Black Friday is a walk in the park, with guided hikes and neighborhood strolls throughout the weekend.
Canandaigua
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Canandaigua fast becoming a brewing destination
With the addition of Frequentem, Canandaigua has five breweries. For a city of 10,000, it’s the sign of a now booming lakeside beer scene.
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Calendar preview: Riding It Out
This week’s events keep things moving — down the river and through the woods — with leaf-peeping, sign-making, axe-throwing, and more.
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Lincoln Hill Farms offers a bucolic concert experience
After having invested in residential properties for over a decade, local business owner Brian Mastrosimone longed to serve the community in a different fashion. In summer 2016, Mastrosimone broke ground on an entirely outdoor venture called Lincoln Hill Farms, which opened officially this summer.
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Dining Review: Mac’s Philly Steaks
In Philadelphia, the cheesesteak is not just a sandwich. It is an iconic obsession. The city is filled with places to get them, from pizzerias to delis to standalone shops; even gas stations get in on the action. The most renowned cheesesteak purveyors in Philly, however, are Geno’s Steaks and Pat’s King of Steaks. Like […]
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DINING REVIEW: Rio Tomatlan
Tucked on a side street in Downtown Canandaigua is Rio Tomatlan, a restaurant specializing in cuisine from Mexico’s Pacific Coast.
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“Gypsy Strings and The Masque of the Red Death”
Anything written by Edgar Allan Poe is memorable, not the least of which is “The Masque of the Red Death.” First published in 1842 in Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine, it has been adapted into everything from heavy metal by Crimson Glory to a film starring Vincent Price to the literary spice of Stephen King’s […]
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CONCERT REVIEW: Tim McGraw, Dierks Bentley, Kip Moore at CMAC
It was well past 11 p.m. when Tim McGraw walked off stage at CMAC Friday night, ending four hours packed with country hits from McGraw, Dierks Bentley, and Kip Moore. In that time, the temperature had risen past 100 degrees and oxygen felt limited. Fans thronged every inch of the stage to the ramps, and […]
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Metro ink – 12.21.05
House of books When bookseller Franlee Frank acquired the late composer David Diamond’s book collection about two years ago, she joked it would have been easier to buy the whole house rather than move all the books. Diamond’s dark green, shuttered dwelling on Edgerton Street bore the weight of thousands of volumes and manuscripts. The […]
