Eat Local NY week
Rochester’s Eat Local New York Restaurant Week is underway this weekend as a showcase of diverse culinary experiences across the city, including events at the Rochester Public Market (13wham.com). Organizers are pitching the week as a way to highlight local producers and chefs during the spring dining season (13wham.com).
Eat Local New York’s Restaurant Week starts Monday, April 13, with Rochester serving as one of its kickoff cities after a Saturday launch party at the Public Market. (13wham.com) The 2026 event runs through Sunday, April 26, and Eat Local New York says 127 restaurants are listed on its statewide directory. The organization says most participants are offering either a $35 prix-fixe menu or another discounted food or drink special. (eatlocalnewyork.com) Anthony Tringale, owner of Eat Local New York, told 13WHAM that Rochester is new to this particular event even though similar restaurant-week promotions have run in Syracuse for years. He said this is the second year for Eat Local New York’s own statewide version. (13wham.com) The Rochester kickoff was held Saturday, April 11, from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Rohrbach’s Railroad Street Beer Hall in the Public Market district. Summit Federal Credit Union, the presenting sponsor, promoted the event as a meet-and-greet with Tringale plus live music, food, giveaways and drinks. (summitfcu.org) The pitch is straightforward: push diners into local restaurants during a spring stretch that sits between winter restaurant promotions and the city’s larger summer market season. Eat Local New York describes the promotion as a statewide push spanning cities from Buffalo to Brooklyn. (eatlocalnewyork.com) Rochester already has its own restaurant-week rhythm, including the downtown Eat Up Roc promotion that ran from February 27 through March 8 this year. Eat Local New York’s event widens that idea beyond downtown Rochester and beyond Monroe County. (eatlocalnewyork.com) News10NBC reported that Rochester-area participants include Ardor Park Artisanal Pizza, Berlin’s Halal Doner & Kebab, Boba Mi, Chick’n Out, Dinosaur Bar-B-Que Rochester, Max Bar & Bistro at Eastman Place, Neno’s Mexican Gourmet Street Food, Pane Vino on the Avenue and Rohrbach Beer Hall. Its April 11 list said more than 150 restaurants statewide were expected to offer specials. (whec.com) The Public Market is a natural backdrop for that message because the city says it hosts 40 days of free-admission special events each year on top of its regular market days. Its 2026 calendar shifts next to flea markets on April 19 and food truck rodeos starting April 29. (cityofrochester.gov) For diners, the next move is simple: the specials begin Monday and run for two weeks, with Rochester restaurants mixed into a statewide list that stretches well beyond the city. (eatlocalnewyork.com)
