Comments on: Things to do in Rochester, NY

By: Kristy

Kristy — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 21:23:16 +0000

In response to Brendan (not that he’ll ever see this) but first of all… You want a “Good, classy, cheap bar” haha. You sound real classy! Go to easy on E’s (corner of East and Scio) try ONE on Ryans alley. Decible lounge right near the East and Alexander district. Walk up Monroe ave and find your assortment of bars, bug jar, O’callaghans, Oxfords, Sports page. You want a bumpin club? try maxwells on ridge East. you want country, try Daisy dukes or the roost. You want techno, the before mentioned ONE or Decible lounge. You want acoustic, try the before mentioned Bug Jar, you want what I call radio hip hop, go to Heat. Good Dj’s, try Pearl lounge. You like gay bars, go to Avenue pub or Tilt. Lux is a pretty cool bar too. You want a good sports bar, rookies in chili (good quesadillas too!) You want a random assortment of every type of people, try taylors, woodys or woodys II. Comedy clubs? Villiage idiots improv, comedy club, and comix cafe if its still open (had 2 locations). I appreciate that everyone else mentioned all the great things people can do in Rochester that you dont have to be drunk for, but if thats the scene you’re looking for, its in abundance here in rochester. And as far as being worried about getting shot by a 14 year old.. try leaving the confinements of Brockport and realize that Rochester is just another city. You think any other major city is any better? I’m a 24 year old, white, suburban, female, Rochester born and raised, and I manage to go wherever I please without getting harrassed, shot at, stabbed, or mugged. the worst that happens is a bum asks for a dollar and some scum bag thinks he can get your phone number. Mind you, both those things also happened to me in Dallas, Texas. I mean, you could always stay in Brockport at C&S or Stoneyard. Hope this helps the younger crowd!!

By: Cherie

Cherie — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 01:32:25 +0000

ok I have lived here my entire life so 37 years and here is a list of things we do in and around Rochester for every season:
Seneca Park Zoo
Rochester Museum and Science Center
Strong Museum of Play
Ice Skating outside downtown Rochester in Winter
Polar Wave–snow tubing in Batavia, NY
Spend day at Eastview Mall Victor, NY
Fingerlake Wine Trails
Letchworth State Park (huge craft show every October)
Ride bikes along the paved bike trails in nice weather
many festivals including air show events just about every year
Ice skating (indoors at RIT, Lakeshore Arena, and Scottsville Arena)
Walk the marked trails through several local Parks, we go to Black Creek in Chili often with our dogs
Springdale Farms
Kellys Farm-Hilton(fall time)
Rochester Aud. Theatre
Highland Park-Lilac Fest and have other festivals there
Comedy Club
Amerks Hockey-Blue Cross Arena
Red Wings Baseball in summer
Northampton Park for Sledding
Churchville Park-Outdoor Ice Skating
Boat rides down the canal
Boat ride on Canandaigua Lady for Dinner or lunch cruise
Hang at Canadaigua Lake Beach
Roseland Water Park
Darien Lake
Bristol Mountain Skiing
Sonneburg Gardens Tour and Sleigh Rides
Spencerport and Fairport Canal days
Henrietta Fireworks on 4th of July
Serveral great Ice cream stands one that comes to mind is Lugia’s on Lyell Rd.
Steve T.’s Garbage Plate (fomerly Nick Tahou) Lyell ave.
Train rides in Medina and Attica NY
Tom Wahls in Avon (best one we think)
Italian Fest
Greek Fest
Tinseltown movie theatre
Restaurants We recommend
are Italian: Ricci’s (greece) Papa Joe’s (gates) Carraba’s (henrietta)
Mexican–we have yet to find one
Chinese–Chef king take out or China Town (greece)
Pizza–Pizza Shack II (spencerport)
Steak Sub- Pino’s Deli–Greece THE BEST!

Hope all this info helps someone!!:)

By: katie

katie — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 16:30:52 +0000

There are adorable little towns right on the erie canal that have everything you could want from delicious restraunts to boatrides on the canal. Two towns i would sugest are the town of spencerport and brockport. Rochester is also known for the lilac festival in the spring. I love going to that every year and i would recomend it to anyone.

By: katie

katie — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 16:24:04 +0000

there is a beutiful zoo that i have been going to since i was little. it is a wonderful place to take little kids on a nice, sunny day.

By: Allison

Allison — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 03:35:15 +0000

I agree with Pat!!!! Rochester is awesome.

By: Pat

Pat — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:56:18 +0000

Wow, I feel I have to comment. I’ve lived in Rochester for 25 years, and think it is a great place with much to do. Let’s start with the Rochester International Jazz Fest. One of best jazz festivals in the country. Hundreds of shows in small clubs with top notch players as well as the headlining shows at the Eastman Theater. Then there’s the Geva Theater, one of the most sought after regional theaters in the country. Great shows in a great space. Like music clubs? Try the Bug Jar where you’ll see national touring acts in a small unique venue (with an entire kitchen hanging upside down on the ceiling). Like larger club scene? Go to the Water Street Music Hall where you’ll see bigger acts coming through in a larger (~1000 people) setting, plus they have a small club off to the side for smaller acts. Like the outdoors? Bike or hike along the Erie Canal. Miles of beautiful canal path both paved and gravel. It’s especially pretty west of the city. There are hundreds of miles of hiking trails all around the surrounding area. Just south of Rochester is one of my favorite parks, Letchworth Park. Three beautiful waterfalls that I like better than Niagara Falls, because they retain their natural beauty in what is called the Grand Canyon of the East. The Rochester/Finger Lakes region is home to some excellent wineries and wines. Try them sometime and the countryside is inspiring. The Finger Lakes was rated the number 1 lakeside resort area in the world. I go downtown often and I never feel unsafe. Sure there are some bad areas, but there is nothing in those areas that would draw your average person there, so it’s not an issue.

I could go on and on. If you can’t find something interesting to do here, then you’re simply not looking.

By: IHEARTSPACE

IHEARTSPACE — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:41:29 +0000

LMAO. Most boring place on earth.

By: Brendan

Brendan — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:04:16 +0000

I’ve only lived on the outskirts of rochester in brockport. the college here has 8 thousand plus kids. all we ever hear about rochester is how its a ghetto dump, with jack to do. if you want to go to a bar and get shot then hit up rochester. news reports after news reports just list all the violence, and chaos that goes down in the city. when 14 year old kids are shooting officers in the head, you kind of wonder what type of streets your going to be walking down during the night. enlighten me with stuff a college kid can do besides stupid historical sights that none of us want to hear. You guys got any bumping clubs, any good classy CHEAP bars… you guys got any good comedy clubs, damn give me something

By: Mark Weh

Mark Weh — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:18:26 +0000

We discovered the Ontario Barn Festival this past weekend, just outside Rochester. This is a great annual outdoor, live music festival. And don’t forget the finger lakes wineries are just 30 minutes away. You people are too negative. Positivity is needed if we want to lead people to come here and help our area grow and get recognized. And what about UR and RIT?? Great places!

By: Rachacha

Rachacha — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:56:38 +0000

This isn’t the rochester bash page. Rochester is beautiful, and there are at least three beaches I know of that are good.

By: Prista Rousse

Prista Rousse — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:43:54 +0000

One of the best things I experienced is a Guided Tour of Rochester that I found through the above website.
The tour guide was amazing taking us to a 2 hours tour. We learned so much and had so much fun. There is a tour guide on duty every day at 11 AM across from GeVa theater to start the tour.
http://RochesterTour.org

By: rochester d00d

rochester d00d — Wed, 13 May 2009 06:52:27 +0000

In reply to the other post above.
If you didn’t like rochester why the hell did you stay here for 39 years!
Your dumb!
There is plenty to do if you look outside of historical attractions!

By: dave

dave — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:04:31 +0000

I lived in rochester for 39 years and I can say that there is nothing to do there. Once you have done the 10 things you mentioned now what? The weather alone prohibts any out door activities. You get 1-2 days of sun and the rest are dark and gloomy skies. Not to mention the endless months of cold/winter. That filthy and polluted lake and that cesspool you call a beach in charlotte cannot even be used if you had good weather. The city has a look that it’s caught in a time warp that has not evolved with any creativity in any way. There is more destruction than growth. Look outsided the “box” and see what there is out there before you settle to the vice grip of Rochester before it’s to late.

By: RJ

RJ — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 01:36:53 +0000

I must confess I have never actually been to Nick Tahous. I will try to get there sometime.

By: Troy

Troy — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:34:42 +0000

I can’t believe you didn’t list Nick Tahous as a place to purchase garbage plates. Where do you think garbage plates originated! Nick Tahous Hots!!! The one downtown is better than the one across from Wegmans on Lyell Ave in Gates. The one downtown has the good original meat sauce and so on. The poster before me is wrong, there are a lot of things to do in Rochester, but us Rochesterians don’t always see that because either we’ve done it all here or we are kids and don’t want to go do some of the more enjoyable things that us adults or older teenagers or seniors would enjoy. Anyway, Rochester is a great place to live and visit, have fun!

By: nolan

nolan — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:22:25 +0000

Ther is nothing to do in webster NY
i kno i live there!!!