Native Eatery & Bar Competitors

The Cheesecake Factory Restaurants, Inc. is a restaurants company based out of 875 N MICHIGAN AVE, Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Since 1988, Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (Dino BBQ) has been serving up mouth-watering food and serious suds to thousands of hungry diners craving some of the most authentic Southern barbeque and regional craft brews this side of the Mason Dixon Line. Dino BBQ continues to be a recognized leader in the world of barbecue restaurants with a brand that currently includes six locations (New York – Syracuse, Rochester, Hamburg, Troy, and Harlem). Co-founder and owner John Stage started Dino BBQ by feeding bikers at various events and festivals along the East Coast and has built his operation as a nationally known brand, which includes a catering division, a line of BBQ sauces and rubs and a successful cookbook, Dinosaur Bar-B-Que: An American Roadhouse (Ten Speed Press; 2001). Stage’s menus are firmly rooted in the traditions of southern barbecue and influenced by flavors that give Dino BBQ’s dishes their own distinctive character. “That’s one of the secrets of great barbecue,” says Stage, “staying committed to tradition, but finding your own stamp and signature.”

Tavern58 at Gibbs An exciting new casual center-city restaurant developed by one of the areas freshest new restaurant development teams that has transformed 58 University Avenue into an Upscale Casual City Tavern that features regionally focused, traditional American fare, freshly prepared, with an attitude…of comfortable, casual, excellence…in food, beverage, and service. Tavern58 is a medium to upper-medium priced casual-theme restaurant serving a well rounded selection of traditional American and Northeast regional dishes; a healthy mix of steaks, chops, fowl, seafood and pastas with a healthy offering of old-fashioned tavern fare. The décor for Tavern58 at Gibbs can be described as authentic American Tavern, celebrating the history of restaurants and entertainment in downtown Rochester in traditional tavern style, where the feel is comfortable and casual. The restaurant consists of three distinct rooms with each taking on its own unique flair. Yet throughout there will be a predominance of comfort…in the chairs, the wooden accent furnishings, the brass accents…the low key lighting. The artwork and accents will be a healthy combination of various downtown accent photographs of various periods that tell of the rich story that is the downtown Rochester-Gibb’s at University neighborhood. The Tavern features a complete offering of both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages; with special emphasis on craft beers from several regions of the world, bottled wines at affordable prices (we call it 30 under $30) as well as one of the areas most complete selections of single malt scotches and whiskeys. The restaurant is summarized in the mantra casual excellence; deliver excellent quality food, at competitively affordable prices, freshly prepared, served in a comfortable, casual setting, with a focused attention to simply great service.