Best of Rochester

Little Shop of Hoarders is a well-curated shop that is packed with vintage finds, from blazers to shorts, shoes, and lingerie.

Do your curious youngsters love building robots? Engineering forts? Learning wilderness skills? Rochester Museum and Science Center is for them.

Love Hate Tattoo has been a fixture of the local body art industry for more that 20 years.

The Fleet Feet stores in Rochester and in Victor have become the hub of the running community and a go-to for casual athletes looking to comfort their soles.

Dogtown, the beloved hot dog shack in the heart of Monroe Avenue, has become a local institution since its opening in 2006.

The Shops on West Ridge is actually a collection of some 200 smaller “shops” that sell all kinds of goodies from the distant and near past.

Founded in 2012, Black Button Distilling is the first grain-to-grass craft distillery to open in Rochester since the end of Prohibition, and it uses only locally-sourced ingredients.

Most live music fans in Rochester have a fond memory of the Bug Jar. Part live-music venue, part quasi-punk bar, the Bug Jar is a local gem.

Finding a place to see solid standup in Rochester is no joke. Comedy @ The Carlson is an exception.

Plum House has been a Monroe Avenue institution for nearly 20 years, and it has rightfully earned its place as Rochester’s premier sushi stop.

When readers selected Highland Park to win this category, they handed the victory to Rochester’s first public park.

Consistently voted one of the best public markets in the country, the Rochester Public Market draws people from all walks of life.