For months, the sign on the door at 137 W Commercial St. in East Rochester, a former dry cleaning business, has read "Opening soon." Residents and other passersby who have anxiously been awaiting that sign to...
Recently, my dining companions and I decided to take advantage of our unusually fine weather and...
CHOW HOUND: Monroe Diner opens, Sticky Lips spins off
While the term "diner" likely conjures up an image of an extremely casual place of limited...
Steak, on a plate: $32. Sides, salad, soup: extra, extra, extra. Service competent, but not...
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Immigrant restaurants: a taste of home
Romy Sial, owner of the Bombay Chaat House in Henrietta, is watching anxiously as I bite into a creamy, cardamom-scented ball of gulab jamun. A few moments ago, after I'd already eaten a plate of bhel puri (curried rice crispies topped with...
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CHOW HOUND: Hot Rosita's/Rohrbach/Mario's
The lunch hour is often the one respite workers have from their dull weekday routines, and yet even lunch can become monotonous if you don't change it up every once in a while. For those who work downtown (and those willing to drive), Hot...
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RESTAURANT REVIEW: Restaurants for the Lunar New Year
If you take your sweetie out for dinner on Valentine's Day, you might find yourself sharing restaurant space with lions. This year Valentine's Day - Sunday, February 14 - coincides with the first night of the Chinese New Year, and several...
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Union Station Diner offers many local favorites, from the popular Station Skillet (a bowl lined with eggs and home fries topped with sausage gravy and cheddar cheese) to specialty pancakes and challah French toast. The corner location at South...
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RESTAURANT REVIEW: Calabresella's, Martusciello's Bread
The names of dishes on restaurant menus often tell stories. Peach Melba, that perennial banquet favorite, was named in honor of opera singer Nellie Melba, for whom uber-chef Auguste Escoffier cooked a banquet in 1892. The Caesar salad...
It's not that Wilkes-Barre dark heavies Breaking Benjamin are letting up on the gas with the...
St. Patrick's Day is filled with corned beef and cabbage, shamrocks, tacky bright green...
"You're in my spotlight," Pandora Boxx says with a coo as she playfully shoos a particularly...
Step right up to the greatest show in town: City Newspaper's Best of Rochester 2009! Every...
This past weekend I took my nieces and nephew sledding at Harris Whalen Park in Penfield....
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