Food About Town

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, I recorded my second conversation with Chef Jeffory McLean who is a regular guest on the podcast and a man with knives who travels to wherever he is needed. Happy Holidays to all of the listeners to the podcast and we’ve got some great episodes recorded for the next few weeks as well as interviews scheduled I’m very excited about. Make su...

Picture from Brian Jackson on FB On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, I recorded my second conversation with Donny Clutterbuck from Cure and his updated Pour Cost app . Thanks for everyone’s patience with the delay since the last episode. In between, Food About Town won Best Podcast in the City Newspaper Best of Poll for the 3rd year in a row! Thanks to everyone who continues to l...

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, I talked to Will Cleveland from the Democrat and Chronicle to talk about what has been going on in the local beer scene. Today is the last day to vote in the City Newspaper Best of Poll for 2018 so please go and vote for Food About Town for best podcast before 5pm! Thanks for listening! This episode is brought to you by Phrankly . Phrankly is working...

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, I talked about my experience cooking for the last three days of the Joe Bean kitchen a little while back with my buddy Bryan Chue from Boston. Thanks for listening! This episode is brought to you by Phrankly . Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people fi...

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Joe McBane from Tap and Mallet came over to the studio to talk local beer, Rochester Real Beer Week and the Expo, his path in Rochester and trends in the industry. Thanks for listening! This episode is brought to you by Phrankly . Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and cha...

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Paul Guglielmo from Guglielmo Sauce , the Brother Wease Show and part of the tag team champions of IWF out of Brockport came over to the studio to talk sauce, radio and wrestling! The Rochester City Newspaper Best of Poll for 2018 is now open! Head over to their website and answer the poll for all of your favorites including Food About Town for best...

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, John Cannon from Glen Edith Coffee Roasters and every band came over to the studio to talk about his work as their wholesale manager, coffee in general and lots of random topics along the way including music. The Rochester City Newspaper Best of Poll for 2018 is now open! Head over to their website and answer the poll for all of your favorites includ...

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Chef Jeffory McLean (Cheffory!) came over to the studio to talk about his work over at NY Kitchen (formerly New York Wine and Culinary Center) teaching, his culinary concierge company FLX Foodies  and noodling around about food. Thanks for listening and see you out there! This episode is brought to you by Phrankly . Phrankly is working to make sourci...

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, my good friend Chris Clemens from Exploring Upstate joined me to talk about some coffee related news in Rochester and hit on the coffee scene in general. We also covered some of Chris’ recent travels around Rochester and the Finger Lakes and bounced around talking about some cool food events. Thanks for listening and see you out there! This epi...

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, my wife Carrie Lindstrom and my friend Bryan Chue joined me to talk about my experience at Anthrocon and food while traveling and on the road in general. This was my first time at a furry convention and it just so happened to be one of the largest in the US to help Carrie sell her artwork. Thanks for listening and see you out there! This episode is b...

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, I took the portable rig over to Sapori Cafe  to talk with Vinnie Paulino from the Comedy at the Carlson Cast and Chef Joe from Sapori about the Vinnie Paulino Panini! Who wouldn’t want a panini with cup and char pepperoni pizza as bread? We talked comedy, broke down the mammoth (and delicious) sandwich and learned about how Chef Joe opened Sapo...

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Kathy Turiano , Dena Jones and Ben Turiano from Joe Bean Coffee Roasters   came over to the studio to talk through the history of Rochester’s first specialty coffee shop and where they are today. This was a long time coming as I have been a regular customer for just about as long as they have been over on University Ave and it was great to get...

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Sapphire Courchaine and Adam Pastecki from 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...

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Seth Olney from 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...

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, the renamed F.A.T. Singles is back with a podcast recorded with my friend Bryan Chue  remotely talking about delivery meal kits and home cooking in general. Fun conversation! This episode is brought to you by Phrankly . Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way...

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, I broke down the Rochester Real Beer Week for 2018 including many of the events all around town and took some time to work through the Expo . If you haven’t bought tickets for the Expo yet, grab your tickets direct from their EventBrite page.  Thanks for listening and see you out there! This episode is brought to you by Phrankly . Phrankly is w...

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 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 Phrankly...

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Barry Fischer from 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 Phrankly . Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transpar...

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Jon Swan from many places in Rochester including the new Swan Dive on Alexander Street came over to the studio to talk about the 5th year of the 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...

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Derrick DePorter from 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 Derric...

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Linh Phillips came over to the studio to talk about her work on Sir Rocha Says and being a 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 enthusias...

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 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 a...

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 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 releas...

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Mark Cupolo from 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! Thi...

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 Pho all around Rochester and 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 episo...