{"id":12291,"date":"2016-04-02T16:22:18","date_gmt":"2016-04-02T20:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/?p=12291"},"modified":"2016-04-02T16:22:18","modified_gmt":"2016-04-02T20:22:18","slug":"roclinks-4216","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/2016\/04\/roclinks-4216\/","title":{"rendered":"RocLinks 4\/2\/16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Collegetown Under Construction [PHOTO: Author]\" rel=\"lightbox-roclinks20160204\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/denker\/links\/Collegetown_Under_Construction.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom:6px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/denker\/links\/Collegetown_Under_Construction.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Collegetown Under Construction [PHOTO: Author]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<small><i>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/2009\/01\/contributors\/#about-matthew-denker\">Matthew Denker<\/a><\/i><\/small><\/p>\n<p>With April Fools Day being only yesterday, RocLinks will be a little light this week. Even so, step right this way&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Grand Closing!<\/h3>\n<p>Another one bites the dust with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whec.com\/news\/corner-bakery-cafe-closes-college-town\/4087531\/?cat=565\" target=\"_blank\">the closure<\/a> of the corner bakery over at Collegetown. It&#8217;s easy to think this shows some sort of long term trend, as does the closing of Cosentino&#8217;s, but&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3>Grand Opening!<\/h3>\n<p>&#8230;At the exact same time Bar 145 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.democratandchronicle.com\/story\/lifestyle\/rocflavors\/2016\/03\/28\/corner-bakery-cafe-closes\/82344586\/\" target=\"_new\">just opened<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" height=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a> at Collegetown. The 8th location for the &#8216;chain&#8217; based on Toledo, this is the first in New York. Good luck to them.<\/p>\n<h3>Don&#8217;t Say I&#8217;m Back<\/h3>\n<p>In other local-venue-news, Water Street Music Hall <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rochestercitynewspaper.com\/MusicBlog\/archives\/2016\/04\/01\/water-street-issued-a-conditional-entertainment-license\" target=\"_new\">received a conditional license<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" height=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a> to keep operating. There&#8217;s a laundry list of requirements that should probably be titled &#8220;Stuff Water Street Should Already Have Been Doing.&#8221; Maybe now they will?<\/p>\n<h3>April Fools!<\/h3>\n<p>And finally, we are, of course, not the only people to have an April Fools post. With that in mind, I wanted to link to <a href=\"http:\/\/greatergreaterwashington.org\/post\/30328\/who-needs-metro-duck-rapid-transit-is-the-answer-to-the-blue-line-crunch\/\" target=\"_new\">one of my favorites<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" height=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a> that would also be great in Rochester.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;margin:20px 0px 20px 0px\">\u2022 \u2022 \u2022<\/div>\n<p>As always, use the comments below as open discussion for anything in these links \u2013 or let us know if there\u2019s a topic you\u2019d like to see us hit more aggressively in future RocLinks. Have a great weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Matthew Denker With April Fools Day being only yesterday, RocLinks will be a little light this week. 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