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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Note: An earlier version of this story included an incorrect price for the cheeseburger Garbage Plate at Nick Tahou Hots; it costs $10.50.
Since the beginning, what is now called Nick Tahou Hots at 320 W. Main St. has been a sort of crossroads in downtown Rochester. This place has always been a melting pot, said longtime restaurant owner Alex Tahou. People from every level of life come here, and everyone can feel comfortable.
He expects that tradition to continue, even though he has put up the building for sale and is looking for someone to take over the business, home of the city s iconic Garbage Plate.
ALL PHOTOS PROVIDED Self-taught artist Mathison Rust creates digital illustrations of iconic Rochester buildings and businesses. The first time I saw images of Mathison Rust’s replicas of iconic Rochester buildings like The Little Theatre and the Kodak Building on Instagram, I didn’t recognize them as detailed digital illustrations and mistook them for physically-constructed miniatures. I wasn’t the only one. Rust says it’s common for people who stumble on his Instagram page to think his works are dioramas. That’s in no small part due to the subtle details the variations of color in bricks, the just-so lighting and shadows, and the perfectly matched Pepto-pink of The Cinema Theatre.
Marcia Greenwood and Mike Murphy
Canandaigua Daily Messenger
It was the worst of times, it was the strangest of times. In 2020, against the backdrop of historic demonstrations and social unrest and a once-in-a-lifetime health crisis, Canandaigua officials had to figure out what to do about a kangaroo yes, you read that right and a wandering bear. That s not all. Rochester put a public servant on a doughnut, was ready to believe that animals had escaped from the Seneca Park Zoo and watched a Zamboni machine go up in flames. So many anomalous occurrences. Here are a few that stood out.