These are some of my favorite places (mainly restaurants/cafes) in Rochester. I would highly reccommend paying them a visit!!
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Ice Cream
Desserts
Coffee Shops
Halal Restaurants
Attractions
Day Trips from ROC
Ice Cream
Ice cream/similar frozen desserts
Gelato on the Erie Canal
Royal Cafe
Ice cream, milk, and some other baked goods
Pittsford Farms Dairy
A Fairport Classic; they serve regular ice cream but unique flavors!
Moonlight Creamery
Desserts
Things other than Ice Cream
Loosely Alice in Wonderland themed dessert place
White Rabbit Dessert Experience
They have savory food (including halal options!) but the cheesecake teddy bears are so instagrammable and cute! I'd reccomend them with the oreo crumble if you aren't gf
Seoul Drop
Boba
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Coffee Shops
Coffee
Yemeni Coffee!
Layali Coffee House
My sister really likes their matcha. They serve Yemeni coffee, Ukrainian desserts, as well as other viral trends (fruit pastries, Dubai chocolate)
Albunn Coffee House
Lunch time fare, but at night it becomes a taco place!
Clementine Coffee
Halal Restaurants
Restaurants that serve halal meat
Yummy Turkish food
Sofra Restaurant
Syrian food >>
Levantine’s Syrian Cafe & Cuisine
Not everything is halal so you will have to ask, but this is my go to Indian food spot. The samosas are to die for!
Tandoor of India Fairport NY
Attractions
Things to do
If you haven't been to a Wegman's before, this is a Rochester staple. I highly recommend their cafe area for a casual lunch
Wegmans
If you have kids, this attraction is a MUST
The Strong National Museum of Play
Day Trips from ROC
Attractions not in Rochester, but less than 4 hours away
Auburn is an amazing little town. Harriet Tubman's house (a museum) is here, and the Civil Rights Museum as well.