The Best of Rochester 2017 final ballot is now closed. Look out for the results on stands and online Wednesday, October 25
Best of Rochester
VOTE NOW: Best of Rochester 2017 Primary Ballot
The primary ballot is now closed. Check back on Wednesday, September 20, for the Best of Rochester 2017 final poll
Los Campeones!
Over the last two months, CITY Newspaper’s Best of Rochester readers’ poll has asked for your opinion: What are the best people, places, and things in Rochester? We set the poll at 100 categories — down from almost 140 in previous years — and let you make the call. More than 12,000 people took this year’s final readers’ poll.
Best Food & Drink 2016
Best Pizza Mark’s Pizzeria. Many area locations. markspizzeria.com Runners up: The Pizza Stop | Pontillo’s | Salvatore’s Best Burger Bill Gray’s. Many area locations. billgrays.com Runners up: The Gate House | Restaurant Good Luck | Swillburger Best Barbecue Dinosaur Bar-B-Que. 99 Court Street, 325-7090, dinosaurbarbque.com Runners up: Good Smoke | Sticky Lips | Texas Bar-B-Q […]
Best Goods & Services 2016
Best New Retail Store The Hub by Archimage. 701 Monroe Avenue, 270-4199, thehubroc.com Runners up: Just Games | Second Chic | Trilogy Fashion Foundry Best Bike Shop Park Ave Bike Shop. 2900 Monroe Avenue, 381-3080; 600 Jay Scutti Boulevard, Henrietta, 427-2110; parkavebike.com Runners up: Full Moon Vista | Towners Bike Shop | Towpath Bike Shop […]
Best Local Color 2016
Best Group or Person Improving the Community WALL\THERAPY. @walltherapyny; wall-therapy.com Runners up: B.L.A.C.K. | Junior League of Rochester | Shawn Dunwoody Best Local Eyesore Medley Centre. 285 Medley Centre Parkway, Irondequoit. Runners up: Abandoned Subway | Downtown Rochester | Inner Loop Best Place to Take an Out-of-Towner Wegmans. Many area locations. wegmans.com Runners up: Genesee […]
Best Arts & Entertainment 2016
Best Local Original Band Teagan and The Tweeds. @teaganandtweeds; teaganandthetweeds.com Runners up: Joywave | KOPPS | Machine Gun English Best Local Solo Musician Paul Strowe. paulstrowe.com Runners up: Jackson Cavalier | Cammy Enaharo | Roger Kuhn Best Local Album of 2016 “Head Honcho” by Harmonica Lewinski. harmonicalewinski.bandcamp.com Runners up: “The Devil’s Undertow” by Jackson Cavalier […]
Best Nightlife 2016
Best New Bar/Club Three Heads Brewing. 186 Atlantic Avenue, 244-1224, threeheadsbrewing.com Runners up: Nosh | The Playhouse | Stout Best Bar for Beer Tap & Mallet. 381 Gregory Street, 473-0503, tapandmallet.com Runners up: The Beer Market | MacGregors’ Grill & Tap Room | Victoire Best Bar for Wine Flight Wine Bar. 262 Exchange Boulevard, 360-4180; […]
Best Answers 2016
Off-the-cuff, sometimes off-color responses to our Best Of Rochester 2016 Primary Ballot
Were you there? Best of Rochester 2016 Party Photo Gallery
CITY Newspaper threw our annual ‘Best of Rochester’ party at the Village Gate on Tuesday, October 25.
Critics’ picks 2016
Best pathetic PokeStop “Pillars and Archway over Garbage Can” For a good month or two, the sidewalks in some Rochester neighborhoods were filled with people staring at their phones, trying to catch Jigglypuffs and Evees and Snorlaxes. I admit, without any shame, that I was one of the many who got sucked into Pokémon GO. […]
VOTE NOW: Best of Rochester 2016 Final Ballot
The Best of Rochester 2016 final ballot is now closed! Look for the results in print and online Wednesday, October 26.






