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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in CITY Magazine and (585) Magazine. Updated September 2026.
Sinbad's · Park Avenue
Sinbad's is a Park Avenue Lebanese restaurant open since 1994, run by Ziad Naoum and his brother Imad, who joined him from Lebanon in 1999, as (585) Magazine's capsule on the room records. The kitchen leads with Lebanese cooking, falafel, tabbouleh, hummus and kabobs. Order the falafel, or a mixed mezze kabob plate to share across the table.
Cedar · Monroe Avenue
Cedar Mediterranean Restaurant on Monroe Avenue bakes every flatbread and pita to order in a small oven, about three minutes a bread, with owner Elia working in front of you, as CITY Magazine's Katie Libby describes it. The Lebanese menu wraps shawarma, falafel and kabob into that fresh pita. (585) Magazine lists the room among the city's restaurants. Order a pita pocket of shawarma.
Aladdin's Natural Eatery · Monroe Avenue
Aladdin's Natural Eatery's Monroe Avenue room is the original of this Rochester business, and (585) Magazine writes that the kitchen markets its menu as healthy, all-natural and inexpensive, made with fresh, locally sourced ingredients wherever possible. Falafel, hummus and mezze anchor the Middle Eastern end of it. Order the falafel and hummus, and pita straight from the kitchen.