Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Road Trip to Rochester & Buffalo: Pi-Craft, New Whole Foods Market, and Wind Farms!

This past weekend DH and I were headed to Woodmere, OH, and decided to change directions and head to Rochester, NY, instead.  We wanted to get the Abarth out before winter, too!  When we got to Rochester we visited 2 Music Stores he wanted to go to and we stopped at a place called Pi-Craft for lunch.  It was WONDERFUL!  Basically, you put the toppings that you want on your pizza and they Stone Fire it in 3 to 6 minutes!  They had VEGAN options!  So as you can see here I opted for the Vegan Cheese, Sauce, Tomato, Artichoke, Mushrooms, Spinach, Garlic, etc.

Come to find out not only do they have a location in Rochester - they have another one in Buffalo!  I'm sure we will be stopping at the Buffalo Location in the future!  While we were in Rochester we briefly stopped at Trader Joe's.  I only bought 3 items one of which was their Apple Cranberry BOOCH.  It was a strange trip because we kept changing our direction throughout the trip.  We ended up in Buffalo on our way home.  I found out they finally opened the new Whole Foods Market there so we stopped real quick and it was unlike any other WF's I have seen!

I bought some things there but totally forgot to take photos before putting it away!  Oops!  This store was HUGE!  In this 2nd pic if you look to the far left there is a restaurant and bar there with local brews.  We weren't able to stop to eat there but it looked really neat.  We might be going to Buffalo on the 23rd with my parents who are looking into a camper so I might see if we can stop there again!

Because we were driving all over the place I can't really tell you an exact location where we started seeing these Wind Turbines and Wind Farms but I know one of the many locations was in or around Warsaw, NY.   There were HUNDREDS of them all over the place.  I've seen them in other places here and there but on this trip, we were certainly in the core of the Wind Farm zone.

Agree or Disagree with them - it was certainly not something most of us see every day!  

Again, I have multiple posts today so be sure to scroll down.  I just couldn't wait to share my vegan pizza with you or the mention of the new WF's in Buffalo!

CHEERS!

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    1. They had Gluten Free dough options, too! They did have a vegan sausage but I didn't choose that - not too fond of fake meat but glad they did have it as an option for others!

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    1. It was! I can't wait to go back - but next time we will try and find the one in Buffalo! It's closer to us!

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  3. I love Pi-Craft too! It's the only place in Rochester that I've been able to ring vegan cheese (although I usually tend to opt for just the marinara and a ton of veggies). I don't know if you're familiar with Core Life it's one of the only places around here with a build your own greens, grains, or broth bowls. (They have standard menu item vegan options too.) Worth a visit if you visit again.

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    1. We drove by Core Life and I wanted to stop but didn't. Good to know! Thanks! I will keep that in mind for our next trip!

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  4. The Whole Foods in Philadelphia has some local beers on tap as well! And they are so cheap! I was tempted to get a glass! One of the few things that are cheaper at Whole Foods lol

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    1. I didn't look at the beer prices while we were up and down the aisles - I was on a mission to find a few other things! I should have looked at them, tho! Thanks for the heads-up!

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    2. It is worth noting the cheap beer was on tap- so you had to drink it there. I think the bottled beer was the same price (or about the same price) as other stores.

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    3. Ah! Yes! Maybe next time I will get to have a meal there and try a local brew along side it!

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  5. Agreed, that pizza looks amazing! And very cool on the wind farm, I love driving through them in the bay area here because they're such a sight.

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    1. They are! When you get real close to them - they look alien! LOL

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