 2006 Wine Spectator award celebration: $25 admission was not deterrent enough for the creepy or the catty. The goods: they did have the status wines, but you need to be gauche to fight to the top of the line at the scheduled uncorking time; 'chocolate fountain' competed for cheesiness with the fromage; live instrumental music was mostly unnoticed by the meat-marketish crowd. Could do a better job keeping the whites chilled with a gathering of this size, but, hey, at least they kept the pyramid of glasses replenished. — I’ve only been to the Monroe Ave location for corporate events and their buffet service is not to be recommended. I have heard on occasion that the food can be good, but most comments I hear are to the contrary. The old East Ave location was always a pretty good choice for a pizza or a ‘red sauce’ pasta dish. — Very overpriced and there is lots better Italian fod to be found, even at chain restaurants. I'm not quite sure how they feel like they can charge so much for meals that are only typical at best. —

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Mario's Pasta and Pizza

'Mario's Pasta and Pizza' was an Italian family restaurant owned and operated by the Daniele family at 1749 East Avenue in Rochester NY, directly across from Wegmans Food Pharmacy. Proprietor Mario Daniele opened its doors in 1979. Sometime around the turn of the millennium, the Daniele family relocated the business to Monroe Avenue near the 590 North interchange, renaming the sprawling establishment, 'Mario's Via Abruzzi'. It closed in 2015, and was succeeded briefly by 'Mario’s Homemade Pasta Kitchen' at the site of the former Bazil - Daniele's son's restaurant - on Empire Boulevard in Webster until it closed it's doors in 2018 when Daniele decided to retire. The site was razed and quickly transformed into a thriving upscale Marina apartment housing complex known as 'The Bellagio'. The Mario's restaurants were a highly respected and much-loved set of culinary establishments that served the Rochester community for nearly half a century.

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Cold Stone Creamery

24 Hrs near Times Square Cold Stone Creamery is an ice cream shop with two locations in Rochester. The first location to open is located next to Pittsford Cinema in Pittsford Plaza. A second location was opened in Towne Center Webster at the corner of Holt Road and Ridge Road. Cold Stone serves ice cream with mix-ins. The server places your choice of ice cream on a cold stone and blends in your choice of mix-ins, such as nuts, candy, etc. Traditional ice cream shop fare such as shakes and sundaes are also served. They also offer a selection of ice cream cakes.

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Campi's

Where sandwich is king. Campi's is a small restaurant in the 19th Ward, just north of the Scottsville Road/390 intersection. They are best known for the massive steak sandwiches called "Bombers." Watching a person eat an entire bomber in a single sitting is a sight to see because the sandwiches are at least a foot in diameter. In addition to the steak sandwiches they have hot and cold subs, wings, plates, burgers and hots, soup, fish fry, pasta dinners, fried chicken dinners, gyros, and cake for dessert. On October 19, 2011, the restaurant was featured on Man v. Food Nation where Adam Richman reports on the Italian Sausage Bomber. A video of this scene has been uploaded to the Travel Channel website.

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Avenue Eatery

Avenue Eatery was RocWiki's Business Spotlight of the Month for March 2013! Avenue Eatery is a tiny restaurant in Monroe Village. They offer healthy meals at affordable prices in an NYC-style atmosphere where customers can order to go or eat at their window counter. They also have a partnership with the Bug Jar wherein you can order food directly from there as well. Avenue Eatery had their grand opening on November 16, 2012. They have a second location in Minneapolis owned by Sammy McDowel. Artistic Food Each Sunday, Avenue Eatery offers a private, gallery-style show of artistic food made by local chefs and foodies. Guests learn directly from the artist how to make the dish and how to present it. (They also get to eat the final product.) Recipes are available to take home, along with a token for participating. Closed in March 2015.

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Espada Brazilian Steak

Espada Brazilian Steak was Rochester's first and only Brazilian churrascaria. Meals were offered at tiers of all-you-can-eat from $25 to $45 per seat plus drinks. Diners begin by taking a trip to the salad and sides bar, but from then on servers come around to the tables with skewers loaded with meat and pineapple fresh off the grill, placing chosen items right on your plate. Previously located at the Village Gate. The owners of Gate House Cafe opened Espada Brazilian Steak on December 6, 2012. Closed April 3 2016. In 2016, the owners announced they were moving Gate House Cafe into Espada's location and will be opening a new restaurant at the Gate House location.

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I Don't Know

I Don't Know was a Chinese take-out place in the Changing of the Scenes neighborhood. Owner Jessie Dong says the name was inspired by her children's frequent response to what they want for eat. Shortly after she opened in May 2015, the quirky moniker garnered international attention and brought brisk business to the two-person operation. I Don't Know had two tables inside. Most menu items were under $10. Dong previously owned the Golden Port in Greece. Despite the media attention and subsequent burst of customers, the location ultimately did not attract enough business and closed in June 2016. References I Don't Know restaurant busy after international fame and video - Democrat and Chronicle (2015-12-06) Chinese restaurant opens called 'I Don't Know' - Daily Mail (2015-06-03) New Chinese restaurant’s name? I Don’t Know - New York Post (2015-06-03) I Don't Know Chinese Restaurant Opens In Upstate New York - Huffington Post (2015-06-03) I Don't Know Chinese Restaurant Opens - Democrat and Chronicle (2015-06-02) Post and comments on r/funny (May 2015)

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Murphy's Law Irish Pub

Murphy's Law Corner of East and Alexander, March 2010 Murphy's Law Irish Pub is an Irish-themed bar and restaurant on the corner of East Avenue and Alexander Street. It has a balcony level that can be rented for private parties. It opened its doors in March 2009. An Empire Boulevard location opened in the former Southpoint Restaurant and Bar location on February 27, 2017; it closed in December 2019. A Canandaigua location opened during 2018. Awards Murphy's was voted "Best New Bar" in City Newspaper's 'Best of Rochester' awards in 2009.1

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Highland Park Diner

Highland Park Diner is a famous diner on the corner of Clinton and Goodman in Swillburg, across Clinton from The Cinema. The American Diner Cookbook and other books feature the Highland Park Diner. The diner is also immortalized in a collectible sculpture by the Danbury Mint. This diner was manufactured by the Orleans Diner company of Albion, NY in the late 1940's. It would have been pre-built in their factory and moved to the site via rail car and truck, which is why diners of this type are always long and narrow. This diner may be the only surviving diner from this manufacturer (they only made 2 or 3 units total). It has always been at this site, although the original name was Dauphin's Superior Diner. The diner closed in 1974, then re-opened in 1976 as an OTB parlor. At this time, most of the diner interior was dismantled and removed. After the OTB closed in 1986, the building was purchased and restored by Bob Malley, who owned it for many years. Several years ago, Bob retired and sold the diner to a new owner. Awards Voted "Best Diner" in City Newspaper's 'Best of Rochester' Awards in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2015.1 2 34 Photos

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