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New Opening – Rella

My wife and I were in the mood to head out for dinner this past Saturday and wanted to try something new. As you might expect, that list of options is limited at this point so we decided to warm up...

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River Spring Lodge

Disclosure: The room and food were provided by River Spring Lodge for this post. There’s something special about taking a short drive outside of Rochester and entering that completely different...

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Phrankly Focus – Fox Run Vineyards and Cafe

Phrankly is an online platform and website that provides transparency in food sourcing. I’m working with Phrankly to highlight some of the spots that take their sourcing seriously and how it makes an...

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Phrankly Focus – The Playhouse

Phrankly is an online platform and website that provides transparency in food sourcing. I’m working with Phrankly to highlight some of the spots that take their sourcing seriously and how it makes an...

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Phrankly Focus – Ugly Duck 

This is the first post in a series called Phrankly Focus. Phrankly is the best way to find where your favorite local businesses source their ingredients from and where you can find specialty products...

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New Opening – Fiamma Centro

The soft open preview of Fiamma Centro starts this week and they are open for business! The new location on Elton Street will be open in the evenings so check out the Facebook page or website for...

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Misen Chef Knife Unboxing

A few months back, Kenji Lopez-Alt from Serious Eats posted about the Kickstarter for a new knife that he was giving some high praise for. The company was called Misen and their goal was to produce a...

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New Opening – Leaf Tea Bar

I’m pleased to let everyone know that today marks the soft opening of Leaf Tea Bar in the South Wedge neighborhood! The starting hours for Tea Bar will be 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through...

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Fiamma – New Location Preview

Hey everyone! It’s been a while since I wrote an actual post for the website that wasn’t a podcast but here we are. I’ve got a few more pieces in the works in addition to 3...

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