Food About Town

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, https://www.instagram.com/the_rogue_barista/ (Sapphire Courchaine) and https://www.instagram.com/5ate5/ (Adam Pastecki) from https://localsonly311.com/ (Locals Only) came over to the studio to talk through their new place over on Alexander Street near East Ave. This was recorded while the build out was still in process and we talked through what to expect when it comes to coffee, food and drink. Locals Only is now in soft open so stop over at the old Pita Pit location to see what they are all about! Thanks for listening and see you out there! This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. We had a very enjoyable conversation despite the fact that it was early in the morning! Sapphire and I had met many times before but sitting down for a full talk was highly entertaining and I c

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Seth Olney from https://theolneyplace.com/ (The Olney Place) came over to the studio to talk all about his establishment on the east side of Keuka Lake including some of the controversy surrounding his tap room. Seth’s place is an oasis for people spending time on Keuka and if you’re heading in that direction you definitely need to stop in to grab some beer, food and supplies. Thanks for listening and see you out there! This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. We talked through what The Olney Place is, was and how Seth got into the general store game. Seth is an interesting interview and someone I’d be happy to talk beer with anytime especially with all the places he has gone out to and visited. His beer nerdery was contagious and I can’t wait to ge

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, the renamed F.A.T. Singles is back with a podcast recorded with my friend https://twitter.com/chue_on_this (Bryan Chue) remotely talking about delivery meal kits and home cooking in general. Fun conversation! This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. If you enjoyed this episode please share this on social media or leave a review for the podcast on iTunes or Google Play. You can now also check it out on http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=167047&refid=stpr (Stitcher) if that suits you better! Thanks! The post http://www.foodabouttown.com/2018/interviews/f-a-t-podcast-episode-106-f-a-t-singles-meal-kits-and-home-cooking/ (F.A.T. Podcast Episode 106 – F.A.T. Singles – Meal Kits and Home Cooking) first appeared on http://www.foodabouttown.com (Food About Town).

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, I broke down the http://www.rochesterrealbeer.com/ (Rochester Real Beer Week) for 2018 including many of the http://www.rochesterrealbeer.com/week/2018/ (events all around town) and took some time to work through the http://www.rochesterrealbeer.com/expo/2018/ (Expo). If you haven’t bought tickets for the Expo yet, grab your tickets direct from their https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rochester-real-beer-expo-2018-tickets-41494843193 (EventBrite) page.  Thanks for listening and see you out there! This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. Joe McBane does an amazing job putting on the Beer Week every year and his work curating the Expo is unparalleled. Make sure to thank him for his efforts and stop by the http://www.tapandmallet.com/ (Tap and Mallet) once the insanity of Beer

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, the renamed F.A.T. Singles is back with a mini podcast recorded with my friend https://twitter.com/chue_on_this (Bryan Chue) in Boston, MA after a whirlwind weekend of food exploration. If you want to visit Boston and need food and drink advice, reach out to Bryan or I and I’m sure we can point you to some fantastic places to check out! This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. For reference, here is the list of the places that my Bryan and I went to in Boston: https://www.blossombarbrookline.com/ (Blossom Bar) http://www.audubonboston.com/site/ (Audobon Bar) http://heilamoon.com/ (Hei La Moon) (Dim Sum) http://www.gracenotecoffee.com/ (Gracenote Coffee) https://www.broadsheetcoffee.com/ (Broadsheet Coffee) https://springdalebeer.com/ (Springdale (Jack’s

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Barry Fischer from http://www.swanmarket.com/ (Swan Market) came over to the studio to talk all things German sausage, his methods, tradition, and how he came to owning a classic Rochester establishment. Thanks for listening! This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. I’ve been a fan of Swan Market for a long time and it was nice to learn more about Barry and what make Swan Market special. Make sure to stop over and check out the amazing sausages and German products or find them at festivals all over Rochester. If you enjoyed this episode please share this on social media or leave a review for the podcast on iTunes, Google Play, or http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=167047&refid=stpr (Stitcher.) Thanks! The post http://www.foodabouttown.com/2018/interviews/f-a-t-podcas

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Jon Swan from many places in Rochester including the new https://www.swandiveroc.com/ (Swan Dive) on Alexander Street came over to the studio to talk about the 5th year of the http://rochestercocktailrevival.com/ (Rochester Cocktail Revival) going on this week all over town! The Swan Family’s establishments have over a dozen events so there is no excuse to go check out some of them. I’m a big fan of the RCR and I would highly recommend going to their website and finding some events that fascinate you. From pairing dinners to seminars to the big events like the the https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2018-rochester-cocktail-revival-gala-tickets-44559310096 (Rochester Cocktail Revival Gala on Thursday at ARTISANWorks), the https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spirit-tasting-spectacular-tickets-44555739416?aff=aff0eventful (Spirit Tasting Spectacular) on Saturday at the Metropolitan building, and the https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bar-room-battle-royale-tickets-4455563

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Derrick DePorter from https://unterbiergarten.com/ (Unter Biergarten) came over to the studio to talk about opening his own restaurant and his path working through the Rochester dining scene. Two episodes will be out next week. A random topic episode featuring some talk on the Boston food and drink scene and my talk with Swan Market which ties into what we talked about with Derrick. Thanks for listening! This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. It was great to meet Derrick in person for the first time and his path through dining in Rochester was sit down for an extended with Linh and talk about how she got started in food writing and how she built her audience here. We talked through our differences and similarities in talking about food and how the Rochester food scene ha

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Linh Phillips came over to the studio to talk about her work on http://sirrochasays.com/ (Sir Rocha Says) and being a https://twitter.com/sirrochasays (local personality). This is Episode 100 of the Food About Town podcast! I appreciate all of the support over the last few years. The first episode came out in 2013 and although I’ve had some fits and starts along the way, I haven’t lost my enthusiasm for interviewing and long form discussions. 2018 has brought more guests than ever before and I’m excited to keep on bringing the best of Rochester food talk to you. Thanks for listening! This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. It was great to sit down for an extended with Linh and talk about how she got started in food writing and how she built her audience

Apparently I accidentally didn’t post this second part of my podcast with Mark Cupolo last week so here it is now! ————————– On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Mark Cupolo from https://www.roccorochester.com/ (Rocco) (or Osteria Rocco) on Monroe Ave came over to the studio to talk about his journey in the restaurant business. In Part Two,  we stared talking about pizza, traveling and eating at restaurants, the tipped wage credit and more. If you missed http://www.foodabouttown.com/2018/interviews/f-a-t-podcast-episode-97-mark-cupolo-part-1/ (Part One), go download it now! This is the eleventh episode of my goal to release a new episode every week of 2018. Not quite up to the episode every week level right now but I’m going to catch up again and make this happen! Please let people know about the podcast and I’ll keep churning out new episodes! This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, I took a solo journey to talk about a few topics that have been going through my head recently. I touched on an https://exploringupstate.com/ithaca-is-foodies-tour/ (Ithaca food tour) I went on with a group of Rochester food people, going to the movies on Moviepass and my thoughts on the Shape of Water and The Strangers series, and music from my childhood. This is the twelfth episode of my goal to release a new episode every week of 2018. Not quite up to the episode every week level right now but I’m going to catch up again and make this happen! Please let people know about the podcast and I’ll keep churning out new episodes! This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. For reference, here is the list of the places that we went on our https://www.ithacaisfoodies.com

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Mark Cupolo from https://www.roccorochester.com/ (Rocco) (or Osteria Rocco) on Monroe Ave came over to the studio to talk about his journey in the restaurant business. In Part One we did a deep dive into places he has worked, some Rochester restaurant history and his time at the beginnings of the New American food movement. Part Two of my interview with Mark will be out tomorrow! This is the tenth episode of my goal to release a new episode every week of 2018. Not quite up to the episode every week level right now but I’m going to catch up again and make this happen! Please let people know about the podcast and I’ll keep churning out new episodes! This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. If you enjoyed this episode please share this on social media or leave a r

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Vince Press from the Democrat and Chronicle and Rochester Magazine came back to the studio to talk about his articles about https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/rochester-magazine/2018/01/26/taste-test-pho-soup-5-rochester-restaurants/1037971001/ (Pho all around Rochester) and https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/rochester-magazine/2018/01/26/taste-test-pho-soup-5-rochester-restaurants/1037971001/ (where people in the restaurant business hang out when they aren’t working). This is the ninth episode of my goal to release a new episode every week of 2018. I decided to issue the double episode next week with a two part interview with Mark Cupolo from Rocco. Mark was featured heavily in the article Vince wrote about where people in the restaurant biz hang out so go check it out for yourself! Please let people know about the podcast and I’ll keep churning out new episodes every week! This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Petra Page-Mann from https://www.fruitionseeds.com/ (Fruition Seeds) came over to the studio to talk about some of the amazing work Fruition is doing out in Naples to develop and maintain the seeds that make food work in our area. I took a trip out during the summer to check out the farm and recently had Petra up to Rochester to hang out and record a wide ranging podcast. This is the eighth episode of my goal to release a new episode every week of 2018. I did miss last week but I’ll be doubling up next week to make up for it. Have some great episodes coming up! Please let people know about the podcast and I’ll keep churning out new episodes every week! This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. Some exciting national news involving one of the partners in Fruition

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, http://writwilcox.com/ (Adam Wilcox) from the https://www.democratandchronicle.com/ (Democrat and Chronicle’s) Cheap Eats column came over to the studio to talk about some of the dishes that make Rochester’s scene special, his upcoming NA Podcast and we touched on some music as well. This is Part 2 of our talk and if you didn’t already listen to Part 1 go back now and grab it. We’ll be here waiting for you! This is the seventh episode of my goal to release a new episode every week of 2018. Please let people know about the podcast and I’ll keep churning out new episodes every week! This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. If you enjoyed this episode please share this on social media or leave a review for the podcast on iTunes or Google Play.

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, http://writwilcox.com/ (Adam Wilcox) from the https://www.democratandchronicle.com/ (Democrat and Chronicle’s) Cheap Eats column came over to the studio to talk about his path into writing and his extensive time covering the food scene in Rochester. This is Part 1 of our talk and Part 2 will be out next week for your listening enjoyment! This is the sixth episode of my goal to release a new episode every week of 2018. Keeping up so far although this one is a couple days later than originally expected. Please let people know about the podcast and I’ll keep churning out new episodes every week! This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. If you enjoyed this episode please share this on social media or leave a review for the podcast on iTunes or Google Play. You ca

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, my wife https://www.instagram.com/crazdude/ (Carrie Lindstrom) from http://crazdude.com/ (Crazdude Art and Design) made the long walk over to the studio to talk about our trip to Toronto on the coldest day of the year! We jammed in an absolute ton of food and drink experiences over a few short hours and we recapped our whirlwind trip here on the podcast. This is the fifth episode of my goal to release a new episode every week of 2018. Just finished up a new recording last night to keep the queue chock full of new content for everyone! This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. We got into town right after lunch time on a Saturday and got right to it. Our agenda is below but all the details can be found if you listen to us recount all the layers we were wearing and all the adve

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Gene Olczak from https://www.karmasauce.com/ (Karma Sauce) and Brud Holland from https://www.foxrunvineyards.com/ (Fox Run Vineyards) and the http://www.flcb.org/ (Finger Lakes Culinary Bounty)  came over to the studio to talk about the addition of the Extreme Karma Sauce to the lineup of the fifth season of https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAzrgbu8gEMIIK3r4Se1dOZWSZzUSadfZ (Hot Ones)! This is an exciting development since Hot Ones is a huge YouTube show and it is bringing exposure for Karma Sauce all over the country, This is the fourth episode of my goal to release a new episode every week of 2018. Have a few episodes in the queue now with some very interesting guests on the way! This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. Gene told us how he started working on Karma Sa

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Ryan Baker came over to the studio to talk all about https://www.facebook.com/merakicoffeeroc/ (Meraki Coffee Company), his pop up coffee shop located in Cheesy Eddie’s in the Southwedge. I had been talking to Ryan for a long time and this was the first time we had the chance to sit down for a long form conversation. Hope you enjoy it! This is the third episode of my goal to release a new episode every week of 2018. Keeping on track so far and, although I don ‘t know what is coming next week quite yet, I’m sure there will be a new episode for you. This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. Ryan talked with me about his journey into working in specialty coffee in Rochester, opening his own shop and plenty of tangents along the way. We did try to keep things

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Ralph DiTucci from https://gooddeedhospitality.com/ (Good Deed Hospitality) came over to the studio to tell us about all of the projects he is working on here in Rochester and how he ended up coming back to town after many years out in Los Angeles. This is the second episode of my goal to release a new episode every week of 2018. Already a bit shaky since this one came out on a Wednesday instead of a Tuesday but we’ll be back there next week! This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. Along side his work on Good Deed Hospitality, Ralph has started a crystal clear ice making business called Cristallino Premium Ice which is located in a back of his bar supply store. His ice is not only pure, but each cube or spear is cut from a large block to give the best clarity for yo