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Expanding Fortune’s for diners at Batavia Downs

New specialty cocktails join October
By KORI SCIANDRA focus mainly on Italian food, coleslaw – served with fries
[email protected] Fortune’s encourages patrons for $14.
All ages are now welcome to make a reservation with The Clubhouse & Rail Bar
to dine at Fortune’s Italian friends or for a date night. The pairs fine dining with a race-
Steakhouse at the Batavia menu offers items that range track view. The diverse menu
Downs. Located at the south from appetizers and salads can be enjoyed among fellow
end of the gaming floor, the to pasta, steak, and seafood. race enthusiasts in a comfort-
restaurant offers a fine-din- Voted Diner’s Choice in 2024, able setting. Try the extensive
ing atmosphere paired with Fortune’s October special drink menu while dining at
excellent food and drinks. is Braised Pork Osso Bucco The Clubhouse & Rail Bar.
“We’ve added even more sold on Monday & Tuesday Reservations are recom-
events this year, so we have featuring tender braised pork mended.
more things to do on site. shank, roasted potatoes, root “We’ve added some new
We’ve added concerts, record vegetables, and finished with specialty cocktails and in-
shows and a bar crawl!” said a port wine reduction for $24. creased the quality of our
Ryan Hasenauer, marketing The Homestretch Grill is ingredients! A portion of pro-
director for Batavia Downs open daily from 10 a.m. to ceeds from the Armored Car-
Gaming & Hotel. 9 p.m. The October special is Tea specialty drink that’s or-
The fine-dining estab- The Rachel, which features dered in our clubhouse goes
lishment [Fortune’s Italian grilled sourdough piled high to benefit Roswell Park Com-
Steakhouse] now offers a kid’s with Thousand Island dress- prehensive Cancer Center,”
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE BATAVIA DOWNS.
menu. Serving dinner with a ing, Swiss cheese, turkey and he said.
Try your next meal at the Homestretch Grill at the Batavia Downs.

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE BATAVIA DOWNS.

Batavia Downs dining offers delicious menu items paired with a night out.

To make a reservation, visit drink specials and hotel spe- include free drinks and free
bataviadownsgaming.com. cials. play to make sure your enter-
The Batavia Downs website “Batavia Downs knows tainment dollar goes further
provides up-to-date specials your dollar doesn’t go as far at Batavia Downs! Check out
and deals. Their social media as it used to, which is why The Hotel deals tab on the
promotes various gaming this fall and winter, we’ve got bataviadownsgaming.com
floor promotions, food and unbelievable hotel deals that website,” said Hasenauer.
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New Springbrook Tavern seeks

to restore nostalgic feeling in Caledonia
By BEN BEAGLE tember ribbon cutting. The A kids menu is also avail-
[email protected] opening followed three able.
CALEDONIA — Two high months of renovation that The menu is also continu-
school friends are pursuing a included interior changes to ing to develop.
dream to open a business to- make the restaurant — most “This is a place where you
gether and are also restoring recently a sports bar — more can come as a wedding party,
a bit of history to Caledonia. welcoming and inviting to for a birthday party, reunions,
Dana Brenner and Jake families and landscaping up- with kids,” Jake said.
Chennell recently opened grades. Inside features both a bar
Springbrook Tavern, 26 North Dana and Jake describe a and sit-down areas both ad-
St., a property with a more menu built around “finer, but jacent to the bar or a dining
than 200-year history serving not super fine food.” room in the back. In the fu-
travelers and residents alike. “There’s comfort food,” ture, Dana and Jake also plan
“We realized that there’s a Dana said. to develop the ample outdoor
lot of potential in this build- “At reasonable prices,” areas for additional seating
ing and the property here,” added Jake. and event space.
said Dana, a graduate of The menu includes wings, The property also saw land-
Greece-Olympia High School subs, salads and appetizers scaping changes as part of its
who six years ago wanted to such as pickle chips, nachos, refresh. Rockscapes were re-
relocate to a small town and mozzarella sticks, pizza logs placed with grass and flower
choose Caledonia because “I and pretzel bits, and entrees gardens and flower beds were
had heard a lot of great things of burgers, steaks, spaghetti, added near the restaurant en-
BEN BEAGLE/LIVINGSTON COUNTY NEWS
about the Caledonia and rigatoni and grilled chicken. try. The landscaping changes Dana Brenner, left, and Jake Chennell, right, business partners in the new Spring-
Mumford area.” Prime rib is a regular Thurs- were inspired by a picture of brook Tavern in Caledonia stand in front of a photographer of the Spring Creek Hotel,
Springbrook Tavern day special — something the the Springbook Inn from the which once stood near the location of their business about 200 years prior.
opened in July and had a soft former Springbrook Inn was 1970s.
opening ahead of a mid-Sep- known for — and fish fries are The Springbrook Tavern
offered on Fridays. property dates to the 1800s, even before the state fish hatchery which can be seen the front door. The Spring-
through the dining room win- brook Inn was built around
dows in the restaurant. that door in a better form
The past is remembered in than the farmhouse to handle
a large photograph hung on and maintain the tourism de-
the wall in the hallway lead- mand that the hatchery drew
ing to the dining room. The to the area.
photograph shows what was In between the inn and the
then called the Spring Creek tavern there have been two
Hotel with travelers camped other establishments which
outside. changed the historic name,
The restoration of the land- including a pizzeria and

Pasta & Vino Night

scape has helped make the sports bar.
BRUNCH IS BACK! fish hatchery more visible Dana and Jake thought
We are Serving Brunch the third Sunday of every from the tavern property. that bringing the Springbrook
month now through Memorial Day. “They really embraced back and changing the name
Every Tuesday starting at 4pm the history here,” said Adam slightly would restore some
Call to make your reservations early! Brenner, a friend and associ- nostalgia to Caledonia. They
2 Pasta Dishes & A Bottle of Vino
ate of Dan and Jake’s. Brenner said they want to create a

2 for 30 $ helped with a lot of the land-

scape work.
Brenner noted that there
place for all members of the
community to feel welcome.
Scott DiLiberto, at the Sept.
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ern property that predated
14 ribbon cutting hosted by
the GWA Chamber of Com-
Hours: Sunday-Thursday 11am-9pm; Friday & Saturday 11am-10pm the hatchery. The farmhouse merce, said Springbrook Tav-
could not handle the demand ern would “be a great place
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for visitors to the hatchery so for the community to gather.”
it was torn down — except for “There are many memo-
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ries associated here,” he said, wife’s business inspired —

noting that 26 years previous- and she encouraged — him
ly he and his wife had their to pursue his own restaurant
wedding rehearsal at what plans with Dana.
was then the Springbrook Together, Dana and Jake
Inn. said their goal is to “bring
Dana and Jake said they back great food, great value,
have been friends forever traditional drinks and good
and in the Springbrook they old-fashioned hospitality.”
saw an opportunity to pursue They have taken that idea
their restaurant dream. and made it their slogan. It is
While Dana is new to posted the Facebook page for
restaurants, Jake has worked Springbrook Tavern as a con-
in a number of food indus- stant reminder.
try roles, including as a chef About the business
(steak and seafood, he said,
WHAT: Springbrook Tav-
are his favorites). He worked
alongside his wife with her ern.
business, Flour City Empan- WHERE: 26 North St.,
Caledonia.
das.
HOURS: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
“She started going to festi-
Mondays, Wednesdays and
vals working out of the back
Sundays; 11 a.m. to Midnight,
of a truck, with a fryer on a ta-
Thursdays, Fridays, and Sat-
ble,” he said. From there, the
business has expanded to a urdays. Closed Tuesdays.
food trailer and storefront in INFORMATION: (585)
444-7349 or Facebook at BEN BEAGLE/LIVINGSTON COUNTY NEWS
Rochester. Springbrook Tavern owners Dana Brenner and Jake Chennell are joined by family members and area representa-
Jake said the success of his Springbrook Tavern.
tives for a Sept. 14 ribbon cutting to mark the grand opening of the restaurant at 26 North St., Caledonia.

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T6 October 2024 Wine and Dine

How to safely prepare food at home

Various behaviors are inte- causing foodborne illnesses ing others sick, courtesy of
gral to maintaining personal in people. B. cerus food poi- the Food and Drug Adminis-
health. While exercise and soning, botulism, campylo- tration and the United States
eating healthy foods is one of bacteriosis, cyclosporiasis, Department of Agriculture.
them, safe cooking is a major listeriosis, and E.coli infec-
component as well. tion are some of the more Clean
The World Health Orga- common diagnoses. Symp- Cleanliness is vital to
nization reports that each toms may range from fever to avoiding foodborne illnesses.
year unsafe food causes 600 muscle aches to diarrhea to Hands should be washed be-
million cases of foodborne stomach cramps. fore and after handling food
diseases and 420,000 deaths. Though not every food- for 20 seconds with warm,
Eating unsafe food is a major borne disease can be pre- soapy water. Thoroughly
problem in developing na- vented, diligence on the part wash any surfaces that come
tions, but also poses a threat of individuals when they han- in contact with foods, partic-
ularly raw meat, poultry, fish,
closer to home. The Centers dle and cook food can signifi-
and eggs. Surfaces should
for Disease Control and Pre- cantly reduce the risk of expe-
include cutting boards and
vention estimates 48 million riencing a foodborne illness.
counters.
people get sick, 1,280,000 Adhering to the guidelines
are hospitalized, and 3,000 of Clean, Separate, Cook and Separate
die from foodborne diseases Chill can keep people safe. Do not cross-contaminate.
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Many different microor- tional ways to prevent food- cooked foods. Also, do not
ganisms can be blamed for borne pathogens from mak- use the same utensil to han-
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pairings Ingredients and culinary considered the most popular
skills are not the only com- white wine in the world. In
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the flavor in a delicious meal. ports that almost every wine
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identify which varieties go nay. Wine Folly indicates
well with certain foods. Chardonnay boasts a yellow
Wine lists can sometimes citrus fruit taste that can be
be intimidating when dining akin to banana or pineapple
at establishments known for and often features a touch of
their extensive offerings. In butterscotch, vanilla or toast-
such instances, diners can ed caramel. Chardonnay
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According to Wine Folly, when pairing wine with des- go well with the various dish- and pork.
sert or other foods, the secret is to think of wine as an es on their menus. But diners to mind exotic fruits like hon- fish, chicken, pork, and veal.
ingredient that will add a new flavor profile. also can learn which wines 4. Sauvignon Blanc eydew melon and kiwi. Sau- In addition, Sauvignon Blanc
pair best with certain types Sauvignon Blanc is anoth- vignon Blanc is considered pairs well with various ethnic
Planning a special night out with your sweetheart to of food, a process that can be er white wine that boasts a a light- to medium-bodied cuisines, including Mexican,
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