Bolgen Vargas Occupation: Interim superintendent, RochesterCitySchool District Neighborhood:Cobbs Hill Most beautiful place in Rochester:DurandEastmanPark looking at the LakeOntario waterfront. Best kept secret of Rochester: The Highland Park Lamberton Conservatory. You will find tropical flowers there on the middle of the coldest winter day in Rochester. The RochesterCitySchool District has many excellent schools, some of which […]
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BEST OF ROCHESTER ’09: Introduction
Step right up to the greatest show in town: City Newspaper’s Best of Rochester 2009! Every yearCity asks Rochesterians to tell us their picks for the best restaurants, businesses, arts groups, people, places, and things in the Greater Rochester area. And this year it really was a circus: we had a record-breaking number of […]
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ANNUAL MANUAL ’09: Choices
DINER | HIGHLAND PARK DINER As a 6-year-old with a taste for scrumptious food (read: plain noodles with peanut butter) there was only one place to head to for Sunday brunch with the family: the Highland Park Diner (960 S Clinton Ave, 461-5040). The Highland Park is located in an authentic diner car complete with […]
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ANNUAL MANUAL ’09: Man on the Street
Maureen Galvin Hometown: Gates What Makes Rochester Unique: Easy to get around in; people are a lot tougher than in other places; beautiful old homes that are always being refurbished. Favorite Places: George Eastman House, LakeOntario Valerie Young Hometown: Sodus What Makes Rochester Unique: The Public Market — “There’s nothing else like it around.” Favorite […]
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BEST OF ROCHESTER ’08: Critics’ Picks
Best Excuse for a Heart Attack: South Wedge Skillet In the thriving South Wedge neighborhood, a nondescript brick building on South Avenue houses the South Wedge Diner. This no-frills eatery serves up classic diner fare with a classic diner attitude. There are no towering, artful presentations or over-the-top ingredients to be found here. What you […]
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BEST OF ROCHESTER ’08: Best Answers
[ READERS’ CHOICE ] BY CITY NEWSPAPER READERS We’ll be honest with you: while we enjoy spreading the word about what you voted as Rochester’s best pizza parlor or car shop, our favorite part of Best Of is going through the smart-ass answers sent in by our clever, snarky readers. You all are funny. And […]
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ANNUAL MANUAL ’07: Local favorites
by City Newspaper readers Each year City Newspaper polls its readers for the annual Best of Rochester issue. And every year hundreds of local residents let us know what they think is tops in food and drink, shopping, local color and more. Below is an edited last of the 2006 results; if you’re new to […]
