When it comes to late-night food options in Rochester, your choices are typically limited to whether you want cheeseburgers or hot dogs on your garbage plate. Monroe Kabob (201 Monroe Avenue) is offering something different for those looking for the late-night nosh. Monroe Kabob is also open for lunch and dinner Monday through Saturday, however, […]
Katie Libby
Writer - Chow Hound, CITY Newspaper
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Drinking off the radar
We all have our favorite watering hole, our version of Cheers, where everyone knows our name and that we like our martinis with vodka, very cold, and very dirty. We are creatures of habit, but sometimes we crave someplace new, a place where we can see how the other half lives, but still feel welcome. […]
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“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 7, Episode 4: Spoof!
*Yawn* — Sorry, I dozed off for a bit after this week’s snore of an episode. Until the very end (and what an ending), it was just same old, same old. Was Violet difficult? Yes. Did Pearl appear barely conscious for most of it? Yes. The queens were split into teams again for the Maxi […]
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“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 7, Episode 3: ShakesQueer
On last night’s “Drag Race,” I got to hear eliminated Sasha Belle say “I overthunk my strategy” again which made me even happier that she was gone. Before sashaying away in last week’s episode, Ms. Belle wrote “Ginj for the win” on the mirror, causing Kennedy Davenport to mutter, “Opinions are like assholes, everybody has […]
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A taste of France in the East End
Vive Bistro and Bakery wants to make vegan food more inviting for the uninitiated. “We find if we refer to our menu as plant-based, it’s a lot less scary for people,” Nick Lemesis says with a laugh. Lemesis is co-owner of Vive Bistro and Bakery (130 East Avenue), a new French-inspired vegan restaurant in the […]
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“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 7, Episode 2: Glamazonian Airways
Last night’s episode picked up right after Tempest DuJour’s elimination. Was Kandy Ho’ nervous during the lip-sync? “No, because I knew I was gonna beat her.” Ms. Ho’ sure has a lot of confidence for someone that was in the bottom two on the first episode and still hasn’t figured out how to get her […]
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“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 7, Episode 1: Born Naked
Start your engines — “RuPaul’s Drag Race” is FINALLY back for its seventh season. And to quote Mother Ru herself, this is “the most raggedy season yet.” Mrs. Kasha Davis joins the “Drag Race” this season, making her the third queen from Rochester to make it on the show. There must be something in the […]
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CHOW HOUND: Old-school in a new space
Cinelli’s Pizza Ristorante (840 Long Pond Road) moved into its space in the new plaza next to Bryant & Stratton College on January 20. “We literally built this place from the ground up; there was a dirt floor,” says co-owner Franca Cinelli. Franca, along with her husband, John, and her son, Tom, are all owners […]
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CHOW HOUND: An edible renaissance
The story behind the new restaurant Mamma Lucia reads like a romantic-comedy script. Boy meets girl in high school, date, but eventually break up and lose touch. They reconnect 20 years later, get married, and open a restaurant together. This is the story of Senada and Orhan Pehlivanovic and Mamma Lucia, which opened in the […]
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CHOW HOUND: Nerding out
Approaching Nox Craft Cocktails & Comfort Food in Village Gate, you may think you need a password to enter. The impressive, dungeonesque doorway has eye-level panels that can be opened from the inside to snoop on who is outside. When my friend and I stepped inside on our visit, she immediately gasped, “Oh my goodness, […]
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CHOW HOUND: A culinary combination
Thanks to Hollywood gossip magazines, we now have words like Brangelina and Kimye in our lexicon. Megan Rattray and Shawn Hoock have embraced the combination trend and used it to name their new restaurant, Shmeg’s (3027 Buffalo Road, Gates). If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em, right? Rattray and Hoock met while both working at […]
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CHOW HOUND: Feeding the workforce
Ted Stiker is a familiar face in the Rochester restaurant industry — he started Rochester’s Top Shelf Staffing, an event planning and service staff provider located downtown. After receiving many requests from clients to add catering to his available services, Stiker opened Tedwards Café and Catering (183 East Main Street) in April 2014. Tedwards serves […]
