The city of Rochester has given businesses on North Clinton Avenue an offer: Close by 4 p.m. this Saturday during the Puerto Rican Festival, or else.
This is the second year the city has made such a demand. But this year it’s drawing pushback.
“The Puerto Rican festival has historically been our busiest weekend of the summer for many years now,” said Alejandra Brown, part-owner of El Pilón Criollo, a Puerto Rican restaurant on the avenue. “And it’s kind of unfortunate that we haven’t even been part of this conversation…