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Rochester, New York Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. The Rochester metropolitan area is the second largest economy in New York State, behind the New York City metropolitan area. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City.

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The Flower City Rochester was ranked as the sixth 'most livable city' among 379 U.S. metropolitan areas in the 25th edition (2007) of the Places Rated Almanac. The Rochester area also received the top ranking for overall quality of life among U.S. metros with populations of more than 1 million in a 2007 study by Expansion Management magazine.

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Rochester Trivia One food product that Rochester calls its own is the "white hot," a variant of the hot dog made by the local Zweigle's company. Another local specialty is the "garbage plate," first served at Nick Tahou Hots. Rochester was home to French's Mustard, whose address was 1 Mustard Street.

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The Best of Rochester site was designed to give you listings of the best services in Rochester from reputable companies. We have selected only three companies in each business category that we feel is reputable and the best in Rochester. We are continually doing research and getting feedback on these businesses to make sure that they are still the best.

As part of inclusion on our site, these companies have agreed to offer you special discounts for coming to the site and choosing them as your company of choice. We also want to provide you with any tips or discounts that we think might be of value.

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