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Dorje Adornments

Dorje Adornments is a piercing studio in the Alexander Neighborhood. They are located beneath Love Hate Tattoo. It is staffed by professional piercers Nick Giordano, Bonnie Harter, and Marley Sears. Nick and Bonnie each have 9 years of experience and have taken specialized classes in oral & maxofacial anatomy. Additionally, all piercers hold OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Certification, and are Red Cross first aid and CPR certified. The shop has a Tibetan Buddhist theme and private piercing rooms. All jewelry is autoclaved prior to insertion in a fresh piercing. Needles are one-time use only and disposed of in a medical sharps container. All tools are cleaned by using a three step process ending in autoclave sterilization. They spore test their autoclave weekly through an independent laboratory to ensure it is functioning properly. They have the spore test results on file since the day they opened and will be glad to share them with you. Dorje Adornments offers a wide selection of body jewelry with a heavy focus on jewelry for enlarged earlobes. Dorje carries fair trade and sustainable organic jewelry, much of which is made by local artists. All their initial piercing jewelry is implant grade and manufactured in America. Photos

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Century Pittsford Wines

Century Pittsford Wines is a very large (45,000 square feet) wine and liquor store owned and licensed by Nicole Wegman and is now located in the lower, east end of the Pittsford Plaza in part of the space previously occupied by Cohoes Department store - below the recently-added Stein Mart and adjacent to the new Cheesecake Factory. The store has a WiFi Reading area with reference books as well as wine-related books and magazines for sale. Visit the Rare and Fine Wine Room to see some special wines (not for sale) that you will only see in more elaborate wine cellars and high-end restaurants. Background Opened in April, 2008, Century Pittsford Wines is the result of the Wegmans family effort to acquire the former Century Liquor on Ridge Road West. Under NY State Liquor laws, a liquor store is licensed to one singular person and that person cannot own or operate any other liquor establishment in NY. The original plan to purchase Century Liquor and move it to Pittsford Plaza was thwarted by getting all the proper approvals from the state liquor control board. See references listed below. References Wine retailers offer eco-friendly tote bags July 16, 2008, D&C WHAM 13 Video on possible Store Opening and Story Wegman pops cork on new wine store on MPNNow.com April 7, 2008

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Charlotte Appliance

Company Logo Charlotte Appliance Exterior 8-2009 Charlotte Appliance is a well known Rochester furniture and appliance store in Charlotte. It was founded in 1923 by Tony Agostinelli Sr. and his wife Theresa. The primary building they occupy used to be a movie theater, as can be seen from the photo. Some evidence of the layout of the old theater can be seen in various parts of the building. Awards In 2007, Charlotte was awarded the Democrat & Chronicle's Rochester's Choice Award for "Appliance Store".2 Charlotte was also voted "Best Furniture Store" in City Newspaper's 'Best of Rochester' awards in 2008, 2009, and 2010.345 1There is a moveable ramp, but some areas of the floor are elevated on platforms22007 Choice Awards32008 Read Choice Awards42009 Reader Choice Awards5http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/entertainment/guides/BEST-OF-ROCHESTER-2010-Shopping/

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Record Theatre

A Buffalo-based music store founded in 1976 by Rochester native Lenny Silver, Record Theatre eventually grew into a 21-store chain, with three stores in Rochester. The first and biggest of the three was the one at Midtown Plaza; the others were in Greece and Henrietta (the latter next to Club 747. The suburban stores were closed by 1997, while the Midtown store lasted another decade. Two stores in Buffalo remain open. http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/local/rocroots/2015/10/30/whatever-happened-record-theatre/74834222/

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Coach Tony's Gourmet Hot Sauce

A jar of Coach Tony's Gourmet Hot Sauce Coach Tony's Gourmet Hot Sauce is Rochester-style meat hot sauce conceived in Spencerport by Tony Perry and bottled in Bergen. The sauce is more than 40% beef, and is sold in jars.1 Available in both mild and hot versions, but be warned - even the mild sauce packs a little more punch than the hot sauce you'd get on a typical Plate. Sold by the bottle at all area Wegmans stores, at Calabresella Importers of Italian & Greek food, and online at http://www.nystyledeli.com and Flower City Flavor Company https://flowercityflavor.com/shop/coach-tonys-gourmet-beef-hot-sauce/. History In October 2004, Perry began renovating a factory in Bergen to bottle his sauce.

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Hands On and Beyond

Website Logo Hands On and Beyond was a toy store located in Pittsford that specialized in learning toys with an orginal focus on learning products for home-schooling. Our passion over the last ten years has been to supply your family and children with educational toys that provide purposeful, “hands on” activity that goes “beyond” traditional book curricula. The Learning Edge began in March, 1994 with the goal of providing home schooling families with high quality, fun ways of teaching their children. In 1997 we changed the name to Hands On and Beyond.1 The website (as of September 2008) did not have any toy or product information and they show an additional company address of 885 Jones Road, Vestal, NY 13850 - Phone (607) 785-5517 and 1-888-20-LEARN.

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Cold Stone Creamery

24 Hrs near Times Square Cold Stone Creamery is an ice cream shop with two locations in Rochester. The first location to open is located next to Pittsford Cinema in Pittsford Plaza. A second location was opened in Towne Center Webster at the corner of Holt Road and Ridge Road. Cold Stone serves ice cream with mix-ins. The server places your choice of ice cream on a cold stone and blends in your choice of mix-ins, such as nuts, candy, etc. Traditional ice cream shop fare such as shakes and sundaes are also served. They also offer a selection of ice cream cakes.

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How To Get To Rochester

Looking to get away? See Excursions. By Car From Buffalo From Philadelphia From Toronto From New York City By Plane By Train By Boat Erie Canal By Bus Greyhound MegaBus Trailways NY Chinatown Bus Unconventional Means By Car From Buffalo (about an hour trip) Take the NY Thruway (East 90) merge into 490 East pick the street of your choice (ex. Goodman St.) From Philadelphia (about a 5 1/2 hour trip) Route 95 to PA Turnpike (West 76) West 76 becomes Route 476 Take the North East Extension towards Allentown (North 476) Take the exit for Route 81 (North 81) Take the exit for NY Thruway (West 90) Follow 90 until Rochester Exit 45 (490) pick the street of your choice (ex. Monroe Ave.) From Toronto Take the Gardiner Expressway W Merge onto the QEW Take the Lewiston Bridge (that's the easiest bridge; although the Rainbow Bridge often has shorter waits) Take the 190 S across Grand Island Pick up the 290 Get on the 90 E headed towards Rochester Rochester area exits are 47 (490 E), 46 (390 N), and 45 (490 W) From New York City about 350 miles give or take.... By Plane Rochester has a small but newly-renovated airport that goes by the rather grandiose title Greater Rochester International Airport, and its airport code, ROC, inspired the name of this Wiki. The advantage to being out here in the sticks is that the airport is small and generally uncrowded. The disadvantage is that you'll have to fly first to a larger hub. The airport is served by Air Canada, AirTran, American Eagle, Continental, Delta Connection (service to Cinncinatti), JetBlue (service to JFK airport in New York), Northwest, United, and U.S. Airways. ROC is probably best connected to Chicago. Jetblue has six flights daily to their hub at JFK. One class seating on an Airbus A320. The flight is roughly one hour and usually costs between 50-80 dollars (One Way). Can be as expensive as $130+tax each way. American Eagle operates 6 regularly scheduled daily non-stop flights from Chicago (ORD) to Rochester (ROC), departing between 7:31am and 9:25pm on an Embraer RJ145 Amazon. The flight time is slightly less than two hours. American recently started flying once daily to Dallas/Fort Worth. U.S. Airways flies from Rochester to their hubs in Charlotte, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh, and also flies direct to LaGuardia, Boston, Washington National, and Hartford. (http://www.trvlink.com/download/us/usaschedules.pdf) United flies to their hubs at Chicago O'Hare and Washington Dulles (many flights are codeshared betwen U.S. Airways and United) (http://www.uatimetable.com/United.pdf? linkTitle=Worldwide+timetable+PDF) Continental (http://timetable.continental.com/sitea/co.pdf) flies to their hubs in Newark and Cleveland, and has commuter flights to White Plains and Albany. Northwest flies to Detroit (frequently) and Minneapolis (once daily). Delta flies to Atlanta and Cincinnati. AirTran flies to Baltimore, Atlanta, Boston, Orlando, and Tampa. Air Canada flies to Toronto twice a day for about $400 round trip (why didn't we buy an airplane instead of a ferry?). Here is the list of non-stop destinations. Information on arrivals and departures; as well as flight search. The closest airports outside of Rochester are: Buffalo (served by Southwest) Syracuse Toronto (for direct flights to Europe and the West Coast) By Train Amtrak takes about 6 hours to New York Penn Station, and costs about $70 each way. Rochester's Amtrak station is served on the following routes: Empire Service: New York City to Buffalo/Niagara Falls (2 trains daily each way) Maple Leaf: New York City to Toronto (once daily) Lakeshore Limited: New York City to Chicago (once daily). This train also has a connection in Albany to Boston. The complete route of the Lakeshore Limited: Chicago, IL Union Station (CHI) South Bend, IN (SOB) Toledo, OH (TOL) Cleveland, OH (CLE) Buffalo-Depew, NY Depew (BUF) Rochester, NY (ROC) Syracuse, NY (SYR) Rome, NY (ROM) Utica, NY (UCA) Schenectady, NY (SDY) Albany-Rensselaer, NY (ALB) New York, NY Penn Station (NYP) a travelogue: http://www.trainweb.org/amtrakpix/travelogues/50104A/50104A.html By Boat Erie Canal Erie Canal System By Bus Greyhound Grehound takes 6 to 7 hours to New York City (arriving in the basement of Port Authority) and generally stops at Syracuse or Ithaca and Binghamton along the way. The station is located downtown at the corner of E Broad and Chestnut Streets (officially "187 Midtown Plaza"). As of October 2008, cost to NYC is $46 one-way with 14-day advance purchase ($61 and $78 one-way for 7-day and refundable purchases respectively). Advance ticket purchases are non-refundable but may be changed for a $15 fee. All online purchases require pickup at the terminal (can be before your day of travel) with the credit card used for the purchase (otherwise a $15 fee applies). The route from NYC is as follows: Lincoln Tunnel->Rt 3->Rt 46->I-80W->I-81N->I-90W->I-490W. (The Ithaca route skips Syracuse and cuts across diagonally from just north of Binghamton). MegaBus MegaBus is a low-cost bus service that is a cross between a Greyhound coach and a double-decker sightseeing bus. The earlier you book, the cheaper the fare, which ranges from $1 - $50 (approx). The ride is about 7 hours long and there are 3 or 4 trips a day. NYC bus stops are at Penn Station and the Port Authority. The Rochester bus stop is near entrance #3 (near Sears) at the Eastview Mall. MegaBus rides are also available in other Western NY cities, certain Northeast and Midwest states, and Canada. Trailways NY Bus Info Destinations are: Albany Buffalo New York City Syracuse Rochester Note: Bus schedule is identical to that of Greyhound and likely just tickets you on a Greyhound bus. Fares as of October 2008 are $5 more for 14-day purchase, $8 more for 7-day purchase, and the same for regular fare purchases. Chinatown Bus A "Chinatown Bus" (GoNYCBus) to New York City picks at 733 Monroe Ave at 1AM every day but Friday scheduled to arrive at 7AM. The trip is $60 or $50 with a student fare. In New York City, the bus leaves at 5PM every day but Friday at 59 Canal Street (no longer under the Manhattan Bridge) heading through Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo. It is scheduled to arrive in Rochester at 11PM. The Chinatown Bus was awarded "Best Way to Get to NYC at 1 a.m." in City Newspaper's 'Best Of Rochester' Critics' Choice Awards in 2008.1 Bus Info-Buy Online with PayPal Unconventional Means Hopping freight trains Hitchhiking 1http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/entertainment/guides/2008/11/BEST-OF-ROCHESTER-2008-Critics-choice/

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DAVE Digital Audio Visual Environments

DAVE Digital Audio Visual Environments (formerly Dave Lane's Stereo Shop) sells and installs home video and audio, and car audio. Rochester residents will probably recognize their former jingle, "Stop at the Shop", which was part of their TV and radio ads for at least a decade. The CD Exchange is located at the back of the store. In 2020 they moved to Winton Place. Note: Please note this shop is entirely unrelated to the The Stereo Shop chain.

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Frontier Communications

Former Frontier Communications building. Photo by _yoshi_ Frontier Communications began life as Rochester's home-grown telephone company, Rochester Telephone Company or "Rochester Tel". In the 90's, Rochester Tel expanded to provide nationwide long-distance via a fiber optic network. Rochester Tel changed its name to Frontier in 1995. It was acquired by Global Crossing in 1999, which later sold the Frontier name and local exchange properties to Citizens Communications in 2001. Frontier provides phone and DSL Internet service to consumers in the Rochester area, as well as a full range of business communications services. In 2008 they changed the corporate name from Citizens Communications to Frontier Communications for all business operations. On July 30, 2008, Frontier announced plans to implement a usage cap on residential DSL service which limits customers to 5GB of data transfers per month. However, this usage cap has not yet been enforced. On Monday October 13, Frontier opened a Retail Store on Jefferson Road in Frontier Commons. The store was full service- handling Billing issues, new Service Orders, entering Repair tickets for service issues. It closed in 2018. Wikipedia Entry Official Site Authorized Sales Agent Ongoing News & Developments About Frontier's 5GB Monthly Usage Cap DSL Reports story on Download Cap History Advertisement in 1931 Rochester City Directory Founded in 1920 as Rochester Telephone Company (RTC), it operated under that name until 1995.

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Granite Building

The Granite Building is a 12-story brick and masonry over steel frame historic building located on East Main Street at the corner of St. Paul Street. It was designed in 1893 by J. _Foster_Warner. The building was "the first steel-framed skyscraper in Rochester. Arched windows add Neo-Renaissance styling to classical elements. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984." 1 The building was built by the Sibley company and housed their department store until the 1904 Sibley Fire, after which, the store moved to The Sibley Building. Notes and References Granite_Building - Wikipedia Granite Building on Emporis.com also has photos. Postcard View and Closeup on VintageViews.org Fire Information on GenDisasters.com For Lease Notice with photo (Feb, 2010) on JFiorieco.com Warner Bio on Rocheser.Lib.NY.US Flickr Photo all rights reserved

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Hammergirl Anime

Hammergirl Anime is a local anime shop, located in the Jefferson Plaza on Jefferson Road. From the official website: "Hammergirl Anime is located in Jefferson Plaza, near the Rochester Institute of Technology, in Rochester, New York. The two-thousand-square-foot store features both continual anime showings and Initial D Version 4! Recurring events include a weekly Pokemon, Naruto & Dragon Ball Z Trading Card Game tournaments, and an Initial D tournament once every month. Contact the store for details!" They accept RIT's Tiger Bucks as payment. Awards Hammergirl was awarded "Best Place to Get That Vapors Song Stuck In Your Head" in City Newspaper's 'Best of Rochester' Critics' Picks Awards in 2009.1

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Harris Seeds

Corporate headquarters in Chili. Harris Seeds is a company that was founded in and is still headquartered in the Rochester area. At one time it operated several local retail gardening stores. Harris Seeds began its catalog operation in 1879. It evolved from the efforts of Joseph Harris, an English immigrant who became extremely successful in the selection of superior strains of vegetables and grains. Joseph Harris settled in the Genesee Valley region of Western New York in the 1850s. His success as a seedsman led to the beginning of Harris Seeds in 1879. The company became widely popular because of his basic business philosophy – "offer my customers a quality product at a fair price and they will return." Harris Seeds was managed by a succession of Harris family members for 100 years. Joe Harris, the last of the company managers, was chiefly responsible for an introduction of a wide selection of exceptional quality vegetable hybrids. Many of these hybrids remain as leading cultivars in the professional and home garden marketplace. Excellence in plant breeding was a key factor for the company’s success during this century. With no Harris family members to continue with the business, Joe Harris sold the company to a large corporation in 1979. It finally found its way back into private ownership in 1987 and continues today under the guidance of long time Harris employees. Today, Harris Seeds sells treated, untreated, and certified organic vegetable and flower seeds and plants and growing supplies to gardeners and professional growers throughout the USA through its website. Harris Seeds conducts extensive vegetable and flower variety trials in Rochester as well as many other areas of the Northeast. A germination lab inside its Rochester facility ensures that the seeds it sells are of the highest quality. Members of the Harris Seeds staff travel throughout the country and Europe, selecting the finest of the new varieties of vegetables and flowers for sale to its customers. Five professional sales representatives call on professional growers in the East and Midwest. In addition, Harris Seeds works with local schools in cooperation with horticultural education. Harris Seeds is an active member of the American Seed Trade Association, the National Garden Bureau and the Mail-order Gardening Association.

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Coqui's Journeys

Logo and Interior Views Exterior View Cultural Gifts, Novelties and Collectables from other lands Coqui's Journeys was a Latin American gift shop in Swillburg, at the corner of South Clinton Avenue and South Goodman Street. It was in the location that Animas Traders used to be. "Coqui" is the childhood nickname of the storekeeper, Jorge, who is originally from Peru. A socially conscious business, it sold art from local artisans as well as from villagers in Latin America. From the website (checked 11/12/2007): Coqui's Journeys offers gifts and products that are unique and reminiscent of traveling worldwide or shopping in the world's "El Mercado" (The Marketplace). Our focus is on product offerings that include ceramics and crafts from South America and various other Latin American countries. The product selection is not limited only to this global region or just ceramics. At Coqui's you will find personal use gifts, home decor goods, tastes that are enticing, and art that brings together the corners of the earth. These are places you might normally wish to travel to, or have done so in the past. Among the fine gift selection you will find, wall hangings, candles, jewelry, hand-carved wooden figures, alpaca products including rugs and sweaters, wool bags, water color paintings, stone figurines and many more brightly colored and uniquely chosen handcrafts. The gifts will hopefully inspire you to keep on traveling or provide a nostalgic memory of that once unforgettable trip. Who knows, some of these memories and good feelings might even be evoked by a local artist's creation!

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House of Guitars

The House of Guitars, located on Titus Avenue, is probably the best known business (musical instruments and CDs & records) in the Town of Irondequoit, made famous by wacky television commercials that were a staple of late-night local television in the 1980s and 1990s. Rather than a big-box retail operation, the H.O.G. consists of several buildings cobbled together in a maze-like fashion that lends a flea-market feel to excursions there. Much of their advertising features the slogan "The store that ate my brain!" and people have been known to use that phrase to refer to the business. Brothers Armand and Bruce Schaubroeck began their business in 1964 by selling guitars out of the basement of their mother's home. Awards Voted "Best Musical Instrument Store" in City Newspaper's 'Best of Rochester' Awards in 2015.1 Voted "Best Record Store" in City Newspaper's 'Best Of' Awards in 2008. 2 Photos House of Guitars photo tour by RocPic.Com 1http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/best-of-rochester-2015-food-and-drinkgoods-and-services/Content? oid=266255422008 Best of Rochester - Readers Choice Awards

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Canal Town Pet Shop & Grooming

Canal Town Pet Shop & Grooming, located in Barefoot Landing Plaza in Spencerport offers grooming services available by certified professional groomers for all dog breeds and cats. Pet supplies for dogs, cats and all small animals. Fresh water fish supplies. Canal Town Pet Shop & Grooming works with Animal Service League to help find loving homes for homeless cats in Rochester. Vendors of Eagle Pack Holistic Pet Foods Now hosting Obedience Training and Doggie Playgroups, birthday parties, and more! Ellie, a standard poodle, after grooming Lily, a yorkie, after grooming Nellie, an Airedale Terrier, after groomingQualified, certified professional groomers with 14+ years experience specializing in all breeds, especially designer breeds and cats, exotics (have a long haired bunny in need of a haircut?) and also trim wings, nails, and beaks on birds. They offer to take extra time and care to train your puppy to behave for a lifetime of fun grooming sessions. Full service grooming package includes: Hair trim around the paw pads. Nails trimmed and filed. Ears plucked free from hair and cleaned. Shampoo and fluff dry. Trim or hair cut to your specifications. Choice of finishing touch (bandana or bow) Extra services: Time after 15 minutes of brushing and combing on a small dog. Any D-mat or shave down due to matting. Shave down on a bath dog. Luxury skin treatments, medicated shampoos, flea shampoo. Pick up and delivery, handling fees, aggressive dog fees. They charge a "Base Price" for a full service groom or bath for each breed. Groomings are by appointment only and average time on an average sized, non matted dog is 1 hour, 30 minutes. They offer high grade shampoos and conditioners to reduce allergic reactions. Fun and attractive finishing touches such as bows and nail painting also available. If you want your pet to have an added flair, they offer body dyes (safe for your pet, and temporary) color to enjoy. All dogs and cats require current Rabies and Distemper vaccinations before grooming. They do not accept tags as proof of vaccination.

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Interlock Rochester

Interlock closed the Hungerford location ("dehydrated") at the end of their lease in the fall of 2019, maintaining a digital presence in hopes of regrouping ("rehydrating") in some of other way in-person. The rise of the coronavirus pandemic indefinitely delayed those aspirations. Interlock Rochester is Rochester's first and only hackerspace. Their goal is to provide members with a place to share, learn, and develop their ideas in a community environment. Members have access to the space 24/7 and can use it to store their projects, hold meetings, attend classes, or just hang out with other people doing extremely interesting stuff. Electronics Class Interlock Rochester is an incorporated 501(c)(3), Not For Profit organization. It started in October of 2009 by people who "saw the need to find a place where they could develop their ideas together; Rochester was able to offer the right kind of locations and the right type of people to fill it." The group was officially incorporated on December 1, 2009 and has begun the long process of becoming a Federally recognized tax exempt organization.http://www.interlockroc.org/about/ Interlock offers free and open access to the public including hosting meetings for other organizations. The space continues to operate based on membership dues and donations.

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Jayarr Customs

My name is Jayarr. I screenprinted years ago as a hobby, just making shirts for myself and my friends. I did the whole career thing..made some good money. When the economy crashed and i lost my job in the nuclear field i turned to my love of producing apparel as a source of income. Now with 6 years of design and print experience under my belt , i have made a massive investment and moved into a 1400-square-foot facility with a showroom and complete screenprint shop. I have dedicated my life to offering the lowest prices and best customer service to my hometown (Rochester, NY) as well as the rest of the country.

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