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News from City Cafe:
Another big win in the People's Choice
Awards for 2007.
Voted:
Best Restaurant
When
City Café opened in 2003, it was one of the first restaurants in Rochester
to offer "New American" cuisine, which restaurateur Denise Villeneuve
defines as "fresh ingredients with no ethnic boundaries." Apparently,
breaking the boundaries has been a recipe of success for the two-time Best
Restaurant winner, which caters to an increasingly sophisticated customer
base. "People are more food savvy now, with information sources like the
Food Network. They understand what a caper reduction sauce is," Villeneuve
says. To that end, City Café chef Eric Pater, Villeneuve, and several
others within the Creative Cuisine Company (the umbrella company
encompassing sister restaurants City Café, Broadstreet Café, City Market,
Newt's, and the Redwood Room) invest a lot of time and effort into
tracking food trends and creating innovative dishes, often prepared with
fresh fish flown in directly from Florida. "We figure out what's up and
coming, how to do it, and how to make it look fantastic," Villeneuve says.
"Plus, we serve it up in a nice, cozy spot that has a metro feel to it."
Post-Bulletin 2/2007
Best Bartender (Aynsley Jones)
"The
bar is my home away from home. It's like my own business back behind the
bar."
Waiting tables and painting houses paid the bills, but it wasn't until
Rochester native Aynsley Jones started tending bar that he found his
vocational niche. Jones, who tended bar for two years at the Redwood Room
before starting at the City Café last year, considers the bar to be his
home away from home. "It's like my own business back behind the bar. It's
my area and I know where everything belongs," says Jones, a father of two
young daughters. "I can't really see myself doing anything else."
Post-Bulletin 2/2007
and runner up:
Best Business Lunch
Best Seafood
Best Chef: Eric Pater
Winning big in the People's Choice Awards, from
Rochester Magazine 2006. Voted:
Best Restaurant in Rochester
Best Business Lunch
Best Local Chef -- Marvin Billings
Best Place to Eat Outdoors
and runner up for:
Best Seafood
Best Service
Best Waitress -- Jen Beech
Free WiFi "HotSpot" now at City Cafe. Bring your
wireless laptop.
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Voted People's Choice Awards in the Rochester Magazine
2005:
- - best outdoor dining
- and runner up:
- - best business lunch
- - best mixed drinks
- - best seafood
- - best waitress
- - best overall restaurant
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