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Roc Holiday Village has issued a call for vendors for the fourth annual celebration of winter fun in downtown Rochester. A limited number of vendor spots are available in the outdoor Shopping Village, as well as tables for the Dec. ...

Apple Cinema is coming to Pittsford Plaza this fall, with movie offerings, state-of-the-art theaters and amenities that the company said will offer an entertainment experience never before seen in the area. 

Taco Bell is coming back into the city of Rochester. Hospitality Restaurant Group (HRG) has purchased the former Evergreen Car Wash at 358 Lake Ave. and hopes to be serving chalupas, gorditas and burritos from a newly built facility before ...

A new restaurant that owners says will be focused on family, flavor and flair is coming to the former site of The Distillery on West Ridge Road in Greece.

Glenora Wine Cellar, the oldest winery on Seneca Lake, is for sale. Founded in 1977, the property includes the winery, the 30-room Inn at Glenora and Veraisons Restaurant. The list price: $10.8 million. Glenora Wine Cellars is located in the ...

Palmer Food Services has opened the Palmer Food Services Buffalo Client and Culinary Center in West Seneca, Erie County, which marks the company’s second corporate location in New York.  The site includes an executive test kitchen, meeting space and corporate ...

RealEats is poised for growth as the Geneva-based fully cooked meal delivery service moves into new digs, secures millions in Series A financing and launches a partnership with a global health and wellness retailer that helps meet the consumer’s interest ...

Wine and beer trails are popular destinations in upstate New York, but a new type of trail is tempting upstate travelers to chow down, as well as raise their glasses.   Upstate Eats is the name of the trail that was ...

A series of new special events in the heart of downtown — from music and movies to art and food — has been launched to lure people to the streets of Rochester and reconnect them with what the city has ...

The café at the Jewish Community Center in Brighton will soon re-open under new management.   Max Gordon will open The Shalom Café on May 2. The café will be kosher and open to the public. Breakfast and lunch will ...

When the 2023 PGA Championship is played at Oak Hill Country Club, the storied grounds of the East Course will include a touch of modern.

New York Kitchen is opening an educational space and expanding its tasting room with the construction of a three-season first floor terrace that will be named the Sandy Parker Terrace.  In honor of Parker, the Summers Foundation and the Sands ...

BioWorks, which provides biologically based products for the horticulture and specialty agriculture markets, has been named Business of the Year by the Victor Local Development Corp. The 18 winners in the 16th annual Victor Business Awards will be honored at ...

Mushroom innovation company Empire Medicinals of Rochester will enhance its exploration into new food products and healthy additives through laboratory space at the New York State Center for Excellence in Food and Agriculture at Cornell AgriTech. Empire Medicinals is a ...

Nearly 9,500 small businesses in the Finger Lakes region will be allowed to defer repayment on COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) for another six months. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said today that the Small Business Administration ...