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Cooking at Tandoor of India

So this post is the story of my first YouTube video and what turned out to be a fantastic experience. The weird coincidence of how this ended up happening shows just how small a town this is and how...

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Ugly Duck Coffee Preview

Today I’m pleased to bring a preview post of Rochester’s newest specialty coffee shop, Ugly Duck Coffee! For those that haven’t found their way to Ugly Duck yet, Rory van Grol is a...

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Food Truck Rodeo 2016-04-27

Even after a relatively easy winter, I was ready last Wednesday to go out for the first Food Truck Rodeo of the season. There is an excitement that comes with seeing the new truck concepts in action...

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The Playhouse/Swillburger Preview

We are about to finally get to witness one of the most hyped and contentious restaurant openings of the year. My first sighting was of a highly seared burger in May 2014 and I’ve been closely...

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Joe Bean Brunch Preview and Parklet

Joe Bean Coffee is hosting an open house tonight from 7p-9p to celebrate the launch of their new food menu that includes brunch offerings for the first time. If you’re not a regular at Joe Bean...

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McCann’s Local Meats

The new food businesses popping up on the edge of the South Wedge and Swillburg neighborhoods have seen a lot of press in the last few weeks in the D&C and City Newspapers and justifiably so...

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Reggae Jamaica

After a little time off focusing mostly on the podcast, I’m going to go back through the last few months of restaurant visits and tackle some recaps/light reviews. I’ll be focusing on a...

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F.A.T. Episode 24 – John Vito

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast I sat down in the studio with John Vito, the former owner of O’Bagelo’s and Baked and Carved and the man behind the Food and Stories website...

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Public Market Rundown Early 05/15

It has been a couple weeks since the last market rundown and I’m overflowing with interesting stuff from the last visits I made to the Public Market. We’ll be touching on some of the...

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New Opening – Marty’s Meats on Park

Marty’s Meats has been serving up food to the people of Rochester on their truck for over 2 years and Tuesday marks the opening of their brick and mortar location on Park Ave. I’ve been a...

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