Victor (New York)

• Victor Chamber of Commerce

  phone: +1 585-742-1476
  address: 37 E Main St
  Can offer advice on sightseeing and accommodation.

By car

Victor is located along Interstate 90 (the New York State Thruway), near the eastern terminus of Interstate 490 (an auxiliary freeway that heads into the city of Rochester).

• Ganondagan State Historic Site

  phone: +1 585-924-5848
  address: 1488 Victor-Bloomfield Rd
  The location of a 17th-century Seneca town that was destroyed by the French in 1687.

• Valentown Museum

  phone: +1 585-924-4170
  address: 2676 High St
  Built as a shopping center in 1879 to serve a proposed town by the name of Valentown that was ultimately never developed. Nowadays the building operates as a local history museum containing 19th-century artifacts from Victor and Rochester.

• Jeremiah Cronkite House

  address: 1095 Lynaugh Rd
  1847 Federal-style cobblestone home.

• Cobblestone Railroad Pumphouse

  address: Auburn Trail and Main St, Fishers
  A small cobblestone pumphouse built by the Auburn and Rochester Railroad in 1845.

• Felt Cobblestone General Store

  address: 6452 Victor-Manchester Rd, East Victor
  A general store built around 1835.

• Osborne House

  address: 146 Maple Ave
  Italian Villa-style house built in 1855.

• Stuart Horse Trials

  address: 1707 Murray Rd
  Started as a purely local equestrian event in 1990, the Stuart Horse Trials today attract everyone from local amateurs all the way up to international Olympians. Dressage, cross-country, and show jumping are all contested over the course of the event. New in 2014, they've added some Scottish Highland Games to the last day.

Shopping in Victor is dominated by the enormous shopping mall in the northeast corner of the town. There are a number of large strip malls surrounding it, too. But head into the village and you'll find an array of small-town independent shops as well.

• Eastview Mall

  phone: +1 585-223-4420
  address: 7979 Pittsford Victor Rd
  The Rochester area's largest mall has the usual chain stores but also several upscale options unique in the region. JCPenney, Sears, and Macy's are here, as they are at the other two major malls, but Eastview also has the more upscale department stores Lord & Taylor and Von Maur. The north wing of the mall, near some of the more expensive restaurants, even has valet parking available. (And at Christmastime, you'll need it.)

• Chit Chat Cafe

  phone: +1 585 742-1780
  address: 164 W Main St
  Known in some circles as the "Cheers of Victor", the Chit Chat Cafe has been described as "a big family holiday dinner". It's a friendly, cozy, homey place with some decadently comforting menu items. One of their specialties is a peach-stuffed French toast that gets rave reviews.

• The Distillery

  phone: +1 585-924-2337
  address: 10 Square Dr
  A branch of the popular Rochester-based sports bar and grill. The food – including steaks – is quite good for a place known mostly as a sports bar.