Forager Brewery

Such a great place! For coffee, lunch and dinner! Their breakfast sandwiches are great, quick and easy. Really have enjoyed their soups, homemade breads, seasonal salads as well as their pizzas! We haven't tried the beers yet, but they all look phenomenal. It's a decent size restaurant, that does get busy! They have live music as well. The servers have always been helpful with the recommendations, friendly and attentive.

We stopped in based on the online reviews and luscious food pics, and found this place was completely worth the hype. We were seated in a big room adjacent to the bar. It had a cozy hunting lodge with an attitude vibe, with the addition of Christmas decor. I loved the chalk menu signs! My only criticism is that the background music was so loud that it was sometimes hard to hear my husband speak; if that music was turned down a few notches, that would be great.Our server was Amaelie and she took great care of us the entire time. My husband tried two small glasses of beer while I had a large can from local Keepsake Cider (I'm always so happy when a place has good cider available!).We started off with the queso appetizer. I'll be honest, I've become skeptical of queso because all too often it is bland or too watery or not even hot. This queso was great, piping hot with just a touch of spice, the texture thick enough to coat the included chips. The chips were a decent quality, too.We both ended up ordering the birria tacos. This was a phenomenal choice. We both loved these mini tacos--great shredded meat, loads of flavor. The included green sauce was too spicy for me, but my husband loved it! He also ordered fries at the side, and they were quite tasty. The portion was great, too. The fries were a good way to scrape up the last remnants of queso.This ended up being a fantastic date lunch. We'd definitely come here again!

I have been a fan of Forager's beers for quite some time, and after a couple of visits to their brewery, I'm a big fan of everything else they are doing as well.The space is broken up into a coffeeshop/cafe, taproom/restaurant and a sizeable patio space. Of the menu items I have tried from the restaurant side, the lamb pizza and birria tacos remain the standouts thus far. They make many great beers and you really can't go wrong, though their seltzers and stouts reign supreme for me (many of which you can order in bottles/crowlers to go).Forager will continue to be a regular stop whenever I'm in the Rochester area.

Great atmosphere, service and food. We had a very short wait on a Saturday night. I wish the Bairria tacos came with a side of chips and quad, but everything was still delicious! The draft beers and cocktails are impressive!

Was recommended this place for the pizzas. The crust is phenomenal! Overall, the toppings on the 3 pizzas ordered directly from the menu as-is were heavy. The Margherita was pretty good except the balsamic drizzle was too much -- it was still liquidy (not glaze consistency) and resulted in it settling to the bottom of the plate, sogging out the crust. It became too strong, too pungent and couldn't finish that one. In my opinion, this would be an amazing pizza combo without the balsamic. The best one (in my opinion and preference) was the custom-made mushroom pizza. Simple, flavorful, and nothing was overpowering. Overall I would go back and stick with making my own combinations.

I have always loved Forager. It's my go-to place for food when in Rochester. I went there for dinner last night and the food was terrible. Inedible. I ordered a relatively simple pizza and what I received was a burnt mess with no flavor whatsoever except for overly salty, dry to the point of being crispy, prosciutto. It was disgusting. I was shocked. The only reason I didn't send it back was because I wasn't in the mood to fuss after a long day at the Mayo. The musician wasn't bad; I wish i could say the same for the food. I might return.

Forager Brewery has a line of beers with the name Humble Forager. Steve and I have had three different beers of theirs over the course of time and we liked them quite a bit. The three we had were fairly sweet but not to the point where it was too much. We had two beers from the Coastal Sunshine and Sunrise series. One was Coastal Sunrise (v1) Blueberry, Maple Syrup, Vanilla, Cinnamon. A pastry sour, this beer did well with all of that complexity with having all of those flavors present themselves without conflicting one another. Since it is a pastry beer it is more on the thick bodied side. Coastal Sunshine (v4) was another sour beer with passionfruit, mango and pink guava. Also a sour beer it is full bodied and smooth. It's also a fairly sweet beer. Probably the beer that we liked best was the Fishing with Horus Stout. We like stouts quite a bit, when we are in the mood for them anyway. Flavors in this stout are coffee, maple, hazelnut and coconut. It's a boozy type of beer which we like to have on occasion and all those flavors are presented well, just like the two sours. We'd love to return and try out more of their beers... perhaps explore more of the dark beers.

I came here a few years ago and thought it was ok. I remember I got the pizza and I didn't enjoy it. This time I got the Lara Bowl. I absolutely loved it! Their decor is so quirky and old school. We came in on a Wednesday afternoon and it was almost empty. Our server was friendly and our food came in a timely manner. They do have vegan/vegetarian options. Prices were fair.

One of my favorite places in Rochester to get some good vegan pad thai!! I've gotten the noodles here countless times and they turn out amazing every time! They have a few more vegan options, but the pad thai is my favorite!The decor is very hip and love the plants around the walls. Very cozy vibes and they also have live music weekly or biweekly, there's also a trivia night! Our server was nice and friendly, answered our questions when we had some. We stopped by on a Wednesday afternoon and it was pretty empty. A great spot to visit when in Rochester!

This was my first time at Forager, and it did not disappoint! I love restaurants that put unique spins on classics and the Hawaiian pizza did exactly that. I look forward to trying their other pizza options in the future.