Most everyone has fond memories of a favorite hot dog stand they’ve visited. For many folks who ventured to the west side of Monroe County, that place was Ackerman’s in Gates. Ackerman’s was different than most such establishments. Located at the corner of Lyell Avenue and Howard Road, one part

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The past 18 months have been a challenging time for Rochester’s food trucks. Several large festivals were canceled or scaled back, eliminating a major source of income. Rochester’s downtown is gradually showing signs of life, but with many people still working from home, few trucks have found it worth their while to vend at lunchtime. 

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Fall wouldn’t be complete without apple cider, doughnuts or the popular amalgamation of the two, apple cider doughnuts.  There are many places in the region that serve apple cider doughnuts, like Misfit Doughnuts and Treats, the vegan shop in the South Wedge, and Golden Harvest Bakery in Scottsville. And grabbing a warm, sugar-coated apple

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Don & Bob’s was a beloved restaurant on Monroe Avenue in Brighton that was called an institution and a landmark and known mostly for its ground rounds — never called hamburgers — and its top-secret hot sauce and custards. The eatery was near Brighton High School for nearly a half-century.

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Ghost Kitchens Brands, a Canadian company, has opened its first U.S. outlet in the Walmart store in Gates. It offers dishes from more than 20 restaurant and packaged food brands, including Cinnabon, Quiznos, The Cheesecake Factory Bakery and others. “Ghost kitchen” is a food industry term for a commercial kitchen set up only for delivery.

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If you’re hungry, you’ll find that the 10th annual KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival food choices will vary day by day — with the exception of the addictive sweet-and-salty Kettle Corn, which will be sold throughout the festival. Among the food offerings will be two of the city’s newest food trucks: Cookie Coma

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The Spaghetti Warehouse was one of the pioneers in the revitalization of the downtown Rochester area when it opened in 1990 and was quite popular during its relatively short run. The 400-seat restaurant on Central Avenue was part of a Dallas-based chain that served inexpensive Italian food amid eclectic mixes

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Courtney Benson had dreamed up the name for her new hospitality business well before she had decided exactly what it would become.  To her, “Brick & Ivy” conveys a combination of masculine and feminine energies, with brick being masculine and ivy being feminine. Ivy is beautiful but also strong, she said —

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When Charlie Fitzsimmons was on holiday in Florida a couple of years back, he visited a cafe or restaurant which had a wall of self-service taps that dispensed beer, wine or cider through the ounce. Who owns Two for Seven restaurant group liked the concept but additionally recognized that installing this type of system would

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