If you are a teetotaler, or you haven’t yet abandoned your New Year’s resolution to eat a better, more rounded diet, you should probably stop reading right now. Nothing that follows this sentence will do anything but upset you or potentially shatter your resolve. For those of you who are still with me, I want […]
Rochester Restaurants
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The joy of Mex
Mex 295 Alexander St. 262-3060, mexrestaurant.com Dinner Tue-Thu 5-10 p.m., Fri-Sat 5-11 p.m.; bar until 2 a.m. Paul Brewer is a chef on the move. He has been since he started his career as a cook at a Cracker Barrel restaurant when he was 14 years old. In the intervening 21 years, he has worked […]
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Primary flavors
I’m always grateful to restaurants that give me something to nibble on while I’m mulling over the menu. Sodam Korean in Henrietta, like all Korean restaurants, offers you a full meal while you think about what to order for dinner — an assortment of small dishes known as banchan. These tasty offerings, which walk the […]
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The difference a week makes
I picked Max at the Gallery for review this week in part because it was a sure thing: with any of the restaurants that bear the Max name you can be certain you’ll have a good, perhaps even great, experience. The brand, established by chef and restaurateur Tony Gullace with the opening of Max at […]
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Make momma proud
Mother’s Day is right around the corner, and if a bowl of cereal and a cup of coffee delivered to Mom’s bedside isn’t cutting it anymore, it’s time to consider going out for brunch or dinner — with the whole family. Finding a restaurant that’s accepting of (well behaved) children, yet nice enough to retain […]
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Out of the ashes
At the risk of invoking a tired clichรฉ, Henrietta’s newest Indian restaurant really is a phoenix from the ashes. Brothers Gurpal and Harcharnjid Singh opened their first restaurant, Namaste Diner, on West Henrietta Road in July 2008, an outgrowth of their successful Indian grocery store down the road. A bit over three months later, a […]
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ANNUAL MANUAL ’08: Dining
Just about everyone loves Chinese food -or Thai, Japanese, and Korean for that matter – and our workplaces and home kitchen junk drawers overflow with little multicolored condiment packets and chopsticks. The list below is by no means exhaustive, but rather a starting point for a diner’s journey through Asia by way of Greater Rochester. […]
