I saw this in the D&C and though, “mainstay?  What the hell are they talking about?”:

Portobello is now Portofino | democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle

Portobello Ristorante, a mainstay in the Italian restaurant lineup since 1993, closed in March. After a makeover, an updated menu and a new name, the restaurant reopened earlier this month as Portofino Bistro.

Portofino, Portobello, Porto-potty.  Call it what you will, but this is the site of one of the worst service and food related experiences that my wife and I share over the four years we’ve known each other. Rude, hasty service, over-cooked and disgusting food, preposterous prices, this place had it all.  To whom is Portobello a “mainstay” of Italian eating in Rochester?  Give me their names and I wil show them ten other places with better prices and better food.  Crimeny, you can fall out of a car drunk and you’ll just roll right into an Italian restaurant, in this town.  Off the top of my head:

• Michellina’s, right down the street
• The Northside Inn
• Perlo’s
• Domenico’s
• Brio (technically Mediteranean, but lots of Italian influence)
• Bennucci’s

OK, so there’s six, right there.  Anyone care to help complete the list?  No fair looking at RocWiki.org!