Port of Rochester

The Port of Rochester - photo by TomMaszerowski

The Port of Rochester, once home to commercial ship traffic, is undergoing development² by the city as a year-round tourist destination. The new terminal, built to support the now defunct Fast Ferry to Toronto, is home to an assortment of quick-service restaurants such as Quizno's, Cheeburger Cheeburger, California Rollin', the Nutty Bavarian, a coffee shop and Abbott's.

Attractions In the area

• immediately adjacent to the north is Ontario Beach Park with a variety of recreational opportunities
  

• Summer Movies are featured at the park
  

• The historic, and operational Dentzel Carousel with Stinson Band Organ
  

• Across from the terminal is LDR Char Pit and Nola's BBQ,
  

• immediately to the south along the river is Pelican's Nest Restaurant.
  

• Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse Museum sits just south of the Pelican's Nest
  

• Buy a ticket for a ride on the paddle boat or to sail on the catamaran

City of Rochester Website page still refers to the Fast Ferry and plans from 2006 and links to the Sasaki.com pages listed in the footnote The Vision 2010 Tourism Page still has the Fast Ferry on it.

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2008-01-28 13:29:16   What is the news with the Port of Rochester? I know they had proposed a bunch of different ideas, but did anything ever get decided on?

It seems if we could somehow get out of that wonderful lease agreement, we could turn the terminal building into a pretty nice attraction during the summer. —JohnJoseph