| New Restaurant - Burrito Fresco | |
We decided last Saturday, to spend the afternoon in our Brockport, NY community with some shopping and lunch. Still feeling fairly new to this community, we want to try to be more connected and support it in some way. I've been doing some spring cleaning and decided to give Smarty Pants, a small local business, a second chance by trying to sell some clothing that has been taking up space in my closets. I tried selling some really nice, almost new dress pants back in December but was turned away because that type of clothing was not their focus. I was actually told by the owner that Mike and I were dressed cool and he would buy what we were wearing, so bring in a bag of that and we would be good. Fair enough. I took him up on that because I liked the overall business model of reduce, reuse. I try to be environmentally conscious and who doesn't like to save money as well by selling good conditioned clothing and then buying something at a discount!
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| Topic(s): restaurants new restaurants burrito fresco mexican brockport | |
| By Heather on April 1, 2013 at 2:50pm EDT | Add/View Comments (2) |
| New Restaurant - Edibles | |
October 26th is our dating anniversary (yes, we still celebrate) so we decided to dedicate our October New Restaurant post to that. One Rochester restaurant that we have been meaning to check out is Edibles. Edibles is on University Ave right near the Memorial Art Gallery. It's in an old building and from what I could tell it only features street parking. Thankfully, we didn't have a hard time finding a space when we arrived at around 6pm on a Friday. Outside the front of the restaurant was a nice outdoor seating area. Trees were lit up with Christmas lights and it all looked really inviting at dusk. Sadly, it wasn't even 50 degrees that day so that wasn't an option. Read more... 
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| Topic(s): restaurants new restaurants edibles rochester scallops crab cakes | |
| By Mike on November 3, 2012 at 2:40pm EDT | Add Comment |
| New Restaurant - John's Tex Mex | |
For years now, I had been hearing about a great place in the South Wedge of Rochester called John's Tex Mex. It wasn't until we started doing a lot of beer shopping at Nathaniel Square that we really gave it much thought as it is literally right next door to that great beer shop. Since I started my new job at the College at Brockport, we haven't had as many opportunities to do some shopping in Rochester. This past Saturday we decided to plan a little trip and it made sense to try out John's Tex Mex and look for some fun beer for the fridge at Nathaniel Square while we were at it.John's Tex Mex is pretty small but nice and inviting. When we walked in we were greeted and told we could sit anywhere we wanted. Once we picked a spot, we immediately had someone come over to the table to ask us what we wanted. We opted for some chips and salsa while we looked over the menu. Read more... 
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| Topic(s): restaurants new restaurants johns tex mex rochester mexican burrito tostada lunch beer | |
| By Mike on October 6, 2012 at 2:42pm EDT | Add Comment |
| New Restaurant - Tap and Table | |
A day planned of yard construction and home cooking with the in-laws changed to video games and dinner out because of rain. I didn't mind. The garden needed it and maybe we did too! We decided to go to Tap and Table after reading tweets about Sunday special family-style dinners. Comfort food on a rainy relaxing day sounded wonderful! Tap and Table is a new restaurant opened by our favorite Tap and Mallet just this summer. We were very excited to try something new from them. Read more... 
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| Topic(s): restaurants new restaurants tap and table rochester bar meat loaf bread pudding | |
| By Heather on August 9, 2012 at 3:10pm EDT | Add Comment |
| New Restaurant - The Blue Monk | |
The Blue Monk is a "Gastropub" in Buffalo NY that serves good food and beer. Their name references delicious Belgian beer made for centuries by monks which is their overarching theme, but they also respect all craft beer styles. This is our second trip out to Blue Monk to do a post but unfortunately the first time their kitchen was closed, late on a Sunday, something their website doesn't mention in their hours. Oh well, the second trip out was much more successful during the dinner time hour.
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| Topic(s): restaurants new restaurants the blue monk buffalo bar short ribs salad | |
| By Heather on July 7, 2012 at 10:48am EDT | Add Comment |
| New Restaurant - Boardwalk Inn | |
When Family was visiting, they wanted to check out a local restaurant. Without a plan, we heading into town on a mission to learn more about our food community in Brockport, NY. First stop, Jimmy Z's, probably a local college favorite for late night fast food. The menu was full of fried this and that plus Rochester's favorite garbage plates which made us scuffle back out. We headed across the street to Barber's Grill, a local bar that was packed, so we moved on and found The Boardwalk Inn around the corner.
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| Topic(s): restaurants new restaurants boardwalk inn brockport steak donut burger | |
| By Heather on June 4, 2012 at 4:21pm EDT | Add Comment |
| New Restaurant - The Old Toad | |
We had a very fun date night planned, to eat somewhere new and then go watch Cesar Millan at Rochester's Auditorium Theater! A couple of our dinner ideas fell though though because they were closed on Sunday, Edibles and Lento (both will be added to our Upstate Bucket List). So we decided on a local favorite we've heard good things about called The Old Toad, a British pub. Good beer and homey food sounded wonderful on a cold winter evening. We had a nice time but unfortunately it wasn't perfect. Read more... 
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| Topic(s): restaurants new restaurants dinner the old toad bar british pub beer pork | |
| By Heather on January 22, 2012 at 3:16pm EST | Add Comment |
| New Restaurant - 58 Main | |
For December's new restaurant, we wanted to make it a point to go to a truly local location for us. That meant picking one of the many restaurants in the Brockport area. We didn't decide on the actual spot until the last possible moment. Our mood had us gravitating toward 58 Main, a diner with flashy signage on Main Street just north of the canal.The Buffalo Bills were playing an evening game on this particular Sunday and they weren't doing well. We walked into the restaurant not necessarily expecting a sports bar scene, but we were greeted with a room full of several football-sporting TVs with several viewers. This didn't bother me at all. As much as I told myself I didn't need to watch the Bills lose badly, it was still nice to look up and see how they were faring. Read more... 
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| Topic(s): restaurants new restaurants dinner 58 main eggplant parmesan sandwich onion rings | |
| By Mike on December 17, 2011 at 8:11pm EST | Add Comment |
| New Restaurant - The Owl House | |
Back when we went to Belgium Comes to Cooperstown in July, we were introduced to Pretty Things Brewery. The brewery representatives at their booth heard we were from the Rochester area and immediately brought up The Owl House. I wish I remember exactly how they described their relationship with the restaurant, but I believe they mentioned that ex-brewery employees moved to Rochester and opened it. Some online research to find the details came up empty. (If you know them, please post in the comments!). Regardless, that's the reason why it was high on our New Restaurants list.We went ahead and made reservations for a Saturday evening right at the end of October. We waited that long because we wanted to make the trip an anniversary celebration for us. We started dating 14 years ago! The reservation didn't end up being overly necessary as the dining area was about half full upon our arrival at 6pm. I really appreciate going out to eat knowing a table is waiting for you though, so the fact that The Owl House is one of the few Western New York restaurants to support OpenTable is much appreciated. Read more... 
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| Topic(s): restaurants new restaurants the owl house pork tilapia brownie dinner dessert beer | |
| By Mike on November 11, 2011 at 5:38pm EST | Add/View Comments (2) |
| New Restaurant - Pittsford Grill | |
I started working at Tobey Village Office Park over five years ago. If you aren't familiar with it, it's a strange little retro office park located on the corner of Jefferson and Clover in Pittsford. When I started there, Heather and I immediately took notice of the Crystal Barn restaurant sign. We always wondered what kind of place it was but never ended up going. We were a bit bummed when we heard it closed.Well, I'm still working in the same office park and The Pittsford Grill has opened in its place. It's distinctly possible that my job will be moving to a new location in the near future. As such, we thought it made perfect sense to hit up the grill for our New Restaurant for September. Read more... 
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| Topic(s): restaurants new restaurants dinner pittsford grill steak | |
| By Mike on September 15, 2011 at 7:59pm EDT | Add Comment |
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