Best of Rochester

Known as founders of Rochester’s food truck scene, Le Petit Poutine serves its classic Canadian combination of fries, gravy, and cheese curds with a sprinkling of thyme to thousands of hungry customers every year.

It’s easy to make the case that R&B-soul artist Danielle Ponder won 2022 — and not just because she won five “Best of Rochester” categories.

After 24 years on Rochester’s stages, DeeDee Dubois has moved from a “Best of Rochester” runner-up in this category to top queen.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Rochester International Jazz Festival, which promises 325 shows spread across nine stages.

This pristine playground-for-adults is fit with 34 lanes of bowling alongside astro-turfed space for corn hole and giant Jenga.

Husband-and-wife team Ben and Katie Morey created the music ed hub in 2018, and it has quickly expanded .

Bones owner Dani Fischer wants her bakery to be a place where people and their pups can spend time together and the focus is on the dogs.

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

Irondequoit Bay is home to varying aqueous environments where you can nab everything from channel catfish to walleye, perch, and bass.

The views of the “Grand Canyon of the East” from the high points of the Gorge Trail are truly awe-inspiring and humbling.

WHAM-TV (Channel 13) has been the dominant local news affiliate for the better part of 40 years.

Shawn Dunwoody needs no introduction. The prolific muralist and all-around creative is widely considered the face of the city’s art scene.