Best New Bar TRATA. 145 Culver Rd., 270-5460, tratarochester.com. (Runners up: Daily Refresher | The Revelry | Veritas Wine Bar | Wall Street) Best Bar for Beer Tap & Mallet. 381 Gregory St., 473-0503, tapandmallet.com. (Runners up: MacGregor’s | Old Toad | Victoire) Best Bar for Wine Flight Wine Bar. 262 Exchange Blvd,. 360-4180, winebarflight.com. […]
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Best of Rochester 2013: CITY Critic Picks
Best Way to Fool Others Into Thinking You Cooked From Scratch Newbury Park Pastries’ Chicken Pot Pie Newbury Park Pastries hand-made chicken pot pies, sold at the Brighton and Canandaigua farmers markets, and the year-round outpost in Rochester, are as close to the Platonic ideal of a chicken pot pie as anyone has gotten. Purchase […]
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Best of Rochester 2013: Best Answers
Spelling bee “La Petite Pouting”; “La Petite Pouring”; “Pouting Truck”; “Me Petite Poutine”; “Poutite Poutine”; “Poutine: Have fun sorting through all of the spellings of that” (Best Food Truck) Definitive proof “Java’s. Anyone who says otherwise has never experienced the state of elation one can get out of drinking a latte while listening to an […]
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Best of Rochester 2013
Normally I start out the introduction to City Newspaper’s annual Best of Rochester issue by blathering about the awesomeness of Rochester and making terrible puns based around that year’s theme. I’m taking a different tactic this year — although there will probably still be puns. It recently came to our attention that some people might […]
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Best of Rochester 2013: Food & Drink
Best Pizza Mark’s Pizzeria. Many area locations. markspizzeria.com (Runners up: Pontillos | Salvatores | Pizza Stop) Best Gourmet Burger Gate House. 274 N. Goodman St., 473-2090, thegatehousecafe.com. (Runners up: Brick ‘n’ Motor | Frog Pond | Good Luck | Tap & Table) Best Barbecue Dinosaur Bar-B-Que. 99 Court St., 325-7090, dinosaurbarbque.com (Runners up: Beale Street […]
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Best of Rochester 2013: Goods & Services
New Retail Store Little Bleu Cheese Shop. 684 South Ave., 730-8296, littlebleucheese.com. (Runners up: Bartertown Collectibles | Dichotomy Rochester | Hot Rod Bettie’s) Best Jewelry Store Mann’s. 2945 Monroe Ave., 271-4000, mannsjewelers.com. (Runners up: Blueground | Cornell’s | The Source) Best Local Car Dealership Dorschel. Many area locations. dorschel.com. (Runners up: Hoselton | Van Bortel […]
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Best of Rochester 2013: Local Color
Best Local Politician Louise Slaughter. @louiseslaughter (Runners up: Lisa Jacques | Tom Richards | Joe Robach) Best Local Philanthropist George Eastman (Runners up: Tom Golisano | Matt MD Piccone | Danny Wegman) Best Local Activist Group PAWS. Pawsofrochester.org. (Runners up: Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley | Metro Justice | Pitty Love Rochester) Best Local […]
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Best of Rochester 2013 Final Ballot
Voting continues through Friday, October 18, at 5 p.m.!
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VOTE NOW: Best of Rochester 2013 Primary Ballot
Primary Ballot closes Wednesday, September 4 at 5pm!
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Best of Rochester 2012: Arts & Entertainment
Readers’ picks for the best Arts & Entertainment of Rochester
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Best of Rochester 2012: Restaurants
Readers’ picks for the best Restaurants of Rochester
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Best of Rochester 2012: Shopping
Readers’ picks for the best Shopping of Rochester
