Festivals
Rochester loves festivals, saysKara.
TheRochester Fringe Festivalis one of my favorites and just wrapped up this weekend.
The most famous is the Lilac Festival.
In September, be sure to check out the Rochester Fringe Festival, saysEmily.
Jack Rabbit still uses classic brake levers to control the ride, you just dont see that anymore.
For a wooden roller coaster, I find it to be one of the smoothest out there, saysRochesterGreg.
Seabreeze exudes love for its own history.
Stop by the carousel (a reproduction of their historic carousel, which burned down in the 90s).
Theres one good place in Lima, and thats Georges Diner.
Mendon Ponds is a big birdwatching destination.
They even had two bald eagles last time I visited, saysHeartofArchness.
Spent three hours in there and still feel like I missed a ton of stuff.
Theres also a butterfly conservatory you could wander through, saysZombieRunnerFive.
Whether you have kids or not, its a lot of fun, saysGeekDad.
I forgot about the election day tradition at Susan B. Anthonys grave!
Such a cool uniquely Rochester thing.
For years, women had been going there to place their I voted stickers on her headstone.
In 2016, for obvious reasons, it became a huge event and our mayor and congresswoman were there!
Food
Dont actually get a garbage plate while sober, but watch someone else get it.
Rochester is also famous for our garbage plates.
Note: in all the other places they are called insert synonym for garbage plate, saysWhittx.
Skip Dinosaur BBQ and go to Sticky Lips instead, saysRacy Rebel.
The greatest Rochester food institution is actually Wegmans.
This upstate grocery store chainslaps.
Its fancy but approachable, combining local goods with international offerings.
If you do hit up the branch in the fancy suburb of Pittsford,Disco32RrecommendsThe Burger Bar.
Theyre one of Americas very few Rivendell Bicycle Works dealers.Bill in Second Grade
configs like the historic Mt.
Rochester has three waterfalls right in the city on a uniquely north-flowing river into a Great Lake.
And come back Monday when we head down to Brazil.
