Not Your Average Guide to Rochester Michigan
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- Опубліковано 1 сер 2024
- Welcome to Rochester! Yet another of my favorite towns. As usual, this will NOT be your typical guide to Rochester, Michigan!
Intro 0:00
Dessert Oasis 0:46
Historic Rochester 2:17
Rochester Brunch House 3:14
Lagniappe 5:25
Downtown Shopping 5:46
O’Connor’s Public House 7:49
Rochester Hills Beer Co. 12:00
The Meeting House 13:24
Royal Park Hotel 15:56
Outro 16:54
It's hard to believe that Rochester (with a population of just over 13,000) all started out in 1895 with a well being dug for the surrounding community to have fresh water. Fast forward 126 years later and it has become one of Michigan’s most well known downtown areas.
Like any great day, starting out with an amazing coffee is a must! When I'm visiting Rochester, my go-to for coffee is Dessert Oasis Coffee Roasters. Not only do they make awesome coffee and desserts, as the name implies, but they also feature an awesome ambiance with live music a few days of the week. A couple notable places also worth checking out are Knapp’s Donuts and Denton Coffee Company.
On our way to see some of the historic homes in Rochester, I like to stop through Rochester Municipal Park. With tennis & volleyball courts, paved walkways, and a duck pond (don’t feed the ducks - unless no one is watching) which doubles as a skating rink in the winter, it is a great place to spend the day. Just outside of downtown Rochester is the historic district, with many homes also being redone in recent years, providing a wonderful mix of beautiful houses. It truly is a gorgeous area to call home.
When wanting a delicious breakfast in Rochester, I like to head to Rochester Brunch House. With a wide variety of selections made from fresh, organic foods it is a must visit.
If you happen to visit Rochester right before Thanksgiving be sure to stop downtown for Lagniappe where vendors will be out with special sales, the beginning of the Big, Bright, Light Show, along with a visit from Santa & his reindeer.
Downtown Rochester boasts over 30 independent stores that provide ample shopping opportunities, including specialty shops such as South Street, Rochester Bike Shop, Moon River Soap Company & many more. Pick up a copy of InTown, printed quarterly, for even more info on local businesses and events!
If you’re looking for the perfect place for lunch (or dinner & drinks), look no further than O’Connor’s Public House. The perfect spin on an Irish Pub, this place is as close to Dublin as I can imagine without ever visiting there. Of course I want to give an honorable mention to a couple of my go-to restaurants here in Rochester, being Kruse & Muer, Lipuma’s Coney Island and Chomp Eatery.
Next up we’re stopping by Rochester Hills Beer Co, which is located in the historic Western Knitting Mills building, built in 1844. With a wide variety of beers and mead, freshly brewed in house, it’s a phenomenal place to get together for a drink with friends, play some pool and have a fun night out.
Rochester is a foodie paradise! For a great dinner or date night spot, check out The Meeting House on Main Street for a slightly upscale American cuisine with plates updated seasonally. You can’t go wrong here. I also highly recommend Bologna Via Cucina, Rochester Chop House, or Rochester Bistro for excellent alternatives.
No Rochester video would be complete without mention of the Royal Park Hotel. This 4 Diamond hotel boasts all the amenities, including a bourbon & bonfire package, full service bar & restaurant. The hotel is beautifully decorated through the winter, making this the perfect place to stop in for a dinner, drink, or plan a staycation for anytime of the year.
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Rochester is such an amazing city! The homes are beautiful, the downtown is awesome and there are SO many things to do here! The Big Light Show has begun this year, so make sure you take a trip downtown to see the wonderful Christmas light display that they put on every year. While you're there visit some of the shops and grab a bite to eat any any of the local restaurants!
Loved all your videos. Always a joy to watch them.
Thanks so much! It's always great getting feedback and I'm happy to hear you're finding value in them!
I love that you stopped at The Meeting House! Chris Johnson is an amazingly talented chef and friend.
So good! I love The Meeting house. Please tell him I say my compliments to the chef!
Rochester Michigan right now is awesome with the lights! I was just there yesterday at Dessert Oasis
Spot on, Rochester MI has the light game nailed!
All your videos make me hungry!! Looks like Rochester Michigan has tons to offer. Thanks Michael Perna and The Perna Team for all your great insight into some of Michigan's premiere cities!
I do love good food and Rochester has one of the best selections around!
Rochester is so amazing. Downtown is beautiful especially winter time and Christmas
100%! The lights on the buildings they do make it feel straight out of Norman Rockwell Christmas painting. Downtown Rochester is pretty amazing.
Love Rochester - it's a special town. Royal Oak here 🙋♀️
Love watching your videos!
Me too! Downtown Rochester is pretty special, and I live in Royal Oak too! Thank you for watching!
Rochester michigan! Love it!
Downtown Rochester mi is near and dear to my heat! Rochester Hills next!
Ahhhh all the years I spent getting fucked up booling, skating and wandering through the woods in the background while the yuppies enjoy the day. Y'all should see my tour hell of a trip
You sure know Rochester Mike! Great tour of one of my favorite cities - and you nailed it!
My pleasure! Rochester is definitely one of Michigan's gems!
I love Rochester! Such a beautiful area!
It truly is! Such a great place to live. The homes are diverse yet gorgeous and the downtown is tough to beat!
Awesome!
Totally awesome! - in my best Michelangelo voice
Rochester Michigan! YES!!
That’s The truth! When a families moving to Rochester or Rochester Hills I get pretty super excited to talk about the area
I love it! Rochester has some fantastic food, beautiful homes too. Great town and great video!
Your Right about that, downtown Rochester MI has kept the charm of it's neighborhoods better than most!
WE LIVE HERE!😃
Downtown Rochester Michigan is for sure one of our favorite spots!
No Doubt, one of ours too and it's always a please helping people buy homes and sell homes in Rochester and Rochester Hills
A side of vegetables with the onions rings. I'm going to start using that.
Hahaha right?! It makes me feel healthier
I love Rochester! My boys both do open mic night on Mondays at the Dessert Oasis. And of course the lights are amazing!
Wow that’s awesome & I’ll have to get over there for open mic!
No kidding the food all looks amazing!!❤️
Downtown Rochester mi for food is always worth the drive!
Having grown up in Rochester and being 4th generation to graduate from Rochester High School, I was surprised to see Knapps Dairy Bar not on your food list
Knapp’s did make the original list but I always want to get permission before featuring a place. They didn’t get back to me until after we finished editing. It’s going to be featured in an upcoming video though!
@@MichaelPernaTV Sounds great! I'd played basketball with Butch's soon Morgan in fifth or sixth grade. Butch was so super nice... My dad had a power wheelchair and couldn't get in the front so Butch would open a backdoor and let my dad scoot in when dad would go downtown...
This is amazing , You’re like a walking Google review!! You had me at the stuffed French toast ..
100% with the French toast! And Downtown Rochester makes it easy with so much to offer!
I didn’t know downtown Rochester had a strong DDA, I went on the site & found their online quarterly publication, it’s really good
Downtown Rochester’a DDA is impressive, other cities look to it as the example
Anyone remember when that Knapps used to be Enners donuts? My dad was the baker there. That was my first job. Lol
Was Enners after Lolich?
@@robertweaver5285 enners built that building. And he had one in Troy as well.
@@robertweaver5285 mind we are talking somewhere around 1970-72. My family moved to Florida in 75 so I worked there with dad for 3-4 years.
@@Bakerboy1958 Thank you for that, I couldn't remember that history. I've been gone since 2001 and just couldn't place the timeline
@@robertweaver5285 yeah Knapps dairy bar was down the street with the most AMAZING burgers. And then there was Knapps Bar across the street. My friends mom worked there.
Rochester is the place to be!
Agreed I love that town and having breakfast at the Rochester Brunch House tomorrow!
Maybe I will see you there. Lol
Rochester wasn't founded in 1895. There are building all over downtown older than that. More like 1818 or late 1700's.
Chris, you're totally correct and I stand corrected. After a little more research, Rochester was indeed founded in 1818 as the first European settlement in Oakland County. I appreciate you bring that to my attention!
Hi Michael, sad news from downtown Rochester. Looks like the soap store burned down tonight. I was on the scene. Sad.
Hello Tom, thank you for letting me know. I didn’t know that and just read about that because of your post. I hope they can rebuild, I loved the house it was in and it added charm to Rochester. I’ll stop by later and hopefully see if there’s anything the owners need or can be done. I know the owners live in the house too and I hope no one was hurt.
I put the thumbs down on the news, not the delivery of it, thank you for taking the time to share.
You are welcome. I just thought you should know.
99% of the video is your face. I mean, I wanted to see Rochester. ☹️
Thank you for the feedback, I strive for about 50/50, the feedback I’ve gotten is that’s about right for city video’s, what do you think? And could be a worse face I hope lol
@@MichaelPernaTV Oh, it’s a very handsome face and you know it 😏, but slide the scrubber through this video and look for footage that isn’t all you. 50/50? *snort* 🤭 Oh, Sweetie, no.