Food About Town

This episode is brought to you by http://phrank.ly (Phrank.ly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and speciality goods more transparent and change the way people find their food.  On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, it is time for the 4th annual http://rochestercocktailrevival.com/ (Rochester Cocktail Revival) and we talked about some of the great events coming up next week. Mainly we focused on a fantastic https://www.facebook.com/events/1671078173187809/ (event called Smoke and Honey) featuring the upcoming https://www.facebook.com/bitterhoneyroc/ (Bitter Honey) and Fairport’s own http://www.ironsmokewhiskey.com/ (Iron Smoke Distilling). The event will be held on Thursday May 4th from 6pm – 11pm across the street from the new Bitter Honey at 127 Railroad Street near the Public Market. See you there! https://www.instagram.com/cheetah_mikida/ (Zack Mikida) from Bitter Honey talked https://www.instagram.com/saucy_jewel/ (Sarah Peterson) fro

This episode is brought to you by http://phrank.ly (Phrank.ly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and speciality goods more transparent and change the way people find their food.  On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, George Zheng from http://www.empiremedicinals.com/ (Empire Medicinals) came over to the studio to talk mushrooms, mushrooms and more mushrooms! I met George at a http://www.rocgrowth.com/ (ROC Growth) event and was immediately taken by his passion for mushrooms as medicine. I haven’t had a lot of experience with that and I imagine most in America haven’t either. He did dive into a fair amount of technical information before we talked about mushrooms as a culinary ingredient. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/food-about-town/id665682441 (Subscribe on iTunes) https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0&gclid=CNiikbO8ws0CFcdLNwod-ZkOvg&gclsrc=ds#/ps/Ikzy5qcfoduqjvzp3csuyd4r7ii (Subscribe on Google Play) http://www.foodabo

This episode is brought to you by http://phrank.ly (Phrank.ly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and speciality goods more transparent and change the way people find their food.  On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Marty O’Sullivan from http://www.martysmeats.com/ (Marty’s Meats) made his first trip to the podcast studio and his second appearance on the podcast. We talked through the renovation to Marty’s on Park and their new brunch menu among other things. Marty and I also spent a lot of time talking about dining out in Rochester focusing a lot on our mutual love of pizza including some lesser known spots around the city. Marty’s has been a constant for me over the last few years and I’m excited to see how they continue to grow and fit in the food scene as a whole in Rochester. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/food-about-town/id665682441 (Subscribe on iTunes) https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0&gclid=CNii

Picture from https://twitter.com/cpclemens (Chris Clemens) of http://exploringupstate.com/ (Exploring Upstate) This is a bonus podcast for all the coffee lovers in the audience! The https://www.instagram.com/roc_coffee_society/ (Rochester Coffee Society) held an industry focused Roasters Panel on February 19th at http://www.joebeanroasters.com/ (Joe Bean Coffee) in the back roasting area. Roasting representatives from http://www.peakscoffeeco.com/ (Peaks Coffee), Joe Bean, http://www.publicespresso.com/ (Public Espresso) and https://buy.gimmecoffee.com/ (Gimme! Coffee) all talked through how they roast and answered questions from the audience, We tried samples of each the coffees they roasted and brought and it was fascinating to hear the roasters talk through how they did the coffee and why. The crowd was really engaged and had some great questions especially regarding how the roasters interact with the baristas on the front line. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/food-about-town/id665682441 (Subscr

This episode is brought to you by http://phrank.ly (Phrank.ly). Phrankly is the best way to find out how your favorite restaurant sources their food and drink and how to find your favorite specialty products.  On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, the fine gentlemen from http://fifthframe.co/ (Fifth Frame Brewing) came back to the studio to discuss  the current state of their build out over on St Paul Street. Wade Reed, Jarred Foster and Jon Mervine dove in feet first and talked through the building, BARRELS and where their equipment is right now. We tried samples of Wade’s new cold brewed coffee, Jon’s beer and a couple other things as well. I’m really excited about the direction the building is going and we’ll get some inside looks on the space sometime soon. As usual the guys were a blast and we got into a bit more technical stuff this time which was nice. We also touched on their name change from Split Batch which was in my eyes a postiive change. The coffee, beer a

This episode is brought to you by http://phrank.ly (Phrank.ly). Phrankly is the best way to find out how your favorite restaurant sources their food and drink and how to find your favorite specialty products.  On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, my friend Chris Clemens from http://exploringupstate.com/ (Exploring Upstate) came over to talk about our recent trip to Utica to explore more of the food of the city. This was our second trip and this time we focused on the food of the refugees and immigrants that have made their homes in Utica. Check out his http://exploringupstate.com/utica-food-tour-2017/ (article on the trip on Exploring Upstate) and listen to the podcast for all the details! Zeina’s Cafe Mixed Appetizers During our first trip to the city we focused on the Italian American side of the cuisine that Utica is more known for. Dishes like chicken riggies, Utica greens and giambotte had roots in that community but as we drove around the city we saw food that represented so many

This episode is brought to you by http://phrank.ly (Phrank.ly). Phrankly is the best way to find out how your favorite restaurant sources their food and drink and how to find your favorite specialty products.  On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Breanna Banford from Yelp came over to talk about her time working with the Rochester community. Breanna and I met before Yelp had a local Community Manager so it was great to catch up with her and talk about her journey. Breanna has been a great ambassador here in Rochester for Yelp and she addressed some of the negative publicity things during our conversation as well. We touched on some of her favorites in Rochester and being part of the new social media crews in town. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/food-about-town/id665682441 (Subscribe on iTunes) https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0&gclid=CNiikbO8ws0CFcdLNwod-ZkOvg&gclsrc=ds#/ps/Ikzy5qcfoduqjvzp3csuyd4r7ii (Subscribe on Google Play) http://www.foodabouttown.com/feed/podcast/ (RS

This is a branded Food About Town podcast produced by Chris Lindstrom and recorded at the Food About Town Studio. This is the very first episode of the new https://blackbuttondistilling.com/ (Black Button Distilling) Podcast! Owner Jason Barrett and Brand Ambassador Luc Thiers are the driving force behind this podcast and I will be serving as the host and moderator of the discussion. In this episode, we discussed gin! We spent some time going through the history of gin including its Dutch roots as genever and some interesting facts about how it became popular in Britain. Black Button’s Barrel Aged Gin was the spirit we focused on including a cocktail that Luc mixed up for us. He made a twist on an Old Fashioned with the Barrel Aged Gin as the base spirit instead of a whiskey. It was lighter in profile but with enough aged characteristic where you knew it was there. Great job by Luc and plenty of stirring noises captured by the mics! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/food-about-town/id665682441

This episode is brought to you by http://phrank.ly (Phrank.ly). Phrankly is the best way to find out how your favorite restaurant sources their food and drink and how to find your favorite specialty products.  On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, I had Evan Pierce and Chef Asa Mott over to the studio to talk about their new alternative brunch this weekend with http://djalykhan.com/ (DJ Alykhan) called https://www.facebook.com/events/501269813376650/ (The Remedy). We also went through the history of http://butapub.com/ (ButaPub) and I got to dive into some Asian cuisine with Asa. The Remedy is a combination of a curated DJ set with brunch food that goes a step beyond the typical. The event runs from 11a-4p on Sunday so come say hi if you find yourself over here in the later parts of it. We also spent some time going tthrough he history of ButaPub and the German House and how Even and Asa got together for the project. We also had a fairly wide talk through some different Asian foods and dove i

This episode is brought to you by http://phrank.ly (Phrank.ly). Phrankly is the best way to find out how your favorite restaurant sources their food and drink and how to find your favorite specialty products.  On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, I had Donny Clutterbuck over to the studio who is one of my favorite people in Rochester. Donny is the president of the local USBG chapter and is the head bartender at Cure over at the Public Market. We spent some time going through some of Donny’s history including an extended talk through his time at http://www.bookeranddax.com/ (Booker and Dax) in NYC which was one of the more technology infused bars in the country. Donny has been doing some http://www.donnyclutterbuck.com/#intro (fascinating experiments) recently and we dove into those and why he is spending that kind of time. Donny also came out with an app last year called http://www.donnyclutterbuck.com/pour-cost/ (Pour Cost) that is worth checking out if you are a bar professional of any

Chris and Chelsea being NERDS. Bryan and Emily not pictured. This episode is brought to you by http://www.pizzaevino.fiammarochester.com/ (Fiamma Pizza e Vino) on Buffalo Road in Gates and their new location https://www.facebook.com/fiammacentro/ (Fiamma Centro) on Elton Street in the Neighborhood of the Arts. On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, I had three people over to talk about nerdery, geekery and all sorts of passions. Chelsea Flint from https://www.facebook.com/News8WROC/ (Channel 8) and https://twitter.com/akachela?lang=en (@akachela), Emily Hessney from http://www.iheartroc.com/ (I Heart ROC), and my good friend Bryan Chue from Boston came over and we dove into a bunch of different topics and tried to tie back to food when we could. More than anything it was great to get three different personalities in here to bounce between sci-fi, reading, fantasy, cartoons, movies and in the end some cooking talk. We had a few drinks, some laughs and ended up having a pretty nice little convers

This episode is brought to you by http://www.pizzaevino.fiammarochester.com/ (Fiamma Pizza e Vino) on Buffalo Road in Gates and their new location https://www.facebook.com/fiammacentro/ (Fiamma Centro) on Elton Street in the Neighborhood of the Arts. On this episode of the Food About Town podcast Jason Barrett and Luc Theirs from https://blackbuttondistilling.com/ (Black Button Distilling) came over to the studio to talk about the first three years of the distillery and do a taste test of part of their https://blackbuttondistilling.com/taste/ (product line). Jason was one of my early guests on the podcast when we recorded in the empty space that is now the tasting room. It was great to catch up with him and learn about the ups and downs of starting a distillery from scratch. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/food-about-town/id665682441 (Subscribe on iTunes) https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0&gclid=CNiikbO8ws0CFcdLNwod-ZkOvg&gclsrc=ds#/ps/Ikzy5qcfoduqjvzp3csuyd4r7ii (Subscribe on Google P

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, I was happy to welcome Vince Press to the studio for a run through some of his recent columns for http://www.democratandchronicle.com/magazine/ (Rochester Magazine) and about his recent travels. Vince’s column “I’m in the mood for” recaps around five different versions of a specific dish. It could range from octopus to lobster rolls to banh mi or baked in house pretzels. It is a solid resource if you’re on the hunt for something specific or if you’re trying to find a new dish to try out. You can also find Vince on media all around town publicizing the articles and helping to make it more visible. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/food-about-town/id665682441 (Subscribe on iTunes) https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0&gclid=CNiikbO8ws0CFcdLNwod-ZkOvg&gclsrc=ds#/ps/Ikzy5qcfoduqjvzp3csuyd4r7ii (Subscribe on Google Play) http://www.foodabouttown.com/feed/podcast/ (RSS Feed for Podcast) We had both recently made

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, I had two chefs from the https://www.nywcc.com/ (New York Wine and Culinary Center) over to the studio to discuss what the Center is all about. Chefs Jeffory McLean and Andrew Chambers are very knowledgable about the local food movement and we bounced around all sorts of topics. If you haven’t made the drive out to Canandaigua, the NYWCC is a fantastic place to explore local NY food through the lens of tasting dinners, special events, and a diverse selection of classes to suit almost everyone. I’ve had the pleasure of going to three of the themed tasting dinners so far and each has been a solid experience from top to bottom. The dinners are centered around a themed pairing for the night – I attended dinners with https://blackbuttondistilling.com/ (Black Button Distilling), http://www.rohrbachs.com (Rohrbach) and http://www.redtailridgewinery.com (Red Tail Ridge Winery). The cool part about them is that Chef Andrew works with the people be

Thanks to all the listeners for getting Food About Town nominated for Best Podcast in the http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/vote-now-best-of-rochester-2016-final-ballot/Content?oid=2886923 (City Newspaper Best of Poll)! The final voting is going on until October 14th so if you haven’t voted yet, please go to the City Newspaper website and vote for Food About Town for best podcast and all of your other Rochester favorites. We’re up against some tough competition so let’s get out the vote and give them a run for their money. —————————- On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Mike Nolan from https://i-square.us/ (I-Square) came over to the studio to talk about my review of https://i-square.us/the-market-at-i-square/the-market-grill/ (The Market Grill) and the overall state of the Irondequoit based development. We did spend the last 25 minutes of the podcast talking through the http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/Artic

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, I had three fine gentlemen from http://applecountryspirits.com/ (Apple Country Spirits) and http://www.knuckleheadcraftbrewing.com/ (Knucklehead Craft Brewing) over to the studio to discuss  their new collaboration effort. Together they are releasing Truce, a limited run barrel aged combination of an Imperial Scotch Ale and 2 Year Applejack. This was a blast from start to finish with Collin McConville (Apple Country), George Cline and Len Dummer (Knucklehead) providing boat loads of energy and banter to keep the conversation moving. We sampled a bottle of Truce and I think Collin described the product best: Truce combines Knucklehead Craft Brewing’s strong (or “imperial”) Scotch ale with Apple Country Spirits’ 2-Year barrel aged AppleJack. The two products were blended in used bourbon barrels and allowed to rest for 6 months, through late winter and summer. The resulting product is a thick and hearty ale that tops out at 20% ABV. The two alcohols combine to

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Ben Turiano and Jim Lake from http://www.joebeanroasters.com/ (Joe Bean Coffee) stopped by to taste a selection of beers from the New England region. Both are practiced at tasting and I was happy to have them join me to go through these eight IPAs from highly regarded breweries in Vermont and Massachusetts. The first beers we tried were from the http://www.trilliumbrewing.com/ (Trillium Brewing Company) in the Fort Point area of Boston. The day I stopped in I was able to grab the Double Dry Hopped Fort Point (American Pale Ale), Congress Street (IPA) and the Scaled Up (Double IPA) in cans. For most of the canned beers at Trillium, you can walk out with up to a case of each but keep in mind that their prices are slightly higher than the other breweries I’ll be mentioning. Of course their locations are in and around Boston so that is to be expected and the price is one I’d be happy to pay again. This as a good a time as any to mention to those that

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, I had the Pete Chapman and his fiance Maeve from the http://www.smokinpetes.com/ (Smokin’ Petes) food truck over to discuss their BBQ and some of their more outrageous creations. It was fantastic to see them arrive in their van and start cooking up some tater tots for their newest loaded dish. Eating the Outlaw Poutine (tots, brisket, bacon, brisket gravy and cheese curds) with the team got me prepped and ready to podcast! https://i2.wp.com/www.foodabouttown.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_7748.jpg () We talked about how Pete got started in BBQ, making his own smokers, and what the most challenging piece of meat to cook is. We also talked about working together as a team and how traveling affected their life. They are also prepping for their 12 day stint at the http://nysfair.ny.gov/ (NY State Fair) coming up in a couple weeks. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/food-about-town/id665682441 (Subscribe on iTunes) h

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, I had the fine co-founding gentlemen from https://www.facebook.com/Split-Batch-Brewing-1509455556039862/ (Split Batch Brewing) over to talk about their upcoming coffee and beer emporium over on St Paul Street. Wade Reed, Jon Mervine and Jarred Foster and I had a bit of a laugh fest and a great time hanging out. These guys have some solid local ties: Jon Mervine is the former head brewer at http://rocbrewingco.com/ (Roc Brewing), Wade Reed the head roaster from Joe Bean Coffee and Jarred Foster a former barista at http://www.joebeanroasters.com/ (Joe Bean Coffee) and a cook at http://curebar.net/ (Cure). That combination is sure to make a fascinating place that features coffee, beer and coffee in beer as a key ingredient, not just an afterthought. We started goofing around well before the mics went live and it kept on going through the whole podcast. These guys are an absolute blast to record with and I’m truly excited to see what creations they came ou

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, I had https://twitter.com/WillCleveland13 (Will Cleveland) from the http://www.democratandchronicle.com/ (Democrat and Chronicle) over to the studio to talk about beer! Will is the beer writer over at the D&C and we sat down to discuss the http://www.rochesterrealbeer.com/expo/2016/ (Rochester Real Beer Week Expo) event and the local beer scene among other topics. I was happy to have Will over to learn more about him after briefly meeting at the Beer Expo. The Expo was held at the Blue Cross Arena and it was my first time going to the signature event of the http://www.rochesterrealbeer.com/ (Real Beer Week). I had a great time there and really recommend anyone who is into the beer scene in any way to go next year. Make sure to check out Will’s work in the D&C every week to keep up on what the local beer scene has in store! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/food-about-town/id665682441 (Subscribe on iTunes) https://play.google.com/music/l