Best of Rochester

Strangebird made waves in the local beer world upon its opening, but Chef Nate Stahl’s playful menu of innovative pub classics accompanies the brews.

It’s fitting that Chen Chen is back, living in Rochester, the place where his career as a successful published poet first began to take off.

There’s a neon sign over the door at ROAR: “A DJ and a Drag Queen Walk Into a Bar.” It’s the premise for Rochester’s reigning gay-owned nightclub, which scooped up six “Best of Rochester” awards.

Jill and Jeremy Wolf built the wedding and private events venue in Hilton when they wanted to get married in a barn but couldn’t find one that checked all their boxes.

What makes playing pool at Dicky’s Corner Pub is the all-around laidback vibe around the well-worn table.

Parkleigh began as a pharmacy at the corner of Park Avenue and Goodman Street in 1960 but became the castle of kitsch it is today in 1986.

At Mount Hope Cemetery, the dead have a lot of tales to tell. Hearing them is best done with the aid of people who know the history the cemetery holds.

The Erie Canal has been called “the nation’s first superhighway.” It is only apropos that CITY readers recognize its namesake recreation trail as the best place to hop and bike and move.

These are the places CITY readers head when they have a hankering for burgers, baked goods, and food of all kinds.

Trumpeter Herb Smith is as affable as he is stylistically versatile.

For nine days in June, this international event draws an estimated 200,000 people to downtown Rochester. And yes, music is the draw.

There’s a neon sign over the door at ROAR: “A DJ and a Drag Queen Walk Into a Bar.” It’s the premise for Rochester’s reigning gay-owned nightclub, which scooped up six “Best of Rochester” awards.