New York Eats · Rochester, Finger Lakes
Rochester restaurants: hots & bagels
1,288 restaurants, cafés, bars and bakeries in Rochester; 8 places on our hand-checked guides, checked open in October 2026.
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Rochester at a glance
Our directory counts 1,288 places to eat and drink in Rochester. Bar & Pub (200), Coffee & Café (135), and Pizza (112) lead the kinds of food. 369 hold an on-premises liquor license from the State Liquor Authority. 267 are locations of a chain with five or more in New York. 8 are on our hand-checked guides; the longest at the same address is Schaller's, there since 1956.
Health inspections here
In Monroe County, the New York State Department of Health publishes each place's latest inspection: its date and the counts of critical and other violations. There is no official grade there, and we don't make one. We matched 1,099 of the 1,288 places in Rochester to a state inspection record; each one's latest inspection date and counts are in its panel in the web search, with NYSDOH's own disclaimer.
On our guides in Rochester
Every place in Rochester on our hand-checked guides, most honored first (honors and years at the address; not a rating).
Schaller's
965 Edgemere Dr, Rochester
HotsPlates Known for: white hots, red hots, burgers with meat sauce · At this address since 1956
Lakeside drive-in that started the Schaller's burger-and-hots stands. Visit Rochester lists Schaller's among local spots for a plate.
Latest state inspection Jul 20, 20260 critical violations, 4 other violations (NYSDOH)
Balsam Bagels
288 Winton Rd N, Rochester
Bagels Known for: Montreal sesame bagel, French toast bagel, bagel with lox and cream cheese
Family-run Rochester bagel shop with a long list of bagel and cream cheese flavors, plus breakfast sandwiches, soups and vegan options. NYSDOH lists it as a bakery.
Latest state inspection Aug 25, 20260 critical violations, 3 other violations (NYSDOH)
Dogtown
691 Monroe Ave, Rochester
HotsPlates Known for: Zweigle's German frank on French bread, plates, veggie dogs
Monroe Avenue hot dog shop offering 18 topping styles on Zweigle's franks in fresh French bread, plus meat and veggie plates.
Latest state inspection Mar 25, 20260 critical violations, 3 other violations (NYSDOH)
Don's Original
4900 Culver Rd, Rochester
Hots Known for: ground round, hots, chocolate almond custard
Sea Breeze burger-and-hots stand between Irondequoit Bay and Lake Ontario, known for ground rounds and chocolate almond custard.
Latest state inspection Apr 14, 20260 critical violations, 2 other violations (NYSDOH)
Mark's Texas Hots
487 Monroe Ave, Rochester
HotsPlates Known for: Texas hots, Sloppy Plate
Monroe Avenue hots counter that Visit Rochester lists among local spots for a Rochester plate; its version is the 'Sloppy Plate'.
Latest state inspection Aug 5, 20260 critical violations, 2 other violations (NYSDOH)
Nick Tahou Hots
320 W Main St, Rochester
HotsPlates Known for: Garbage Plate, hots, meat hot sauce
Originator of the trademarked Garbage Plate: meats over home fries, macaroni salad, beans or fries, topped with mustard, onions and meat hot sauce.
Latest state inspection Dec 16, 20250 critical violations, 5 other violations (NYSDOH)
Steve T Hots & Potatoes
2260 Lyell Ave, Rochester
HotsPlates Known for: plates with hot sauce, Zweigle's white hots, Zweigle's hots
Lyell Avenue hots shop serving its "Famous Plates" with its own hot sauce, made with Zweigle's hots and white hots.
Latest state inspection Aug 24, 20260 critical violations, 1 other violation (NYSDOH)
West Ridge Hots
584 W Ridge Rd, Rochester
HotsPlates Known for: plate, hots
West Ridge Road hots shop. Visit Rochester names it (as Westridge Hots) among local places to get a plate.
Latest state inspection Apr 6, 20260 critical violations, 5 other violations (NYSDOH)
Hand-checked classics near Rochester
The 6 nearest places on our guides outside Rochester, within 20 miles of its center, closest first.
Schaller's Ridge Road
559 East Ridge Road E, Irondequoit · 2.8 mi from Rochester
HotsPlates Known for: white hots, red hots, burgers with meat sauce · At this address since 1959 · A branch of Schaller's Drive In, Rochester (Greece)
Ridge Road shop of the Schaller's burger-and-hots family, opened three years after the original drive-in.
Latest state inspection Aug 28, 20260 critical violations, 3 other violations (NYSDOH)
Bagel Land
1896 Monroe Ave, Brighton · 2.9 mi from Rochester
Bagels Known for: bagels
Monroe Avenue bagel shop in Brighton that NYSDOH lists as a bakery. Visit Rochester lists it.
Latest state inspection Nov 13, 20250 critical violations, 1 other violation (NYSDOH)
Henrietta Hots
4018 W Henrietta Rd, Henrietta · 6.0 mi from Rochester
HotsPlates Known for: hots, plate
Henrietta hots shop named by Visit Rochester among local places to get a plate.
Latest state inspection Jun 29, 20260 critical violations, 7 other violations (NYSDOH)
Spin and Savor
2775 Monroe Avenue (Behind Sakura), Pittsford · 6.4 mi from Rochester
Dim sum Known for: soup dumplings, shumai, custard buns, glass shrimp rolls · At this address since 2024
Cantonese dim sum restaurant where diners order on iPads and baskets arrive on a two-level conveyor belt. The chef has more than 30 years of New York City dim sum experience.
Fairport Hots
1226 Fairport Rd, Fairport · 8.1 mi from Rochester
HotsPlates Known for: The Hot Plate, hots
Fairport Road hots shop whose take on the Rochester plate is called 'The Hot Plate'.
Latest state inspection Feb 2, 20260 critical violations, 7 other violations (NYSDOH)
Tom Wahl's
283 E Main St, Avon · 18 mi from Rochester
Hots Known for: Wahlburger, handcrafted root beer, hots · At this address since 1955
The original of the Rochester-area burger-and-hots chain, which still brews root beer in each store.
Latest state inspection Mar 18, 20260 critical violations, 0 other violations (NYSDOH)
Rochester by street
The streets in Rochester with the most places to eat and drink: Monroe Ave (91), Jefferson Rd (49), E Main St (41), East Ave (41), W Ridge Rd (40), Chili Ave (39), E Ridge Rd (38), Park Ave (37), Lyell Ave (33), and S Clinton Ave (30).
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About the inspection results
Outside New York City there is no official restaurant grade, and we don't make one. Where shown, the date and counts are from the New York State Department of Health's latest inspection on file (health.data.ny.gov), records through Sep 24, 2026. In NYSDOH's words:
“Any use of this data to develop a restaurant grading system is not supported or endorsed by the New York State Department of Health.”
Any analyses, interpretations or conclusions here are ours, not NYSDOH's. Places are never ordered by these counts.