The Village of Fairport Local Development Corp. LIFT Grant program has been expanded to provide cash assistance to village retail and restaurant businesses impacted by COVID-19. The LIFT grant program was introduced in August 2020 to provide reimbursement for purchases ...

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As New York state continues its reopening plans, McDonald’s restaurants are expecting to hire approximately 260,000 restaurant employees this summer, including in the Rochester area. The fast-food restaurant has put extra precautions in place as it begins to open its ...

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When Alicia Lawless of Dansville asked for recommendations for chicken wings on Tuesday, she got more than 120 responses.  And that’s just for Livingston County.  A new Facebook group, Livingston County Menus, started by Zach Matzek, a Dansville school counselor ...

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Max at Eastman Place is rolling back time with a Tuesday Night supper club that brings back dishes that have been popular for a century. Max Supper Club will operate in the separate lounge the restaurant operates off the atrium ...

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REDD, the new restaurant in the former Restaurant 2 Vine space, is scheduled to open on Aug. 16. Rochester native Richard Reddington, who came to national acclaim with his restaurants in the Napa Valley, is the Michelin-star-winning chef leading the ...

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110 Grill, a restaurant chain that began in Chelmsford, Mass., in 2014 is opening its 25th location this week in Henrietta. Though 110 Grill will have a ribbon cutting and private event Thursday night, it officially opens to the public ...

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Who knew Rochester was a haven for vegans? Grubhub did, that’s who, and they’re sharing their data in a “State of the Plate” report. The online food ordering and delivery service has analyzed usage trends from the first five months ...

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Where Rochester’s downtown once featured four department stores and two grocery stores, now there are none. A quarter century after the last department store closed, in the places where all of Rochester once shopped, there’s a car museum, a large ...

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Richard Reddington, the Michelin-star winning chef who ran two acclaimed restaurants in the Napa Valley region, will highlight a foodie fundraising event on the site of the annual jazz fest in Rochester. Reddington plans to open a restaurant in Rochester ...

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City officials helped celebrate the grand opening Tuesday of a new restaurant on Clifford Avenue. MamaJuanaROC Restaurant and Lounge, at 2260 Clifford Ave., features a Latin fusion menu, including plantain bowl appetizers, Dominican kabobs, sushi accompanied by Rochester-style ground meat ...

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When Nolan’s on Canandaigua Lake was destroyed by fire in July 2017, the restaurant’s owners vowed to rebuild in a few months. In the 15 months since, there have been more than a few setbacks and adjustments. But the brand-new building ...

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CoreLife Eatery is opening its fourth location in the Rochester area on Tuesday with a new outlet at 2600 Elmwood Ave., in Brighton. The Syracuse-based chain now has 12 locations in New York state, with plans for 300 across the ...

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Rochester Downtown Development Corp. is launching a restaurant week in Rochester next week, hoping to bring more business to the city’s restaurants while encouraging local residents to try something new. During “Eat Up Rochester,” which runs from Monday through Sunday, ...

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Local Papa John’s pizza restaurants have closed, blaming business conditions in New York. A note about the closings, dated April 1, was posted on the door of at least one of five local Papa John’s stores, from Schuyler J. Lofberg, ...

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Fresh off a grand opening that had crowds lined up out the door, brand-new Blaze Fast-Fire’d Pizza is pulling another stunt. The store at 1100 Jefferson Road in Henrietta is offering pizza pies at a bargain price for Pi Day ...

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