Star 30 - Goodman St.

Highland Park Diner

Good food, nice atmosphere, a little dive in the city. Nice to go for brunch on sundays.

Star 29 - St. Paul St.

High Falls District and St. Paul Street

There is stuff up there, I'm not too familliar... I'll find out more information. I do know that there are clubs on St. Paul Street.

Star 27 - Court Street

Blue Cross Arena - http://www.bluecrossarena.com/

This is where some major events happen, along with local sporting evnts. There is the Amercs (hockey) and the Knighthawks (Lacross). Concerts happen here and the circus too. So check out their website for upcoming stuff. There is parking, it's about 7 dollars across the street from the arena.

Dino BBQ - http://www.dinosaurbarbque.com/rochesterIndex.php

Great place to eat. Must go. Does get busy so go earlier than typical meal times.

Star 26 - Jefferson Road

BJ's

RIT students have a free membership to BJ's. It's like a Sam's Club. All you have to do is bring your RIT student ID and hand it to a customer service preson and they will give you a pass. This is a great place to buy big ticket items like printers or computers because they are typically cheaper than walmart or best buy.

A break from the map - Garbage Plates

Ok, the first thing you are going to be told when you get to Rochester, is all about the Garbage plate. Your FYE class will explain to you how bad it is for your health, how just one plate is a days worth of callories.

But you should try it at least once.

Pretty much every dinning hall on campus has it's version, mostly because they use different "meat sauces". I wouldn't recommend eating one in the middle of the day.

What a Garbage Plate consists of:

• 2 cheese burger patties (no buns)
• half a plate of macaroni salad
• half a plate of home fries
• a heap of "meat sauce" - simular to michigan sauce
• onions
• mustard
• and two pieces of bread with some pats of butter

Now, if someone says that they want to go to the original Nick Tahoes, Don't. It's in a dangerous area of town, it's not worth it.

Some decent places to get a plate

• Henrietta Hots or H-Hots on Rt.15
  
• Gitsis on Monroe Ave
• Jay's Dinner has one but you can only have one side (fries or the mac salad), so to have a traditional plate you need to pay for an extra side.... still good though. on Rt. 15

It's something to try, definitely try it once, you should share one for your first try. They are good in the weirdest way.

Star 25 - Union St.

Rochester Public Market - http://rocwiki.org/Public_Market

First things first. Go early, just like any other public market.
Two, they have

• Javas
  
• a cheese shop
  
• and the best thing in the world, the Empanada Stop
• http://www.empanadastop.com/

Fresh veggies and some interesting merchandise. It's nice to stroll around on a saturday morning.

Star 24 - Manhattan Square

Strong National Musuem of Play - http://www.strongmuseum.org/

Yeah even the name is fun. Come here if you want to feel like a kid again.

Star 23 - I-90 to RIT

This is where you get off from the highway. When you pay your tolls, there are two ramps. Keep to the left ramp. You can either:

• Go onto 390 N and get off at the Hylan Drive exit which will bring you near wegmans and the mall.
• or
• veer off to the right and get onto 253/15. Take Lehigh station road to east river road and that brings you to campus. or you can take 15.. blah blah.
• you have the map, you can figure out your favorite way :-)
  

Star 22 - East Ave.

East end of Rochester

Pretty much if you drive down East Ave you will hit some decent spots. I already pointed out George Eastman house, but there is a couple others

To get to the next two places you, i find it easy to remember some choice street names. Get onto Mt. Hope / 15 from RIT. Take a right onto Highland Ave. Take a Left onto Goodman. Take a left onto East Ave. The next two places will be on your right after two and a half blocks.

Little theater - http://www.little-theatre.com/

• Every Sunday there is a student discount
• They have great snacks besides popcorn and candy
• They play movies that you would not generally find in a commercial theater
• Most to all the movies are great, you will not be wasting your money.
• Parking
• you will turn right onto winthrop. There is parking behind the theater. If that is filled up, continue down winthrop. There is a lot way in the back, gravel with no real spaces. It is for the theater also, you can park there. It is relatively safe with no charge.
  

Spot Coffee
A cute coffee place right down the block from little theater. Great Great grilled cheeses and hot chocolates. My favoite place to chill out with friends when we want to get off campus.

Star 21 - Lake Ontario

Ontario Beach Park - It's about a half hour north of campus. You go up 390 N, take the lake ontario parkway east exit. you exit at lake ave and it's just straight. There is also an Abbots custard place right there too.

Star 20 - Woodbury Blvd.

Geva Theater - http://www.gevatheatre.org/

There is more to rochester than just eating. If you feel like getting some culture in, check out what is playing here.

Star 19 - Jefferson Rd.

Eastview Mall - http://www.eastviewmall.com/

Best mall to go to. More upscale than marketplace mall. Just drive down Jefferson for about 20 minutes and it will come up on your right. Definetly a place to go to shop on a Saturday.

Star 18 - Pittsford

The Village of Pittsford

Just a cute place to go and walk around for a small town feel.
Canal Days in the spring are fun too.
Oh by the way...Great Northern is the best place to get unique pizzas.

Star 17 - Rt. 31

Pittsford Plaza - http://www.pittsfordplaza.com/

Go east on Jefferson, towards the mall if you are coming to rit.
Go straight for a very long time.
take a left onto route 65
take a right onto route 31. It should be right there.

Movie theater is nicer than Regal near walmart so if you want to, go there. Also if you bring your student ID you get a discount... so it's nicer and cheaper than the one in Henrietta.

Good places to eat:

• Camille's sidewalk cafe - good breakfast sandwhichs
• Plum Garden - it's a Hibachi place, realatively inexpensive and fun to go to with a large group of friends.
  

Star 16 - Scottsville Rd.

The Rochester Airport

Directions:
Get onto scottsville road heading north
Turn onto 390N
Get off at exit 18A - airport.
Keep all the way to the right
there is a ramp that veers off and that leads you into the airport.

Star 15 - University Ave.

Memorial Art Gallery - http://www.mag.rochester.edu/

Something different to do. I hear that the restuarant is good. There is a student discount also.

Star 14 - East Ave.

George Eastman House - http://www.eastmanhouse.org/

You can take a tour of his mansion, see the art galleries and get a taste for some Rochester History.

This is a picture of the conservatory. So pretty. They also decorate it for the seasons.

Star 13 - Park Ave.

Park Ave. - http://www.park-avenue.org/

Great little places to eat. Such as:

• Charlie's Frog Pond
• Hogan's Hideaway
• KC Tea and Noodles
• Pontillo's
• Jine's Restaurant

Hair Stylist to go to is at Fusion Salon

Great place to walk around, cheap housing if you want to live off campus, nice atmosphere.

Star 12 - Highland Ave.

Highland Park

This is where all the nice houses, and the lilac festival live. Definetly drive around there.

Star 11 - East River Rd.

Genesee Valley Park

Nice place to go and hang out with your friends. Don't go there alone. Don't stay after dark. You are awfuly close to the city and there are some creepy people out there. But during the day with a large group of friends you will be fine.

Star 10 - Rt. 15

Mt. Hope Cemetary - http://www.fomh.org/history.php

• Susan B. Anthony and Fredrick Douglas are buried there
• Just something to check out to get some history
  

Star 9 - Rt. 15A

Places to eat:

TGI Fridays
Chopstix - Great chinese
Dominico's

Star 8 - Jefferson Road

Blockbuster
Starbucks

MarketView Liquor

• You're too young for this, but it's a good place to get interesting wine
  

Krispy Kreme

• If you see the neon sign saying "Hot Donuts", walk inside and get a free donut, you don't need to ask, they will just give it to you.

Star 7 - Rt. 15A

Reason to drive all the way down Jefferson..

There is this mexican place right across the way on 15A from blockbuster. a must go. i forgot the name but it's a chain.

The King and I on 15A, just down the road from Blockbuster

• Great food, great service, realtively cheap
  

Star 6 - Rt. 15

• Open 24 hours a day
• Right across the street from the movie theater
• Great eggs
  

Movies 10

• Dollar Theater
• Actually it's 2.50 friday and saturday but still
• Movies that are usually out of the regular theater

Also Down 15...

• Friendly's - open till like midnight
• Abbott's Custard
• Midas
• Quizno's (also on campus)
• Dunkin Donuts

Star 5 - Market Place Dr. & Jefferson Road

Walmart - Open 24 hours a day
Denny's - Open 24 hours a day
Regal Cinema

Star 4 - Hylan Drive

The mall

• Self explanitory

It is also connected to target, DSW shoes and Best Buy

Across the way is:

• Border's Books
• Uno Chicago Bar and Grille
• Paneara
• Chuck E Cheese
  
• Wegmans
• The best grocery store in the world
• Open 24 hours a day/ 7 days a week
• You need to try out Redbox. It is near the check out lanes. 1.07 per night to rent a dvd, due back 7pm the next day. A credit card is needed. New movies that just came out on DVD are available. A better deal than blockbuster.

Star 3 - Rt. 15

Places to eat

• Mel's Diner
• You should go down Brighten-Henrietta Townline road, take a right onto 15 and then take the right into Mel's. Otherwise it will be impossible.
• Great dinner food, breakfast searved all day, cheap.
• Henrietta Hots
• This is one of many places to get a garbage plate to eat. It closes down at 4:30 am, and it about 8 dollars a plate. It's only a quick drive to the resturant, you can sit in or do take out. It is pretty good, not the best but definetly not the worst.
  

Star 2 - Jefferson Road

South Town Plaza, Jefferson Plaza

Great Places to eat

• Buffalo Wild Wings
• Tuesdays and Thursdays are cheap wings, but it gets busy so get there early
• Tandoor of Inida
• Tuesday Buffet Dinner
• Lunch Buffet
• A great way to try something new with the buffet, they have discriptive cards out. Great food. They take tiger bucks also.
• Bruegers Bagels
• Chinese Buffet
• Subway
  

Stores and stuff that they have

• Bank of America
• Old Navy
• Goodwill

Star 1 - RIT

Java Wally's - Best place to get coffee.
Try to stay away from drinking too much coffee or caffeine drinks. It's bad for your health. Make sure to either carry cash or put money on your Tiger Bucks, thats all they take.

Try a:

• Kinky Regae
• Chocolate Situation
• Coffee falvor "Sinful Delight" with a carmel shot
• Shot in the Dark
• Chaplin

The Library
You can take out a laptop for your use for 4 hours, you need to have two forms of ID with you, your school ID and your driver's license. The fourth floor is scary so avoid, the higher up you go, the quieter the floor is. There are computer areas also in the library, but you need to pay to print. Print documents from your department computer labs.

The Dorms
Sandella's, and the cornor whore (really the cornor store) have decent food. If for instance, you are living in buildings 30 or 32, the tunnels do connect all the way to the commons. You have to walk all the way to Gracies, walk up the stairs, over to the Campus safety office. There is a door to your left that goes downstairs to the tunnels.

Gracie's
The food isnt' the best, and it may or may not sit well in your stomache. Try not to eat there but if you have no other choice....well try not to eat there.

The Gym
You should definetly invest in a gym locker, it's convient. Only 15 dollars for a quarter.

Gallery Openings
In building 7, there will be gallery openings. Sometimes there is free food. A must go.

Other Housing...I know that this is jumping the gun and you won't have to find new housing for a while but... in ranking order of what is better than what. the top is the best by the way....

• UC
• Colony
• Perkins
• Riverknoll
• Raquet Club
• The RIT Inn

Driving on Campus... Watch out for the deer, they are everywhere.

Hockey - It's probably the one thing that we do well. You need to go to a least a couple hockey games and sit near the corner crew. It's hilarious.

Tools of the trade:

• Save some money before you come
  
• Google and Gmail will be your best friends, you definitely should be hooking yourself up with an account. So much better than yahoo or hotmail. Check your email on a freakishly frequent basis.
  
• A moleskin Planner will and is your best friend - http://www.moleskineus.com/pocketdiary.html
• or any planner
• a good backpack
  
• 2Gig or 1Gig flash drive
• your ipod
• aim or www.meebo.com
• good walking shoes / snow shows
• a small wallet to carry the essential stuff
• small key chain
• Emergen-C, you can get this at target
• Nalgene bottle