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Popular Rochester breakfast spot moving to bigger location
Less than a year after opening on Culver Road, a popular breakfast spot is heading to a new location at CityGate, a shopping and office plaza at the intersection of Westfall and East Henrietta roads. The Toast Factory opened at 1322 Culver Road last summer. It specializes in sweet and...
Red Lobster closes 87 locations in 27 states. See the complete list
On May 13, Red Lobster at 655 Jefferson Road in Henrietta shut down abruptly, along with dozens of other locations across the country. A look at the restaurant chain's website reveals 87 stores "temporarily" closed across 27 states. Online restaurant liquidator TAGeX Brands is auctioning off the contents of 48 of them, including the Henrietta location, and has indicated that those restaurants are closed permanently. The TAGeX website says the live auctions will end Thursday, and...
NY man turns his garage into raging nightclub, fights city to keep it open in ‘high crime’ neighborhood
When the door goes up, people get down! A Rochester man turned his garage into a bumping nightclub complete with DJs and security — but now he’s fighting to keep the party going after the city pulled the plug. “I think we’re pretty onto something,” said Frederick “Pee Dee” Poole, who “by accident” turned his three-car garage in north Rochester into “Da Garage” — a club hosting about 1,200 revelers at its peak. “The vibe was phenomenal. You wouldn’t believe the people who were showing up,” he boasted to The Post, claiming the parties in the “high crime” neighborhood” regularly drew 500 people. Upstate...
Lollypop Farm awarded custody of most of 120 dogs rescued from Rochester home
Rochester, N.Y. — Most of the 120 dogs rescued from a home in the city's Maplewood neighborhood last month are now in custody of the Humane Society of Greater Rochester. The animals were rescued from a hoarding situation at a home on Leopard Street back on April 16. After...
Photographer uses drone to shine light on abandoned historic buildings in Rochester area
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Alex Ramos is using his drone skills to bring attention to historic, but forgotten, buildings in Upstate New York. Ramos piloted his drone above the Walters Building, an infirmary built 90 years ago near Highland Park in Rochester. The bars went on the windows because so many people tried to escape.
Ostrich races were once so popular, even a famous Rochester news anchor tried it
Summer is less than a month away and we want to remember one of the crazier summertime antics that used to be held in the Rochester area — ostrich racing. The races were held annually at the Monroe County Fairgrounds and occasionally at other local sites. The large birds were harnessed and pulled carriages (known as sulkies) with riders who had no “brakes” or ways to steer except brooms placed beside the ostrich’s head.
New eatery in Fairport brings gluten-free focus, international flavors. Take a peek
Kayla Sandoval bakes with flours and starches like oat, sorghum, white rice, brown rice, tapioca and potato. She called her new bakery and café in the Village of Fairport Alter Ego Eatery because while none of her breads and baked goods contain gluten, they could pass for conventional products made with wheat.
Danielle Ponder thrills hometown crowd at 126th annual Lilac Festival in Rochester
Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) — R&B and soul artist Danielle Ponder headlined the 126th Lilac Festival on Thursday. A sea of people at Highland Park watched the homegrown sensation on the center stage of the festival. Ponder, the headlining act, returned to her hometown for the free show. Ponder left...
New daily direct flights from Rochester to Fort Lauderdale announced
Another airline is getting in on the direct flight fun as Spirit Airlines is adding daily nonstop flights between the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport and the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in southeast Florida. The service is set to start on Aug. 14 and will mark the first daily...
Open Friday: Aunty’s Jamaican Kitchen in Greece
GREECE, N.Y. (WROC) — Coming to Greece Friday is Aunty’s Jamaican Kitchen; an authentic Jamaican fast-casual joint with a few twists on the menu. The address is 1250 Latta Road. The grand opening is Friday from 11 a.m. until sellout. Shelly-Ann Robinson is the owner and head cook, and works as a nurse manager at […]
Opening weekend at Seabreeze Amusement Park
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — It’s opening weekend for Seabreeze! The park opens Saturday for the first time this year. Oran Spitzer got a preview of what’s to come this summer. That Carousel is from 1996 and was built by the fifth generation of this family-run business. The JackRabbit, on the other hand, was built over […]
Quintessentially Rochester: The secrets of hometown creation Chicken French
There's a kind of alchemy that happens in Rochester's second-most-famous dish, right in the pan, when a familiar protein lets in a happy burst of flavor. A similar pop of joy occurs when a typical Rochesterian thinks about Chicken French, sees it on a menu or finds it on their plate. But is the popularity of the quintessential hometown dish waning in the age of Instagram and 1,000 dinner flavor options? It's not a showy recipe. It...
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