Exterior view A busy night just before Xmas, 12-2011 Abilene is a bar in the St. Joseph's Park Neighborhood that opened in March 2008. Selection includes 60 bottled beers, wines (including some grown organically) hard liquor, gluten-free options, and absinthe. There's also a jukebox and pool table, and occasional live music.
The Rochester Guitar Club meets here on the third Monday of the month. Drinking Liberally meets on Thursday nights. Annually, Abilene is a venue for the Rochester International Jazz Festival. Awards Abilene's "Porkslap" was awarded "Best $2 Can of Beer" in City Newspaper's 'Best Of Rochester' Critics' Choice Awards in 2008.1