From quaint shopping districts to a bustling weekly public market, Rochester offers a variety of atmospheres for your shopping wants and needs.  And whether you are looking for a meal like mom’s or a more eclectic cuisine, the city will fill you up.

Monroe Avenue: An Urban Shopping Strip that is Always Alive

Monroe Avenue boasts clothing boutiques, antiques markets, natural food groceries, jewelry stores, pet stores, sporting goods and even two poster shops. Feeling a little famished from all that shopping? Then pick up a snack at one of Monroe Avenue’s many marts.

Park Ave: A Shop-Lined Street

A walk down the Park Ave. shopping district is always bursting with opportunity, whether you are looking for a new pair of a shoes or a vinyl you can dance to.

Browse Among the Arts

Nestled in the Neighborhood of the Arts is the Village Gate Square, a shopping center in a reclaimed warehouse/factory. Troll through books at Mood Makers, records at The Bop Shop, or take a sushi break at California Rollin’.

Open Air Shopping

Just North of Center City, The Public Market booms with character as farmers sell their fresh foods at bargain prices and vendors offer ethnic delicacies found nowhere else. Check it out Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

And if you don’t find what you are looking for in Rochester proper, there are three shopping malls in short driving distance of the city …

• West of the city is The Mall at Greece Ridge
• To the East lies Eastview Mall in Victor
• Venture South to Marketplace Mall in Henrietta