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Rochester Named Top City to Visit in 2020
Wondering where to travel in 2020? Pack your bags and plan a visit to Rochester, NY, named one of the top nine U.S. cities to visit in 2020 by SmarterTravel.“Rochester—New York’s third-biggest city—is in the midst of a revival,” notes SmarterTravel. “The midsized metropolis on Lake Ontario’s south shore has always been the entry point to the Finger Lakes wine region. But now it’s seeing new levels of growth and revitalization, with more than $950 million being invested in the city’s downtown core, in a successful bid to make this one of the best U.S. cities to visit. Its food and drink scene is booming with new restaurants, wineries, breweries, distilleries, and coffee roasters. These include the new REDD Rochester, by Michelin-starred chef and native son Richard Reddington.”
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REDD makes a splash in the East End
Has there ever been a restaurant in Rochester dining history so feverishly anticipated as REDD? The upscale New American restaurant, led by acclaimed chef Richard Reddington, has been generating buzz since its launch announcement in December 2018. With its opening in mid-August at the site of the former 2Vine, REDD is the first restaurant in Rochester with a Michelin-star chef at the helm. The new restaurant is owned by partners Reddington and local developer Dennis Wilmot, owner of Wilmot Development Group LLC. Reddington's long and impressive resume includes stints at Michelin-starred restaurants in San Francisco, Paris, and New York, working under such luminaries as Roland Passot, Wolfgang Puck, Alain Passard, and Daniel Boulud.
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Renowned Napa Valley Chef Opens REDD in former 2Vine Space
When chef Richard Reddington rides his bike to work downtown, people on the street will sometimes call out to the bearded man in his 50s with an enviable mane of wavy salt-and-pepper hair. They excitedly let him know they’ve made their reservations at his new restaurant, REDD, and are eager to try his food.
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Ready for REDD
When REDD opens in the reimagined former 2Vine space this summer, prepare for a taste of greatness. Yes, we naturally anticipate Michelin-starred chef Richard Reddington to bring his high-level culinary chops and celebrated seasonal philosophy but also the expectation of exemplary service and elusive consistency—the hallmark of Michelin-starred chefs. Reddington has returned to his roots to be closer to family after globetrotting and working in some of the world’s greatest food and wine meccas, like France, New York City and northern California, for the past twenty-five-plus years. His journeys and on-the-job training included tutelage working with such heralded names as Wolfgang Puck, Daniel Boulud, and Roger Vergé.
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Famed chef to take over former 2 Vine restaurant space
One of the most highly regarded and influential American chefs will launch his next restaurant in Rochester. WXXI News has confirmed that Richard Reddington has finalized a deal to take over the space formerly occupied by 2 Vine on Winthrop Street in Rochester. Reddington was the chef and owner of Redd in Napa Valley, which closed in October after a 13-year run. Redd was awarded a coveted Michelin star from 2008 to 2013. His Rochester restaurant will also carry the name Redd, and when it opens in April, Reddington will become Rochester's only Michelin-star chef in the city's history.
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