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• 2 CHIC BOUTIQUE read more ›
  (155 Park Ave. Tel. 585-218-4384)
  www.2chicboutique.com
  Shopping in this two-room atelier is like rifling through your stylish cousin's closet. Designer lines include Ronen Chen, Krista Larsen and Lola of San Francisco.

• MEMORIAL ART GALLERY read more ›
  (500 University Ave. Tel. 585-276-8900)
  www.mag.rochester.edu
  "A Unity of Opposites" presents hard-edged, luminous sculptures by internationally renowned glass artist Michael Taylor, who is based at Rochester Institute of Technology's School for American Crafts. A companion exhibit, "Glass Wear," showcases jewelry.

• TRIPHAMMER GRILL read more ›
  (60 Browns Race. Tel. 585-262-2700)
  www.thetriphammergrill.com
  You'll be drawn by the well-crafted seasonal menu, equally friendly to meat and fi sh lovers (note the Portuguese seafood stew), but it's the walls of windows and stone patio overlooking the Genesee River that will make you come back. $$$

• BISTRO 135 read more ›
  (135 W Commercial St, East Rochester. Tel. 585-662-5555)
  www.bistro135.net
  The narrow wood-lined bar at this fun bistro gets noisy when jazz combos start swingin' on weekend nights. Ask for a table in the lower room once the dinner crowd clears.

• PLEASANT VALLEY WINE COMPANY read more ›
  (8260 Pleasant Valley Rd, Hammondsport, NY. Tel. 607-569-6111)
  www.pleasantvalleywine.com
  For the perfect summer excursion, head to this working winery. In addition to a tasting room, it also boasts a mini-museum of winemaking artifacts and a view of impressive stone buildings dating back to the 1860s.

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Fun Fact!
Famed soprano Renée Fleming grew up in Churchville, just southwest of Rochester.