Rochester Wiki - The People's Guide to Rochester

Welcome to RocWiki, the People's guide to Rochester, New York. This site is continually updated, expanded, and improved by people in Rochester, NY because they want to share what they love or loathe about their city. You can search the site by using the box on the upper right of every page, or you can use the pre-sorted links below to go to the most popular sections. We encourage you to learn more and would welcome your help. Since this is a community effort, please let us know if you have any concerns about the content of this site.

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Congratulations to ScottHendler on being our current DamnHippy winner!!!

In support of the BLM movement, a page has been created to spotlight Black-Owned Businesses in Rochester. Please feel free to add businesses to this category!

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Visiting

Dining

Restaurants, Bars, Street Meat, Water Front
Grocery Stores, Farmer's Markets
Bakeries, Liquor Stores, Wineries, Breweries
Ice Cream, Chocolate, Subs
Coffeehouses

Playing

Community

Shopping

Our Comprehensive Guide — Rochester has a lot of cool little stores. Check them out!
Malls, Strip Malls
Wegmans, Farmers' Markets

Living

Working

Health & Education

Media

Blogs, Podcasts, Websites, Online Communities
Film, Radio, Television
Books, Newspapers, Publications

History

Current Events

Important Reminders

None currently

Today's Events RSS LiveJournal (What is this?) — see more on the Events Board!

Seasonal Activities

Spring Guide, Summer Guide, Fall Guide, Winter Guide
See also: Regular Events, Festivals, Holidays

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Interesting Pages

The train trestle at Letchworth State Park offers soaring views. It's actively used by trains every day and is technically off limits to visitors, which makes it a popular location for law breaking hippies and rail-riding hobos.

Mystery Picture

Ready for a new mystery picture?!

Can you guess where this picture was taken?

See Mystery History for older mystery pictures.

News

The RocWiki currently has 16975 pages and counting.

2016-10-25: City Newspaper awards RocWiki Best Local Website 2016 - Best of Rochester 2016: Local Color
2015-10-29: City Newspaper awards RocWiki Best Local Website 2015 - Best of Rochester 2015: Local Color
2012-09-06: Local Reporter Rachel Barnhart wrote about us on her blog-The Rochesterian!
2011-03-16: City Newspaper mentions RocWiki.

Check out the Wiki Community/History for older news.

"Rochester, the flower or flour city, spell it as you choose, has degenerated, and is now universally known as the beer city. NY1879" - @TweetsofOld

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