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El Morro is a Puerto Rican bakery in La Avenida. The owners are Pedro Ortiz and Brenda Rios. The business is named after an historic fort and monument in San Juan. Cash only, please. El Morro opened in November 2014. Links El Morro Bakery opens on North Clinton Avenue - Minority Reporter (2014-11-25) El Morro Bakery marks opening on North Clinton - Rochester Business Journal (2014-11-18)
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Elmwood Inn! Elmwood Inn is a little bar/restaurant in the Lilac Neighborhood, near the University of Rochester campus and Mt. Hope Cemetery. It has a college/sports atmosphere, with good, reasonably-priced food, and a good selection (about forty) brews and microbrews on tap1. An under-appreciated, but supremely bad-ass feature: side-by-side dartboards allowing head-to-head play, with a television display. That is, two people can play each other in a number of timed or untimed games, each with their own board. Ponder this feat of awesomeness.
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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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Fett Svin is a New York State Championship award-winning BBQ Catering and Street Meat vendor operating throughout the Genesee Valley. You can find the Viking I Mobile Landraider food trailer regularly at Abilene on Liberty Pole in Rochester as well as the Avon and Geneseo Farmers' Markets in Livingston County. Menus available for any event including Entertainment Packages with live music.
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Fiamma, also known as Fiamma pizza e vino was an Italian restaurant in Gates specializing in wood-fired pizzas, pasta, and speciality sandwiches among other things. It opened in early September 2012 and closed in September 2018. On November 16, 2016 a second location opened on Elton Street in Rochester called Fiamma Centro.
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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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This Five Guys location in the Ridgecrest Plaza on West Ridge Road serves up the chain's signature fresh burgers and hand-cut fries to the Greece area. Open daily until 9:30pm, it offers takeout service but no delivery or drive-through options.
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Flatiron during the day, 8-13 Flatiron at Night CC (No-Commercial) Attribute: MJM The Flatiron Building (sometimes spelled "Flat Iron Building") is located situated on a wedge-shaped lot where Atlantic Avenue curves to intersect with University Avenue. It was built in various stages from 1888 to about 1890. Its triangular shape, narrowing from almost 100 feet to only twelve, is unusual and much like the other flatiron buildings in NYC (but smaller) and Toronto (similarly sized). Originally a boarding house, the Flatiron underwent several stages of both decline and renovation and now holds upscale apartments and lofts, along with several businesses. It is an important part of the Neighborhood of the Arts. Current Tenants Door Number 3 - Antiques Edible's - Restaurant and bar Edward Jones Investments Joseph Dasta Fine Art & Antiques Just Juice Hirsute - Hair salon (Atlantic Avenue side) Melo Coffee and Kitchen Former Tenants Gregory Weiss Antiques Starry Nites Cafe See Also Flatiron Cafe - NOT in the Flatiron Building Sibley Triangle Building - Similar triangular shape; located downtown References From Eyesore to Opportunity: Rochester's Flatiron Building - Rochester Subway (2012-03-26)
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Food at Fishers Station is an American restaurant located in the Fishers area. While details about their menu and hours are limited, they maintain a WordPress website for updates and information.
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Forno Tony is a Italian bakery and pizzeria. The pizzas are made with a high-hydration dough and served in 2 forms; 1) The oblong free-form pizza alla pala is named after the long paddle used to get it in and out of the oven. That is topped either with olive oil (pizza bianca), a simple tomato sauce (pizza rossa), tomato sauce and cheese (pizza rossa with mozzarella) or filled with mortadella (pizza bianca with mortadella); 2) Pizza in teglia is baked in a rectangular steel pans; they are available topped with zucchini (pizza con zucchine) or potato (pizza con patate), both drizzled with olive oil. Bakery items include maritozzi, cloudlike brioche buns filled with a lightly sweetened whipped cream. Other variations include Nutella, pistachio and marmalade. Opened October 15, 2022. Operating only on Saturdays in the small shopping center at Winton and East, they were soon drawing large crowds that overwhelmed the other businesses there. In mid-November they were asked to relocate and are currently looking for a new location.1. New location opened on December 30, 2023.
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From Scratch Cakery was a bakery featuring cupcakes, cookies, and other dessert items. Also offered scones on Saturdays. Everything sold at From Scratch Cakery was made with no mixes or preservatives. Voted Best Dessert 2011 - FoodLink Festival of Food Best Cupcake Top 4 Final Ballot - Rochester City Newspaper 2011 Best of Rochester It ceased retail operations and closed on March 23, 2013.
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Indoor sign Original location on Liberty Pole Way. Fuego Coffee Roasters is a Third Wave coffeehouse in the Washington Square Neighborhood downtown. Fuego roasts their own beans and offers direct trade coffees from all over the world. Their coffee may also be purchased at Cafe Sasso, The Red Fern and other area businesses, and seasonally at the Brighton Farmer's Market. Online shopping is available via their website. Fuego also serves as a small art gallery that participates in First Friday, featuring work from local artists on a rotating basis. Fuego Coffee Roasters opened on June 28, 2013. Owners Tony and Renee Colon were longtime employees of Java's Cafe. In 2016 Tony made the prestigious US Coffee Championships qualifying event in Kansas City. On June 24 2016 they moved from their original location on Liberty Pole Way to a larger space on Euclid Street. On November 5, 2018 they moved again to a larger space in Woodbury Place. See Also Connections: Tony And Renee Colon Of Fuego Coffee Roasters - WXXI (2016-04-03) Hometown coffee heroes compete in U.S. barista qualifiers - Boomtown Table (2016-02-01) Rochesterians doing great things behind the scenes - City Newspaper (2015-12-30) LOCAL // FUEGO COFFEE ROASTERS - The Merrythought (2013-09-27) Fuego Coffee Roasters: bringin' the heat to Center City - The Rochesteriat (2013-08-18)
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Gavi's Pizza is a shop near the Twelve Corners in Brighton serving pizza and other kosher food. It is located inside Kessler Family Chabad Center for Jewish Life and replaces Abba's Pizza, now closed. Gavi's Pizza is named in memory of Gavriel Springut, an active member of the Rochester Jewish community who passed away in September 2013. It is now only open on Thursday evenings, accepting orders online.
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The Genesee Valley Regional Market has been operated since 1951 by the Genesee Valley Regional Market Authority (GVRMA) as a regional food distribution center for nine counties in central and western New York. While at one time it had a "farmer's market" character, in recent years the food operations are more commercial production and distribution operations with over 150 site tenants. There is still some retail character, including several restaurants, but there are now a wide variety of non-food commercial operations in "the Market" as well. 900 Jefferson Road Market Includes the following RocWiki listed entities: Acadia Canna & Kratom ARK Glass & Glazing Blue Toad Hard Cider Cheesy Eddie's Donna Marie's Gluten Free Bakery Genesee Stamp & Stationery Innovative Restaurant Supply JBC Rice Noodles and Ramen Lee's Oriental Food Lori's Natural Foods MJ Dispensary Mountain Roads Brewing Company Nathan's Soup & Salad Niblack Foods Palmer's Meat & Seafood Market Rick's Barber Shop Rochester Appliance Sodam Korean Restaurant Susan Plunkett's Fabulous Foods Union Place Coffee Roasters Wagner Carpets Wagner Training Center Genesee Valley Regional Market Authority (GVRMA) The GVRMA was founded to create a regional distribution center and market to support agricultural suppliers in a nine county area. GVRMA was granted a 120+ acres of land for its use. Over the years the authority began leasing land and buildings on the parcel and using the proceeds to fund the activities of the authority. What can be very surprising is that some of GVRMA's tenants include Chase Bank, Holiday Inn, Office Depot, Best Western, Verizon, RG&E, etc. See their Land Lease page to find that the following commercial/retail strips are all income producing properties of the authority: from 137 to 175 Clay Road, from 1455 to 1663 East Henrietta Road, from 800 to 1000 Jefferson Road (both sides), and from 35 to 218 Mushroom Blvd (both sides)
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Golden Dynasty was a Chinese restaurant in Tops Brighton Plaza on South Clinton Avenue. Both dine-in and take-out were available. Awards Voted "Best Chinese Restaurant" in the 2002 'Best of Greater Rochester' poll in City Newspaper.1 1Best of Rochester 2002
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Golden Phoenix is an Asian restaurant in Rochester serving traditional cuisine to the local community.
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Gracie's is RIT's main dining hall, serving as the campus's central hub for student meals and campus dining. Located on the RIT campus in Henrietta, it offers extended hours throughout the week to accommodate the university community's varied schedules.
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Guida's Pizzeria is a local pizza joint located on Penfield Road in Penfield, serving the community with classic pizza and fast food options. This neighborhood spot has maintained its presence in the area, offering a convenient dining option for Penfield residents.
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Halal N Out is an Halal restaurant serving gyros, burgers, subs, salads, wings, fries, milkshakes and more. This is a family owned restaurant with locations and food carts in NYC. One of the family members moved to Rochester and opened the one here in 2023. It has a few tables for indoor dining.
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Happy Earth Tea is a local organic tea brand. Their tea room and retail location in the South Wedge was originally called Leaf Tea Bar. They were founded in 2011 by Niraj Lama, a native of India, and his wife Mary Boland. On February 1. 2018 a second retail location without a tea tasting bar was opened in Eastview Mall, but closed within a year. Happy Tea products may be also purchased at the following local retailers: Joe Bean Lori's Natural Foods One World Goods The Red Fern Union Place Coffee Roasters Online shopping is also available. They formerly had a studio in the Hungerford Building, then moved to 650 South Avenue. They opened their current location in July 2021.
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Authentic wagon from original Hart's Groceries. Selection of local products. Hart's Local Grocers was an independent full-service grocery store in the East End. Their stock emphasized local meat, dairy, produce, and baked goods at affordable prices alongside national brands. They also offered prepared foods based on an updated 1940s menu dedicated to local cuisine. The cafe featured a different local coffee each month. Online shopping and delivery were available, as well as pick-up at the store. Arbor Loft, the second floor event space leased by Agathi & Co. The store was named after Hart's Groceries, a longtime Rochester institution. Hart's opened August, 15 2014. Owner Glenn Kellogg is an urban planner originally from Washington, D.C. On March 11 2019, owners announced after a profitable year, they would be closing on March 24, 2019; on March 20 they moved the closing date up to Friday, March 22, due to low inventory. The location was previously Craig Autometrics. Local Brands Carried (Incomplete List) Abbott's Frozen Custard Balsam Bagels CanalTown Coffee Roasters Coffee Connection Donna Marie's Gluten Free Bakery Eat Me Ice Cream Evoke Healthy Foods Flour City Pasta Genesee Brewing Company Happy Earth Tea Hedonist Artisan Chocolates Pittsford Farms Dairy & Bakery Rohrbach Brewing Company Small World Bakery Stuart's Spices Tea Witch Tea Three Heads Brewing Union Place Coffee Roasters Voula's Greek Sweets Zweigle's Links Hart's Local Grocers to host event space - Democrat and Chronicle (2016-03-22) F.A.T. Episode 10 - Podcast from Food About Town blog (2014-02-06) Grocery founder hopes venture builds community - Rochester Business Journal (2014-01-17)
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Haven's Lounge is a meeting area in the Wilson Commons building on the University of Rochester's River Campus. It is room number 409, and has a maximum occupancy of 77 people. Among other things, it serves as the weekly meeting place for the University of Rochester Outing Club (UROC).
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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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Hot Shots is a volleyball facility in the Neighborhood of the Arts. It is located in a converted industrial warehouse which now holds several large indoor courts, complete with sand as the playing surface. They also have a bar and restaurant serving Tex-Mex cuisine and standard bar fare such as burgers, etc. Hot Shots was originally Raging Burrito, the first Rochester-area manifestation of the California taqueria-style fad.
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