Moved to Rochester last October from the west coast. What are your food recs? Not talking fancy, talking somewhere I can go and get a good pizza, burger, sandwich. Your hole in the walls, your diet cheat days, the fun stuff. Bonus point for getting spicy options.

  • Dustin
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    1 year ago

    Surprised that nobody mentioned the Hots places for Garbage/Trash/Dumpster Plates yet. It’s kind of the thing around here, and no Rochester experience is complete without them!

    • Nick Taou Hots
    • Empire Hots
    • Webster Hots
    • Henrietta Hots
    • Schallers
    • Fairport Hots

    And like a million others!

    I like to get the Cheeseburg Plate with Mac and Homefris and everything on it.

    • Robert PetersenOP
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      21 year ago

      I’ve actually heard from people at work to avoid Nick Tahou’s because the quality went down and the owner is a dick? Will look into the others though!

  • Robert PetersenOP
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    21 year ago

    Should add that I’ve done Magnet Chicken in Penfield and Peels on Wheels in town, thought both were fantastic

    • @bricks
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      11 year ago

      These are both great options for chicken and pizza respectively.

      Other low key eats that are good to check out - Chortke, Neno’s, Old Pueblo Grill, Vesper, Calabresella’s (sp?), Bodega, and Swan Market.

      Also, I think all the OG fast ground round place - Tom Wahl’s, Bill Gray’s, Schaller’s, Charlie’s - are all great for trash. Big fan.

  • @Heyassbutt
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    11 year ago

    Hi and welcome to Rochester! Not sure how hole in the wall these places are per se, but I like Jeremiah’s for good wings, Dibella’s for good subs, and The Nutcracker Restaurant for wraps/sandwiches.

    • Robert PetersenOP
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      11 year ago

      Awesome, thanks for the recommendations!

  • sirdavidxvi
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    1 year ago

    For pizza, I love Pizza Wizard for Detroit style (which was new for me in the last year) or Mr. Shoes for a more traditional style. Joe’s Brooklyn has good NY style thin crust.

    Calabresella’s has great sub, salads (pasta, potato, etc.) and desserts. Also DiBellas’s for subs.

    Naan-tastic is a local Chipotle-style Indian place that I love. And for some spice, The King and I is a Thai place that can make some dishes that knock your socks off (if you convince them you can handle more than typical white guy spice).