O/T Rochester New York

[margoaepi]

I'm going to be spending a little bit of time in Rochester New York visiting some family. I have been there an awful lot and am hoping that some of you have some ideas for some off the beaten path stuff to do. Any thoughts? Thanks!

[Runscott]

Yes, could you please try to locate this baseball field for me? It's in Seneca Park in Rochester, 1892. :)

http://net54baseball.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=72043&d=1345564320

[Brian Van Horn]

I have never been to Rochester, NY. I know of one woman from the area who is a great person.

As for off the beaten path, no baseball card reference here, but you could always visit the grave of the most likely Jack the Ripper:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=2826&pt=Francis+Tumuelty

[phikappapsi]

I live in Rochester... All depends on how off the beaten path you want to go. What you're looking to do.

Give me some guidelines, and I'll make some suggestions.

[tedzan]

Josh

Catch a Rochester Red Wings game (Twins farm team). Their home dates are Aug 30-31 (vs Buffalo) and Sept 3 (vs Syracuse).

Also, check out the old Kimball's Tobacco Factory (#649). You can't miss it, it has a tall chimney stack towering over the Genesee River.



TED Z

[Jay Wolt]

If you're hungry, have a garbage plate at Nick Tahou's

http://www.garbageplate.com/

[phikappapsi]

Garbage plates are a must, that said, Nick's (albeit the original) isn't in the greatest neighborhood. You can get a "plate" in any suburb. Fairport Hots, penfield Hots, empire Hots, etc etc... Depending on where your staying I can recommend one.

[drc]

I have relatives in Rochester Minnesota. would that help?

[margoaepi]

Any interesting museums/places to eat? Anywhere fun to walk around/shop? I've had garbage plates and actually took my whole family to a game at Frontier Field a few years ago.

[ibuysportsephemera]

Josh,

My Sister-In-Law lives outside of Rochester. For really good Italian food, I would recommend Agatinas (<cite>www.agatinas.com). </cite>If you need to go shopping, Wegman's are great Supermarkets. If you like antique stores, there is a big multi dealer shop (s) about 20 minutes from Rochester. The only problem is that they are mostly cases, but I did pretty well with sports items. It has been more than 5 years since I was there and can't remember the name, but I bet you could google it.

Good luck,
Jeff

[Butch7999]

Jeff may be thinking of the Ontario Antiques Mall: http://www.ontariomallantique.com/
Good variety of stuff there.

Also, if you haven't been, the Strong Museum of Play in downtown Rochester is a must, in our opinion:
http://www.museumofplay.org/collections

Nearby as well, the justly renowned George Eastman House / Museum of Photography:
http://www.eastmanhouse.org/

More suggestions: http://www.visitrochester.com/

[ibuysportsephemera]

Jeff may be thinking of the Ontario Antiques Mall: http://www.ontariomallantique.com/
Good variety of stuff there.

Also, if you haven't been, the Strong Museum of Play in downtown Rochester is a must, in our opinion:
http://www.museumofplay.org/collections

Nearby as well, the justly renowned George Eastman House / Museum of Photography:
http://www.eastmanhouse.org/

More suggestions: http://www.visitrochester.com/

Yes, that was it...thanks!

Jeff

[phikappapsi]

Depending on what side of town your on there are a lot of great Italian eateries. Michaels valley grill in penfield is great. Leos bakery in east Rochester is a great deli/bakery. The park avenue area is great for just taking a weekend stroll. I'll second the strong museum of play. Every game/toy you could ever recall. The Seneca park zoo is actually a pretty good for a smaller city. George Eastman house is kinda touristy, but also pretty cool stuff if youre interested in photography, and History of imaging, movies etc...

[DICKTOWLE]

My company was founded in rochester ny " gone with the stain- there is now a plaque on my home--

[HOFautosChris]

Hi I am located in Rochester Ny. Plenty of great places to eat depending on what your looking for. Pasts villa trata dinosaur barbq good luck and 2 vine are some favorites.any Genessee country museum is not so far and they do old time baseball game reenacments. If your a beer drinker you could visit genesee brewery or the new hip craft beer brewery open Thurs _sat called roc brewing. Any questions just ask.